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

Daniel Dumke — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 10:13:00 +0000

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

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)

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)

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!

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