How long does it take for SC managers to really care about Katrinas?
Filed in archive Point of view by ehsan on June 12, 2007

From that time, almost two years has passed. What is the current stage of usage in risk planning modules? Has it increased? Not really and that's quite interesting!
Recently I was talking to one of the supply chain managers in a manufacturing company and asked him about this issue; the response was: "We have to take care of the basics first!".
On the other hand the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced recently that this year's hurricane season
, which runs from June 1 to November 30, is forecast to be above average with as many as 17 named storms compared with an average number of about 11 per season. According to a recent study by McKinsey on supply chain risks, only few companies are really taking into account the consequences of such events in their planning system. Honestly I don't how long should it take for companies to take risk management seriously but it seems a necessity for senior managers to change their minds and come to an understanding that Hurricanes always say hello to us so we have to make our supply chain resilient.
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