Synopses & Reviews
Supply Chain Risk assesses the various sources of external threats, including environmental, geopolitical, economic and technological. John Manners-Bell clearly describes the evolving risks to supply chains and how multinational corporations should be dealing with them at a strategic level. He examines the lack of supply visibility that puts businesses at risk and includes case studies of best practice, as well as examples of when and how things go wrong.
Covering global issues, trends and developments, case studies look at: the tsunami in Japan, floods in Thailand, volcanic ash clouds over Europe, counterfeit hi-tech goods in China, Hurricane Katrina and Cisco's suppliers going out of business due to the recession. Each case study describes a companys supply chain and production/ sourcing strategy; a description of the catastrophic event which occurred; consequences to supply chain and management response; material losses incurred and resultant changes to company supply chain strategy.
With useful downloadable resources, Supply Chain Risk is an essential read for risk managers, supply chain managers, supply chain operators and anyone interested in risk management and its growing impact on the supply chain.
Review
"Over the past few decades, efforts to improve the bottom line have left some companies' supply chains more vulnerable to risk. As a result, today's managers must focus on making their supply chains more resilient. This book shows supply chain managers how to implement international risk awareness and response programs, and improve visibility to inventory and all supplier levels, to help minimize supply chain risk, and, in some cases, eliminate it altogether." Jason McDowell
Review
"Logistics expert John Manners-Bell ably provides an A-to-Z report - often hair-raising, never dull - on the hazards inherent in supply chains and how to manage or minimize them. getAbstract recommends his cautionary insights to supply chain managers, their bosses and their suppliers to aid risk planning and risk mitigation." Inbound Logistics
Review
"[E]xplains how multinational corporations should be dealing with evolving risks at a strategic level and cites recent examples of when things went wrong...This book assesses the external threats to the supply chain from the environmental to geopolitical, and economic to technological angles." getAbstract - Inc.
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"Fortunately, Supply Chain Risk does not focus on the elimination of risk so much as it outlines how to build resiliency. If we accept the premise that risk can not be avoided, but can be weighed, considered, and balanced as part of the overall corporate strategy, it becomes an opportunity for competitive advantage and differentiation. This book will assist procurement and supply chain professionals as they make that argument internally and then carry out the resulting plan." Supply Management
Synopsis
Risk managers; supply chain managers and operators; logistics students
About the Author
John Manners-Bell is the CEO of Transport Intelligence, a leading supplier of market solutions to the global logistics industry. He is Chairman of the Supply Chain Council of the World Economic Forum and an advisor to the UN and the European Commission. Prior to establishing Transport Intelligence, he worked as a consultant and an analyst specializing in international trade, transport and logistics. He is also the author of Global Logistics Strategies (Kogan Page).
Table of Contents
List of figures
List of tables
About this book
Acknowledgements
Introduction
01 A framework for understanding risk
An analysis of supply chain threats
The severity of threat
Understanding the causes of supply chain disruption
External risk categories
02 Engineering supply chain resilience
Preparedness and strategies for response
Business Continuity Management (BCM)
Offsetting the risk of business interruption
Case study of resilience: how does Cisco manage risk?
The role of fl exible technology in supply chain resilience
The role of government and commercial companies
03 Industry sector resilience to supply chain threats
Automotive
High tech
Consumer goods/retail
Food
Fashion
Pharma/healthcare
04 Natural disasters, climate change and pandemics
The impact of natural disasters on supply chains
Climate change
Pandemics
05 Economic risks to the supply chain
Demand shocks
Currency fluctuations
Supply shocks
Industrial unrest
06 Societal risks to supply chains
Fair labour
‘Conflict-free minerals
Environmental practices of supply chain partners
Food shortages in developing countries
07 Terrorism and security
Risk and security in air cargo supply chains
Sea freight security
Conclusion
08 Corruption in the logistics industry
Why is the logistics industry so prone to corruption?
‘Anti-bribery, anti-corruption legislation
Most corrupt markets
Freight forwarding and Customs corruption
Customs corruption in the EU
Dealing with corrupt Customs offi cials: WEF best practice
Smuggling and Customs corruption
VAT fraud schemes
Cracking down on customs corruption
Freight forwarding, airlines and cartels
Unofficial tolls and crossing controls
Allegations of corruption in government contract negotiations
Major defence logistics corruption in Afghanistan
Humanitarian aid logistics corruption
Organized crime in transport operations
09 Cargo crime and piracy
What is cargo crime?
Theft from trucks and warehouses
Combating vehicle-based cargo crime
Cargo crime in North America
Cargo crime in emerging markets
Theft from airports
Conclusion
Cyber threats to supply chains
Piracy
Conclusion
10 Conclusion
References
Further reading
Index