6 posts tagged supply chain vulnerability

A new field has emerged with the field of supply chain mangement. It's called supply chain risk. What is supply chain risk? Today I will take a closer look at the chapter on supply chain risk in Logistics & Supply Chain Management by Christopher Martin, as reviewed in my previous post.

Some time ago, Jeff Karrenbauer, CEO of Insight Inc., a top international provider of supply chain planning solutions for the world's foremost companies, wrote an article on the TechLinks Georgia website about How to Audit, Analyze, and Mitigate Supply Chain Vulnerability.

Many studies have examined the potential impacts of climate change on broad sectors of the economy, such as agriculture and forestry, but few have studied the impacts on transportation. Transportation professionals should acknowledge the challenges posed by climate change and incorporate current

This book is from 2004 and edited by Claire Brindley of the Manchester Metropolitan University, the founder of the International Supply Chain Risk Management Network (ISCRIM). It contains 11 chapters written by 11 different authors, each exploring 11 different supply chain contexts and thus 11

Two days ago, Norway's major hub, Oslo airport (OSL) practically shut down due to weather conditions, so-called "freezing fog". The usual rate of 32 take-offs per hour was reduced to 10 (at the best) and tens of thousands of Christmas travelers were stranded for up to more than 24 hours on what is probably THE busiest day of the year.