Supply Chain Risk Management: Vulnerability and Resilience in Logistics

Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Risk and management......Page 10
Growth of risk management......Page 14
Risk in the supply chain......Page 16
In summary......Page 20
Features of risk......Page 22
Decisions and risk......Page 25
Structure of decisions......Page 29
Decisions with certainty......Page 30
Decisions with uncertainty......Page 31
Decisions with risk......Page 34
Decisions with ignorance......Page 39
Managing risk......Page 40
In summary......Page 41
Definitions......Page 44
Structure of a supply chain......Page 47
Aims of supply chain management......Page 50
Activities of logistics......Page 52
Importance of logistics......Page 55
Risk in the supply chain......Page 58
In summary......Page 60
Increasing risk......Page 62
Trends in supply chain management......Page 64
Integration of supply chains......Page 66
Cost reduction......Page 71
Agile logistics......Page 73
E-business......Page 74
Globalization......Page 77
Outsourcing......Page 80
Changing practices in logistics......Page 81
In summary......Page 83
Definition......Page 84
Development of risk management......Page 86
Supply chain risk management......Page 90
Aims of SCRM......Page 95
Steps in risk management......Page 97
Some principles of SCRM......Page 102
In summary......Page 105
Types of risk......Page 106
Identifying risks......Page 114
Tools for analysing past events......Page 117
Tools to collect opinions......Page 121
Tools to analyse operations......Page 123
Problems with risk identification......Page 128
In summary......Page 134
Measuring risk......Page 136
Likelihood of a risky event occurring......Page 138
Consequences when a risk occurs......Page 142
Evaluating consequences......Page 144
Tools for risk analysis......Page 150
In summary......Page 155
Responses to risk......Page 158
Alternative responses......Page 160
Defining options......Page 167
Choosing the best response......Page 176
Implementation and activation......Page 181
In summary......Page 185
Shared risks......Page 186
Achieving an integrated approach......Page 189
Identifying risks......Page 193
Analysing and responding to risks......Page 194
Problems with integrating SCRM......Page 196
Levels of SCRM integration......Page 199
In summary......Page 201
Design of a resilient chain......Page 204
Principles of designing a resilient supply chain......Page 206
Physical features of a resilient supply chain......Page 209
Relationships within a resilient supply chain......Page 216
Risk compensation and business continuity......Page 222
In summary......Page 223
Emergencies and crises......Page 224
Use of BCM......Page 227
Steps in business continuity management......Page 233
In summary......Page 240
12 Review......Page 242
Sources of information......Page 248
Index of company examples......Page 256
Index......Page 258