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Single Point of Failure: The Ten Essential Laws of Supply Chain Risk Management — Table of Contents
About the Author xi
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction Getting to the Truth 1

Chapter 1 The Laws of the Laws

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   Laws of the Laws
   Risk Management Defined
   Law of the Laws #1: Everyone, without Exception, Is    Part of a Supply Chain
   Law of the Laws #2: No Risk Strategy Is a Substitute    for Bad Decisions and a Lack of Risk Consciousness
   Law of the Laws #3: It's All in the Details
   Law of the Laws #4: People Always Operate from    Self-Interest
   Indirect and Secondary Impacts
   What Can You Conclude?
   Notes

 

Chapter 2 Law #1: If You Don’t Manage and Lead Change, You Have to Surrender to It

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   The Risk Wake-Up Call — Planned Change,    Unplanned Consequences
   We Can't Change the Past, but . . . Can We Change    the Future?
   Can You See the Icebergs Ahead?
   Notes
 
Chapter 3 Law #2: The Paradigm Should Destroy the Parasite: Begin by Defining the Paradigm, Not by Fighting the Parasite 61
   The Paradigm in Action
   Why Does the Organization Need to Identify a Supply    Chain Risk Paradigm?
   Beware! The Paradigm Can Shift Without Notice
   If the Shoe Fits
   Notes
 
Chapter 4 Law #3: Manage Your Business DNA in a Petri Dish of Evolving Risk 87
   Expanding the Risk Awareness Universe
   Know Your Business — Know Your Surroundings
   The Keys to Your Risk Kingdom
   Your Operation's Complete Footprint
   Your Action Plan
   Notes
 
Chapter 5 Law #4: In Supply Chain Risk Management, Demand Trumps Supply 115
   Everyone's Customer
   Building Your Demand-Based Strategy
   Market and Client Factors to Consider
   Notes
 
Chapter 6 Law #5: Never Set Up Your Suppliers for Failure           143
   Supply Chain Risk Management Program
   Sourcing Strategies That Create More Risk, Not Less
   Trust but Verify
   Notes
 
Chapter 7 Law #6: Managing Production Risk Is a Dirty Job: Focus on Managing the Endless Risk of Manufactured Weakest Links 173
   Going Global with the Production of Risk
   A New Collaborative Effort
   Why Is Production So Critical?
   Part Two of the Double Whammy: Labor
   Notes
 
Chapter 8 Law #7: The Logistics Risk Management Rule: Managing the Parts Does Not Equal Managing the Whole 199
   What Is Logistics Risk?
   Cargo and Warehouse Theft
   The Piracy Risk
   What's at Risk?
   Single Points of Failure and Aggregate Risk
   Supply Chains Don't Survive on Product Flows Alone;
   Information Flows Are Essential
   In the End It's All about the Priorities and    Economics
   Notes
 
Chapter 9 Law #8: Mitigation: If Supply Chain Risk Management Isn’t Part of the Solution, It Will Become the Problem 199
   Now What Do I Do?
   Enter the Risk Intelligent Supply Chain
   Economic Change—A Catalyst for Redefining
   Resiliency Management
   Predisruption
   At Time of Disruption
   Postdisruption
   What Is Risk Mitigation?
   Notes
 
Chapter 10 Law #9: Financing: The Best Policy Is Knowing What’s in Your Policy 249
   Insurance and Its Role in Supply Chain
   Risk Management
   Background on Insurance in the Supply Chain Risk    Area
   Current Insurance Solutions and Their Limitations
   Introducing Supply Chain Insurance: Approach and    Challenges
   Corporate Customer Benefits Arising from
   Supply Chain Insurance
   Conclusions
   What Does the Future Hold?
   A View from the Insurer's Side
   Notes
 
Chapter 11 Law #10: Manage the Risk as You Manage Your Own: Your Supply Chains Are All Interdependent but Unique 279
   Questioning Old Assumptions
   Personal Laws of the Laws
 
Index 287

 

 

 

 

 

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