Resilient Enterprise : Overcoming Vulnerability for Competitive Advantage

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sheffi, Yossi.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business logistics--Management.

Competition.

Strategic planning.

Local Subjects:

Business logistics--Management.

Competition.

Strategic planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : The MIT Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Stories from Nokia, Dell, UPS, Toyota, and other companies show how firms can reduce their vulnerability to high-impact distributions, from earthquakes to strikes, from SARS to terrorism, and use them for competitive advantage.

Contents:

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; I When Things Go Wrong; 1 Big Lessons from Small Disruptions; 2 Understanding Vulnerability; 3 Anticipating Disruptions and Assessing Their Likelihood; 4 Effects of Disruptions; II Supply Chain Management-A Primer; 5 Basic Supply Chain Management; 6 Demand-Responsive Supply Chains; III Reducing Vulnerability; 7 Reducing the Likelihood of Intentional Disruptions; 8 Collaboration for Security; 9 Detecting Disruptions; 10 Resilience through Redundancy; IV Building in Flexibility; 11 Flexibility through Interchangeability; 12 Postponement for Flexibility

13 Strategies for Flexible Supply14 Customer Relations Management; 15 Building a Culture of Flexibility; V Resilience for Competitive Advantage; 16 Moving Ahead; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9780262250627

0262250624

9780262283489

0262283484