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The six ways of dealing with risk

Avoid, Reduce, Transfer and Retain or Accept are the classic four ways of dealing with risk in a risk matrix. However, there are two more: Exploit and Ignore.

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Risk Management: Contingent versus Mitigative

Risk management needs to address both sides of the risk: what lies behind the risk (source) and what lies in front of it (consequences).

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ARTICLES and PAPERS
Shippers, carriers and disruptions
Both shippers and motor carriers are impacted by travel time variability, but they react differently[...]
Managing Disruption Risks in the Supply Chain - the DRISC model
It is not often that I find a PhD dissertation that is excellently written and a joy to read, keepin[...]
BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
Book Review: Research Methodologies in SCM
Is there something like the right research design for supply chain studies? I believe there is, and [...]
Supply Chain Continuity
Many business owners will have come across the term business continuity, and many supply chain owner[...]
REPORTS and WHITEPAPERS
Supply Chain and Transport Risk
In our interconnected world, safety, reliability and efficiency can only be secured through collabor[...]
A risky business? The top 10 challenges of offshoring
Organisations embarking on offshoring face multiple challenges; many of which can be extremely daunt[...]
from HERE and THERE
The Grapevine - An evolving social media experiment
Thanks to my LinkedIn connection with Jeff Ashcroft of  the SupplyChainNetwork I was made aware of a[...]
Economies of scale
In an article in the Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet today, some of Norways's major construction busin[...]