International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management: Volume 34 Issue 5

Supply chain logistics risks: From the back room to the board room

Joseph L. Cavinato

Risks and uncertainties are ever more noted and factored into decision making today, and those stemming from supply chains are prominent in the competitiveness and viability of…

Mitigating supply chain risk through improved confidence

Martin Christopher, Hau Lee

Today's marketplace is characterised by turbulence and uncertainty. Market turbulence has tended to increase for a number of reasons. Demand in almost every industrial sector…

An analysis of supply risk assessment techniques

George A. Zsidisin, Lisa M. Ellram, Joseph R. Carter, Joseph L. Cavinato

Purchasing organizations are exposed to risk in their interactions with suppliers, whether it is recognized and managed, addressed in a cursory manner, or altogether ignored. In…

Risky business: expanding the discussion on risk and the extended enterprise

Robert E. Spekman, Edward W. Davis

The notion of risk is receiving greater attention in research on supply chain management by academics and practitioners alike. As firms collaborate and combine forces to compete…

Ericsson's proactive supply chain risk management approach after a serious sub‐supplier accident

Andreas Norrman, Ulf Jansson

Supply chain risk management (SCRM) is of growing importance, as the vulnerability of supply chains increases. The main thrust of this article is to describe how Ericsson, after a…