Flood Disruption - This Week in Supply Chain Management (43 / 2011)

Happy 200!
This is my 200th article on the SCRM Blog.
One of my goals for this year was to build a good foundation on supply chain management for you, the readers, to be able to browse through a collection of great articles on supply chain risk management, and related topics.

The rising number of reviews made it possible to have a separate category on SCRM Introduction. In nearly 20 articles I wrote about topics, like:

• supply chain management in general (1, 2) and supply chain strategies (1, 2),
• early risk related literature and the Bullwhip-Effect,
• risk management in supply chains (1, 3, 3, 3, 5),
• categorization of risks and management (1, 2, 3) and
• special risks like disruptions (1, 2)

But these article only make up 10% of the now 200 articles published during the last 23 month!
If you are curious to learn more about supply chain risk management, just browse the archive or have a look at the categories and popular tags in the sidebar.
But now let’s go to this weeks news in supply chain management.

News

• Thailand floods are still in the news, have a look at Reuters for a great overview of the effects on companies in that region. (Procurement Leaders, Supply Chain Matters, Bloomberg, Bangkok Post, Reuters)

Research

• The CSCMP just issued a call for papers on Contemporary Issues in European Logistics and Supply Chain Management, deadline for the event in April in Frankfurt, Germany is January, 9th. (CSCMP)
• Supply Chain Management Review has a short summary of a recent group session with SC executives on the current issues in supply chain management. (SCMR)
• The case study on Ciscos efforts in supply chain risk management can be previewed for free in the form of a (full) inspection copy. (GlobaLens)

Also have a look at my articles of this week:

• On Monday I had a look at an article on Discovering the Right Planning Approach for your Supply Chain.
• Wednesday, was all about flexibility: The Power of Flexibility for Mitigating Supply Chain Risks.

Enjoy your weekend!