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Committed Americans and Trusting Germans

Obviously, selecting the right third-party logistics provider (3PL) for your supply chain is an important decision in supply chain risk management, but not every country decides in the same manner. While Americans focus on commitment, Germans appear to rely more on trust. Why is that?

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ARTICLES and PAPERS
Economies of integration
Logistics is no longer what it used to be and logistics today plays a much more important and strate[...]
Supply chain flexibility - a complete literature review?
Someone had to come up with this, it was just a matter of time, and it is no suprise that this artic[...]
BOOKS and BOOK CHAPTERS
Book Review: Transportation Network Analysis
Transportation Network Analysis by M. G. H. Bell and Yasunori Iida is a book for the expert rather t[...]
Book review: Supply Chain Risk Management
Edited by Robert B. Handfield, the book Supply Chain Risk Management: Minimizing Disruptions in Glob[...]
REPORTS and WHITEPAPERS
Highway Vulnerability and Criticality Assessment
Transportation vulnerability and resilience have been the focus of this blog for the past two days, [...]
Supply Chain and Transport Risk
In our interconnected world, safety, reliability and efficiency can only be secured through collabor[...]
from HERE and THERE
4th SCRM Seminar Barcelona 2012
This is an event that should not be missed: The 4th supply chain risk managment seminar in Barcelona[...]
Dignitary Visits and Supply Chain Disruptions
Today is an important day here in Norway. Some Mr. Barack Obama comes for a visit to collect some No[...]