Supply Chain Security
April 20, 2011
When the topic of supply chain security is raised, the two sources of insecurity that are mentioned most frequently in the press are terrorists and pirates. In two previous posts on this
Category: Risk Management
In this blog, we discuss cognitive computing and other technologies with a focus on supply chain management and innovation. Other topics of discussion include digital enterprise transformation, marketing, the Internet of Things, and smart cities. Our goal is to advance the public discussion about how cognitive computing and other advanced technologies affect the world in which we live.
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Just-in-Time Logistics Scrutinized Anew
March 24, 2011
As a result of the combination earthquake/tsunami in Japan, “manufacturing executives from San Mateo to Stuttgart are scrutinizing production schedules, searching for backup suppliers, and figuring out how to cope with rising
Supply Chain Risk Management and Disaster Mitigation: Part 4
February 25, 2011
This is the final post in a four-part series on supply chain risk management. In this post, I’d like to discuss some hedging strategies and techniques offered by Bill McBeath from ChainLink
Supply Chain Risk Management and Disaster Mitigation: Part 3
February 24, 2011
This is Part 3 of a 4-part series on supply chain risk management. In Part 1 of the series, I discussed the fact that many companies are overconfident in their ability to
Supply Chain Risk Management and Disaster Mitigation: Part 2
February 23, 2011
In Part 1 of this series on supply chain risk management, I discussed the fact that a number of supply chain analysts believe that the business sector doesn’t walk the talk when
Supply Chain Risk Management and Disaster Mitigation: Part 1
February 22, 2011
Today’s earthquake in New Zealand reminds us that bad things can happen quickly and unexpectedly. Cyclones in Southeast Asia, unrest in Egypt, and volcanic eruptions in Iceland have all made news over
Defining Supply Chain Risk
February 3, 2011
In a post entitled Defining the Supply Chain, I discussed how difficult it is to pin down exactly what the term “supply chain” means. That post was inspired by a question posed
Supply Chain Resilience and Supply Chain Security
January 17, 2011
According to a survey taken last year, “over 70 per cent of organizations … experienced at least one supply chain disruption in 2010” [“70pc of supply chains hit by disruption,” Supply Chain
Examining the "What Ifs" in Life
January 3, 2011
Over the past couple of years, I have repeatedly noted that I am a supporter of examining “what if” scenarios, sometimes labeled alternative futures analysis. Read, for example, my post entitled Modeling
The Split-Second Disruption to the Supply Chain
December 14, 2010
In 2005, Professor Yossi Sheffi from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology wrote a seminal work entitled The Resilient Enterprise that examined disruptions in corporate supply chains. The very first chapter in that
