Supply Chain Resilience: Survival Strategies for Turbulent Times
This book navigates us through thick and thin and gives us a holistic description of what is supply chain resilience, which are the factors that affect it, and which are the most effective resilience strategies that we need to implement in our supply chains in order to survive during turbulent times.
In a world where pandemics, natural disasters, climate change, and wars are only some of the disruptions that supply chains are facing, resiliency has become the alpha and the omega of supply chain management.
This book navigates us through thick and thin and gives us a holistic description of what is supply chain resilience, which are the factors that affect it, and which are the most effective resilience strategies that we need to implement in our supply chains in order to survive during turbulent times.
The book is divided into three distinct parts. In the first one discusses the term supply chain resilience-its importance, its components, and the most important supply chain resilience metrics. The author presents real life examples of well-known companies which were successful in enhancing the resilience of their supply chains. The second part presents all the factors that can influence the resilience of a supply chain and concludes with discussions of seventeen supply chain resilience strategies which can be used by almost any company, in any industry, in any part of the world.This holistic approach on supply chain resilience makes this book unique. At the end of each chapter, professors will find a dedicated part which will assist them in managing their in-class interaction with students. This book can be used as an academic compendium or as a guide for supply chain professionals who want to cement the resilience of their supply chains and successfully navigate through crisis.Customer Reviews
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