Supply Chain Risk Management: Vulnerability and Resilience in Logistics - Hardcover

Waters, Donald

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0749448547 ISBN 13: 9780749448547

Publisher: Kogan Page, 2007

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

Donald Waters has over 30 years' experience of teaching and working in logistics and operations management. He is the author of several well-known logistics books, including Global Logistics (also published by Kogan Page). He has lectured extensively in the area and was until recently Professor of Operations Management at the University of Calgary, Canada.

Donald Waters is now a visiting professor at various universities, including University of Calgary, Warsaw School of Economics, Czech Management Centre, University of Quebec at Montreal, University of Sheffield, Henley Management College and Edinburgh Business School. He runs a company that is centred around management research and education. He is a member of the CILT.

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1 Working with risk

Risk and management; Growth of risk management; Risk in the supply chain; In summary

2 Defining risk

Features of risk; Decisions and risk; Structure of decisions; Decisions with certainty; Decisions with uncertainty; Decisions with risk; Decisions with ignorance; Managing risk; In summary

3 Supply chain management

Definitions; Structure of a supply chain; Aims of supply chain management; Activities of logistics; Importance of logistics; Risk in the supply chain; In summary

4 Trends affecting the supply chain

Increasing risk; Trends in supply chain management; Integration of supply chains; Cost reduction; Agile logistics; E-business; Globalization; Outsourcing; Changing practices in logistics; In summary

5 Approaches to risk management

Definition; Development of risk management; Supply chain risk management; Aims of SCRM; Steps in risk management; Some principles of SCRM; In summary

6 Identifying risks

Types of risk; Identifying risks; Tools for analysing past events; Tools to collect opinions; Tools to analyse operations; Problems with risk identification; In summary

7 Analysing risks

Measuring risk; Likelihood of a risk occurring; Consequences when a risk occurs; Evaluating consequences; Tools for risk analysis; In summary

8 Responding to risks

Responses to risk; Alternative responses; Defining options; Choosing the best response; Implementation and activation; In summary

9 A network view of risk

Shared risks; Achieving an integrated approach; Identifying risks; Analysing and responding to risks; Problems with integrating SCRM; Levels of SCRM integration; In summary

10 Creating resilient supply chains

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; In summary

11 Business continuity management

Emergencies and crises; Use of BCM; Steps in business continuity management; In summary

12 Review

Edition details

• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0749448547
• ISBN 13: 9780749448547
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272