Special Issue and Toyota Recovery - This Week in Supply Chain Management (36 / 2011)

As every Friday I compiled the some of the most interesting stories of this week. I hope you enjoy reading them.

News

• Toyota reportedly applies time-based risk supply chain risk management measures to reduce recovery time after an earthquake down to two weeks. (Supply Chain Digital)
• SC Digest has a new weekly video with some of the supply chain news last week. (SC Digest)

Blogs

• Yet another, nonetheless interesting comment on the problems after the Japanese earthquake in March. (SC Movement)
• The (sometimes false) causes of resilience are analyzed by Ken Simpson on his blog. (Contemplating)
• Even though I am not a fan of insurance base risk management there is a nice article at Business Insurance, concluding that it might not be the best idea. (Business Insurance)
• Over at SAP there is a short article on the implications of Evolution Theory on Supply Chain Risks. (SAP)

Research

• The Transportation Research journal just published a special issue on supply chain disruption and risk management. (ScienceDirect)

This weeks articles have been quite popular on Twitter:

• Monday was a general article on how to reduce company internal operational risks using the Risk Exposure Calculator.
• And on Wednesday we analyzed supply chain flexibility from a organizational perspective in The Supply Chain Flexibility Concept.

I wish you a nice weekend!