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This Week in Supply Chain Management (20 / 2011)

Daniel Dumke — Fri, 20 May 2011 12:34:00 +0000

This was week 20 in 2011, enjoy your weekend!

News

Elina Rääsk (Corporate Responsibility Manager, Global Procurement with Nokia Siemens Networks) talks about Supply Chain Management in this clip on Youtube.

Blogs

If Trade Compliance is an issue for you have a look at the WTG webinar on “Global Risk and Compliance” (via husdal.com)

Ken Simpson summarized some learnings from the NY Times article on GM and the Japanese Quake, which I mentioned here last week.

The Operational Risk Blog rationalized the claim that supply chain risk gains more importance nowadays in companies, as SC risk may be also be a threat to national security.

Surveys

A survey by the consulting company Marsh is all over the internet this week, with the result that managers want better integration of risk management, Supply-Chain Resilience Worries Risk Managers and further best practices. Here is the full text (if only anybody would take real research as serious as a consulting case studies).

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If you need a laugh today, have a look at PHD Comics and check if it is really necessary to inform your boss about your upcoming vacation…

This week I talked about two articles

Monday: Categorization of Supply Chain Risk and Risk Management
Wednesday a little bit more technical on: Monte Carlo Simulation to improve Network Resilience

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Holidays in Africa

Daniel Dumke — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 12:08:00 +0000

Elefant Close-up at the Addo National Park (click to enlarge)

The most south-western point of Africa at the Cape of Good Hope (click to enlarge)

Due to my vacation in South Africa for the last two weeks the articles have been a little bit more irregular than usual. But since I am back working again now, I try to stick to my former schedule of a new article every Monday and Wednesday.

The pictures show some impressions from the other side of the world.

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Summary: Getting the most out of your conference visits

Daniel Dumke — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 09:23:00 +0000

Are you planning to visit a conference in the near future? Scott Berkun and many other authors write about how to get the most out of your visit. Here I am summarizing the key insights.
First, and most important: Think about your priorities!
Many participants have come a long way and this conference provides the means to meet and talk to them in person. So you should use this power wisely.

Preparation

Have a look at the agenda, mark the sessions that interest you
Make prioritization for concurrent sessions
Have a look at the attendees list, for know faces or people you have something in common.
Prepare your elevator pitch. Prepare for questions like: “Who are you and what is your research area?”
Use twitter and google blog search to find other attendees
Check out LinkedIn, meetup.com and upcoming.com, if there are events around and after the conference
Don’t forget the good old business cards

Sessions / Workshops / Panels

Contribution is probably the best way to make yourself know with the audience
If you cannot contribute a presentation / paper, ask questions!
Use your prioritization of concurrent sessions, if one session does not fulfill your needs leave for No. 2. There is only one chance to learn something, do not waste your time
Keep a list of things you learnt during the day

After and between sessions

Some conferences have social events or dinners scheduled on one of the nights of the conference
If you are alone at the conference try to meet enough people during
Take your time to explore the city you are in exercise (or combine them, like running up-hill to the Acropolis)
Don’t forget the networking