Welcome to the Supply Chain Resilience Resource Vault

All of the resources are completely free and available for instant download - simply click on any of the links below to gain access to the report PDF, article, blog, interview or video described below

The Building a Resilient Supply Chain Summit (Dec 9-10 in New Orleans) will feature senior supply chain executives and risk management experts from Wal-Mart, Microsoft, Boeing, MeadWestVaco, Novartis, Motorola, Coca-Cola, Shure, IBM, Starbucks, ConocoPhillips, Clorox,ABB Concise, Charlotte Russe, CargoNet and many others discussing their key strategies for supply chain resilience and many of the issues represented below. See the speaker list or download the brochure to get a full picture of who you can expect to hear from and what you will learn!

Take advantage of our Early Bird discount and get $100 off all ticket prices when you register before November 10th - Click here to reserve a place now!

Reports

Resilient Supply Chains In Times of Uncertainty - Economist Intelligence Unit
Building the Resilient Supply Chain - Professor Martin Christopher & Helen Peck, Cranfield School of Management
Creating Supply Chain Resilience Through Agile Six Sigma - Professor Martin Christopher & Christine Rutherford
Disruption & Resilience: The 2010 Business Continuity Management Survey - Patrick Woodman & Paul Hutchings, Chartered Management Institute
Managing supply-chain risk for reward - Economic Intelligence Unit
Supply Chain Resilience: How are Global Businesses Doing?- A UPS white paper developed in cooperation
with the Economist Intelligence Unit
Outsourcing Distribution Centers Offers More Flexibility, Less Risk - Ryder white paper
Supply Chain Resilience 2009 Survey Report - BCI (Business Continuity Institute)
A Decision Support Framework to Assess Supply Chain Resilience - Mauro Falasca, Christopher W. Zobel & Deborah Cook, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University

Articles

Building the Resilient Supply Chain - Dr. Yossi Sheffi, Harvard Business Review
Flexibility in the Face of Disaster: Managing the Risk of Supply Chain Disruption - Knowledge@Wharton
Managing Supply Chain Disruption with Continuous Design - Hal Feuchtwanger, Managing Director, Global Logistics for i2 - written for Supply Chain Leader
Supply Chains At Risk - Doug Bartholomew, IndustryWeek
Supply Chain News: The Five Challenges of Today’s Global Supply Chains - SupplyChainDigest
Supply Chain Security Risks and Outsourcing - Renu Chopra, The Outsourcing Blog
How to Prepare for Global Supply Chain Disruptions - Nathan Pieri, Supply & Demand Chain Executive

Blogs

Enterprise Resilience Management Blog - In this blog, Stephen F. DeAngelis, a technologist who creates businesses at the intersection of technology and major business and global trends, discuss issues in globalization and organizational change, and the challenges -- ranging from terrorist threats to natural disasters to compliance and performance demands -- that organizations have to meet.

husdal.com is a gateway to journal articles, research papers, books, websites and other resources in Supply Chain Risk and Business Continuity, personally collected and reviewed by Jan Husdal, formerly a civil engineer, emergency management planner and GIS analyst, now a Research Geographer working on issues in Supply Chain Risk, Business Continuity and Transport Economics.

Supply Chain Matters Blog - In this blog, Bob Ferrari, a former supply chain industry analyst at AMR Research and IDC, provides unbiased views, insights, and education into today’s burning topics surrounding the managing and deployment of global supply chains. Having viewed this area from many spectrums and constituencies, his goal is to present a balanced and insightful view of key strategic topics.

Interviews

Managing Risk: An Interview with Gary Lynch - Sean Murphy interviews Gary Lynch, managing director of the Supply Chain Risk Management Practice at Marsh, Inc for Supply Chain Management Review
Nike Rebounds: How (and Why) Nike Recovered from Its Supply Chain Disaster - Christopher Koch interviews Roland Wolfram, Nike’s vice president of global operations and technology for CIO
Cargo Theft: An Interview with Michael St. Hill of ISO - Emily Holbrook interviews Michael St. Hill, director of insurance services for ISO crime analytics for Risk Management Monitor

Video

Supply Chain Risk Reduction - Professor Richard Wilding
Essential Characteristics of a Supply Chain Management Strategy - Kinaxis