http://scrmblog.dumke.me/taxonomy/term/633/all en http://scrmblog.dumke.me/content/quants-this-week-in-supply-chain-management-3-2012 <div class="field field-name-field-picture field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="http://scrmblog.dumke.me/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/NewsIcon.jpg?itok=2X-4GZfB" width="80" height="80" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"> <p>I just finished another chapter of my dissertation. Now, there are only two chapters left comprising the major parts of the work&#8230; so those can take some time to finish. But I am really looking forward to starting with this next part of the work. </p> <h5>News</h5> <ul> <li>Together with Volkswagen AG, other German companies and the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics a collaboration was formed to improve the transparency and pro-activeness within the supply chain. (<a href="http://www.sdcexec.com/news/10615225/enhancing-risk-management" title="SDChain: Enhancing Risk Management">Supply and Demand Chain</a>)</li> <li>This week apple released its &#8220;Supplier Responsibility Report&#8221; for 2012. Not only does it contain details about the many breaches of their supplier agreements, but also a 99%-complete listing of their suppliers. (<a href="http://atrisk.net/apple-releases-list-of-major-suppliers-and-details-on-factory-inspections/" title="atrisk: Apple Releases List of Major Suppliers and Details on Factory Inspections">atrisk</a>)</li> </ul> <h5>Articles</h5> <ul> <li>Richard Howells talks about his ten supply chain predictions in 2010. I don&#8217;t really like those prediction lists, but he has some interesting links to other articles supporting his points. (<a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/sap/2012/01/19/2012-supply-chain-predictions-is-the-end-of-the-world-nigh/" title="Forbes: 2012 Supply Chain Predictions: Is the End of the World Nigh?">Forbes</a>)</li> <li>Supply Chain Digest looks back into 2011 and tries to answer the question if supply chain management changed or will change due to the many disasters last year. (<a href="http://www.scdigest.com/ONTARGET/12-01-19-1_SUPPLY_CHAIN_RISK.PHP?cid=5401&amp;ctype=content" title="SC Digest: Supply Chain News: Did Major Supply Chain Disruptions from Natural Disasters in 2011 Really Change Approach to Supply Chain Risk Management?"><span class="caps">SCD</span>igest</a>)</li> <li>This week the risk monitor talks about the cultural aspects of risk management. A topic which I touched for example <a href="http://scrmblog.dumke.me/review/the-organizational-antecedents-of-a-firms-supply-chain-agility" title="SCRM Blog: The organizational Antecedents of a Firm&#39;s Supply Chain Agility">here</a> and <a href="http://scrmblog.dumke.me/review/how-risky-is-your-company" title="SCRM Blog: How Risky is your Company?">there</a>). (<a href="http://www.riskmanagementmonitor.com/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-risk-culture/" title="RMM: What We Talk About When We Talk About Risk Culture">Risk Management Montior</a>)</li> <li>Also have a look at the report by Accenture on &#8220;The Rise of <span class="caps">SCM</span> Quants: How Finance and Risk Management are Transforming Supply Chain Strategy and Execution&#8221;. (<a href="http://www.accenture.com/us-en/Pages/insight-rise-supply-chain-management-quants.aspx?c=mc_twtposts_10000237&amp;n=sm_0910" title="accenture: The Rise of SCM Quants: How Finance and Risk Management are Transforming Supply Chain Strategy and Execution">accenture</a>)</li> </ul> <p>I wish you a nice weekend!</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-tags-review field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-inline clearfix"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/twi" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">twi</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/news" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">news</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/quantitative" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">quantitative</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-news-user-rating field-type-fivestar field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><form class="fivestar-widget" action="/taxonomy/term/633/all/feed" method="post" id="fivestar-custom-widget" accept-charset="UTF-8"><div><div class="clearfix fivestar-smart-stars fivestar-average-stars fivestar-form-item fivestar-outline"><div class="form-item form-type-fivestar form-item-vote"> <div class="form-item form-type-select form-item-vote"> <select id="edit-vote--2" name="vote" class="form-select"><option value="-">Select rating</option><option value="20">Give Quants - This Week in Supply Chain Management (3 / 2012) 1/5</option><option value="40">Give Quants - This Week in Supply Chain Management (3 / 2012) 2/5</option><option value="60">Give Quants - This Week in Supply Chain Management (3 / 2012) 3/5</option><option value="80">Give Quants - This Week in Supply Chain Management (3 / 2012) 4/5</option><option value="100">Give Quants - This Week in Supply Chain Management (3 / 2012) 5/5</option></select> </div> <div class="description">Rating of news Items</div> </div> </div><input class="fivestar-submit form-submit" type="submit" id="edit-fivestar-submit" name="op" value="Rate" /><input type="hidden" name="form_build_id" value="form-bTaeafW6grwBZJ4n09XC_w_x9ceC-Tj6b0Qa-WyCMns" /> <input type="hidden" name="form_id" value="fivestar_custom_widget" /> </div></form></div></div></div> Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:36:13 +0000 Daniel Dumke 1768 at http://scrmblog.dumke.me