Donald Waters

Supply Chain Risk Management (eBook, ePUB)

Vulnerability and Resilience in Logistics

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Vulnerability to sudden supply chain disruption is one of the major threats facing companies today. The challenge for businesses today is to mitigate this risk through creating resilient supply chains.

Addressing this need, Supply Chain Risk Management guides you through the whole risk management process from start to finish. Using jargon-free language, this accessible book covers the fundamentals of managing risk in supply chains. From identifying the risks to developing and implementing a risk management strategy, this essential text covers everything you need to know about this critical topic. It assesses the growing impact of risk on supply chains, how to plan for and manage disruptions and disasters, and how to mitigate their effects. It examines a whole range of risks to supply chains, from traffic congestion to major environmental disasters.

Highly practical, Supply Chain Risk Management provides a range of useful tables, diagrams and tools and is interspersed with real life case study examples from leading companies, including Nokia, IBM, and BP. The 2nd edition has been completely revised with brand new case studies on the Chilean Mining Disaster and BP oil spill.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kogan Page eBook
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780749464264
• Artikelnr.: 38218818

Autorenporträt

Donald Waters has over 30 years' experience of teaching and working in logistics and operations management. He uses his specialized knowledge of operations and supply chain management working for various organizations around the world in this book. Donald Waters is now a visiting professor at various leading universities in Europe and the United States. He is the author of several well-known logistics books. He is a member of the CILT.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Working with Risk
Risk and management
Growth of risk anagement
Risk in supply chains
2 Defining Risk Case Study North Face Industries
Features of risk
Decisions and risk
Structure of decisions
Decisions with certainty
Decisioins with uncertainty
Decisions with risk
Decisions with ignorance
Managing risk
3 Supply Chain Management Case Study Jahan Brothers
Definitions
Structure of a supply chain
Aims of supply chain management
Activities of logistics
Importance of logistics
Risk in the supply chain
4 Trends Affecting the Supply Chain
Increasing risk
Road closure in Washington state
Trends in supply chain management
Integration of supply chains
Cost reduction
Agile logistics
E-business
Globalization
Outsourcing
Changing practices in logistics
5 Approaches to Risk Management Case Study Los Angeles Transport
Infrastructure Board
Definition
Development of risk management
Supply chain risk management
Aims of SCRM
Steps in risk management
Some principles of SCRM
6 Identifying Risks Case Study IBM
Types of risk
World Economic Forum
Indentifying risks
Tools for analyzing past events
Tools to collect opinions
Tools to analyze operations
Problems with risk identification
7 Analyzing Risks Case Study Hewlett-Packard
Measuring risk
Likelihood of a risky event occuring
Consequences when a risk occurs
Evaluating consequences
Tools for risk analysis
8 Responding to Risks Case Study Tylenol
Responses to risk
Alternative responses
Mnemonics for risk management
Defining options
Choosing the best response
Implementation and activation
9 A Network View of Risk
Shared risks
Achieving an integrated approach
Identifying risks
Analyzing and responding to risks
Problems with integrating SCRM
Levels of SCRM integration
10 Creating Resilient Supply Chains Case Study Ikea
Design of a resilient chain
Principles of designing a resilient supply chain
Physical features of a resilient supply chain
Relationships within a resilient supply chain
Risk compensation and business continuity
11 Business Continuity Management
Emergencies and crises
Use of BCM
Steps in business continuity management
Deliverables
12 Review