Flood and Balancesheets - This Week in Supply Chain Management (9 / 2012)

I like this hour. Preparing this blog post. Once a week I go through all my collected news items and articles I wanted to read for the whole week and finally I have the chance. Usually I have to skim another 50 or more articles to find some which have really reveal news or insights which interest me.
I hope this weeks selection fits your interest as well!

Conference

• The CSCMP global conference will be held in October. This year there will be a Supply Chain Risk Management pre-conference workshop. Topics are risks, strategies and resilience. (CSCMP)

Articles

• The effects of the Thai flooding slowly trickle into the balance sheets into affected companies. According to theinquirer.net Seagate was able to gain a lot of ground against its rival Western digital who was heavily affected by the high water. (Inquirer)
• Forbes talks about the lessons supply chain professionals can learn from Foxonn (producer of about a third of computer/electronic products) and the work-condition related scandals affecting many IT companies. (Forbes)

Already tweeted

Slow tweets as well this week with yet another video. You can follow me on twitter.

• Financial Pros Worried About Financial Uncertainty and Risks from Inflation, Supply Chain Disruptions http://t.co/BEP83FHZ
• Supply Chain Managers Remain “Risk Averse” – Article from Supply Chain Management Review http://t.co/uqNICQv7

Enjoy the weekend!