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Fragile Food Supply Chains: Reacting to Risks

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Reader rating: 3 out of 5

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Fragile food supply chains: reacting to risks
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2010

The foods supply chain satisfies one of the most basic Maslowian needs.
Interruptions can quickly become major crisis. Assessment and reactions to risks therefore seems to be a vital point.

This article presents a framework by Dani and Deep on how specific food supply chain risks can be analyzed and how reactions can be tailored.

Improving Performance in Food Supply Chains by Reducing Uncertainty

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Reader rating: 5 out of 5

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Supply chain management in food chains: Improving performance by reducing uncertainty
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1998

Today’s article is from the late 90s, but sets a great example for research methodology in supply chain risk management. But don’t worry, I will focus on the results, since they’re very interesting as well. The objective of today’s article (Supply Chain Management in Food Chains: Improving Performance by Reducing Uncertainty) is to show strategies (here called principles) to reduce uncertainty, and at the same time show the beneficial effects of reduced uncertainty.