Hurricanes always say hello to Florida so make your supply chain resilient

Filed in archive Book Review on May 22, 2006

Again another hurricane storm in Florida and lots of damages to companies' supply chains...This is not a headline from CNN, but a simple warning.

My whole supply chain is corrupted, What should I do now? I hate this question, so If I were the Chief Supply Chain Officer of a company based in Florida, I would make sure that such things never happen.

I have written on Katrinas and the necessity of using Risk management packages available in almost all the SCM solutions. This time, I want to write more on culture: Yossi Sheffi, a professor at MIT, believes that great savior of companies from Katrinas is not using risk assessment techniques, multi-sourcing, or technology but developing a type of culture in the company when all the people at all layers GO OUT AND DO SOMETHING IMMEDIATELY.

In his book, The Resilient Enterprise: Overcoming Vulnerability for Competitive Advantage, he looks at different examples and case studies when companies face disruption in their supply chains. I recommend this book to all of you: It won't take more than one Sunday from you, but you will find valuable insights on how to make your supply chain resilient...