Supply Chain Risk Drivers - This Week in Supply Chain Management (28 / 2012)

This week is we keep it short and simple. I found a nice online textbook on The Geography of Transport Systems at the Hofstra University (NY).

Mobility is fundamental to economic and social activities such as commuting, manufacturing, or supplying energy. Each movement has an origin, a potential set of intermediate locations, a destination, and a nature which is linked with geographical attributes. Transport systems composed of infrastructures, modes and terminals are so embedded in the socio-economic life of individuals, institutions and corporations that they are often invisible to the consumer. This is paradoxical as the perceived invisibility of transportation is derived from its efficiency. Understanding how mobility is linked with geography is main the purpose of this textbook.

They also have a nice graphic listing selected drivers of supply chain risk.

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Enjoy your weekend.