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Supply Chain Risk Management & Supply Chain Resilience: Is There a Difference?

Resilinc

Do you ever get confused when people use the terms supply chain risk management (SCRM) and supply chain resilience? Essentially, one views risk as a potential danger, the other perceives risk as an opportunity to grow and improve. Supply Chain Risk Management (Half-Empty): Sees risk as a threat to be minimized.

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Supply Chain Resilience. Really?

Supply Chain Shaman

Improve cross-government data sharing and analyze resilience. I believe that the ASCM definition is too reactive and rooted in the traditional, and outdated concepts on risk management. I am currently doing research on inventory management. In the research, I ask inventory planners to define resilience.

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Coronavirus Increases Supply Chain Risk Management Priority

Enterra Insights

For years I’ve been writing about the importance of supply chain risk management and how it’s often given short shrift in business discussions. ”[1] How far in advance should companies and governments have seen the pandemic coming. Today, ears are no longer deaf to the topic of supply chain risk management.

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The Modern Risk Landscape Needs a Strong Supply Chain Risk Management Framework

Exiger Perspectives

Why a Supply Chain Risk Management Framework is Needed A supply chain risk management framework is critical for risk identification and effective management of the inherent and imposed risks in today’s business environment.

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E2open Releases Annual Environmental, Social, and Governance Report

E2open

Climate considerations have also been added to the company’s ongoing risk management process as well as evaluation criteria for e2open offices and data centers. Its ethical management starts with its board of directors and carries throughout its entire network through data and information security, client privacy, and risk management.

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Your supply chain is costing you money – Reason #5 Not having a supply chain risk management process

Kinaxis

by John Westerveld Reason #5: Not having a supply chain risk management process. Yet, a surprising number of companies (while they have traditional insurance) do not have a supply chain risk management “insurance” aka a supply chain risk management process.

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Driving An Octopus

Supply Chain Shaman

A Focus on Safety Stock Is Too Narrow for Effective Inventory Management. A manufacturing company’s safety stock is 30-40% of the total inventory requirement. The form and function of inventory need to be addressed holistically, and this requires much, much more analysis than probabilistic forecasting. The reason?