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Supply chain risk management in 2017

Kinaxis

Interestingly enough, the first episode of Breaking Bad that aired in 2008 reflected what it was like being in supply chain risk management at the time: “Hey, a science teacher is cooking meth, how much worse could it get?”. What do you think the next big risk to supply chain will be?

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Ocean Risk Management part 2: Navigating Global Shipping Alliance

The Logistics & Supply Chain Management Society

Ocean Risk Management part 2: Navigating Global Shipping Alliance The shipping industry continues to evolve. Additionally, we examine the decision between using a carrier or a Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier (NVOCC) as a vendor and how this choice can impact risk management.

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Building the Business Case for Supply Chain Risk Management

GlobalTranz

That’s when it all gets extremely complicated, but one thing remains crystal clear: supply chain risk management is profoundly important for businesses to grow and expand. To know the most difficult challenges as perceived by supply chain professionals, we turn to the SCM World’s 2017 Future of Supply Chain survey.

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Supply Chain Risk Management Requires Pre-crisis Preparation

Enterra Insights

Supply chain risk management teams know the world is full of challenges and complexity. Trying to prepare for every potential risk to supply chain operations is impossible; nevertheless, some preparation must be made in order to prevent or mitigate significant disruptions to operations. Leveraging Big Data and Analytics.

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Risk Management: Is 2018 the Year of Living Dangerously?

Enterra Insights

” Taken as a whole, the issues raised by Monahan and Gott are enough to keep any risk manager awake through the night. ”[2] Those risks are: 1. … CaaS will slowly but steadily put everyone — enterprises, SMBs, individual businessmen, and personal Internet users — at an equal level of risk exposure.”

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Case Building for Supply Chain Risk Management!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Around a decade ago, the main risks were component shortages, supplier failures and commodity price volatility, though by 2017, these had evolved into three distinct groups including: IT security incidents Supplier facility destruction due to natural disaster Geopolitical concerns such as war and terrorism. Says Mary G.

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Cybersecurity Causing Sleepless Nights for Risk Managers, Part 2

Enterra Insights

As I noted in Part 1 of this article, supply chain risk managers have plenty on their minds to keep them up at night; but, cybersecurity risks surely cause their share of night sweats. As I noted in the first part of this article, a Thales Security report found “67 percent of enterprises were breached in 2017.