Mass Customization as Risk Management Tool
Another flexibility tool, Mass customization (hereafter “MC”), introduced by Davis (1989), is the opposite of Fordian production principles. MC is...
Postponement, Another Collaboration-Based Tool of Risk Management
Postponement Postponement predates the SC and SCM paradigm by several decades. The earliest mention appears to be Alderson (1950), followed...
Lean+Agile=”Leagile”, a Collaboration-Based Tool of Risk Management
This is a lean/agile hybrid concept proffered by Naylor et al (1999), Towill and Christopher (2002), and Mason-Jones et al...
Other Agile (Flexible) Methods: QR and ECR
Quick Response (hereafter “QR”) can be traced to Blackburn (1991) and embodies the flexibility principles contained in agile. Fernie (1994)...
Agile as Risk Management Tool
Defining “Agile” “Agile” in manufacturing describes plant responsiveness to market requirements, the ability to produce novel or established goods quickly...
Lean as Risk Management Tool
Defining “Lean” “Lean” or “leanness” is one of a quintet of paradigms that dominate modern organisational management (Naim et al,...
Critiquing Supply Chain Risk Management
The literature of SCRM is coherent in its promulgation of SCM-compliant solutions to risk. Circularity colours the reasoning of SCRM:...
Supply Chain Resilience
Christopher and Peck (2004) maintain that resilience in the SC demands flexibility and agility. SCRES is contingent on efficient transportation...
Supply Chain Vulnerability
To Jüttner and Maklan (2011), SCV is the managerial counterpart of SCRM. Similarly, to Blos et al (2009) and Christopher...