Military Supply Network at Risk

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Characteristics of the Supply Chain-A Contingency Framework' in Supply Chain Risk, Clare Brindley (Editor), Ashgate Publishing Ltd, Chapter 3, pp. 28-42 lntroduction Risk pervades every dimension of our ]ives, personal and professional. In every element of our daily routine we enceunter and manage risk to a greater or lesser extent successful]y. Each ofthese encounters with risk is difTerent and wc probably employ differcnt approaches to handling these. There are arguably, however, a scries of common rules or steps that we might take in handling such decisions, usually based on our previous experiences of something simi]arin other words a Contingency Amproach. Supply chains also exhibit risk in a variety ofdimensions and rely on decision makers, individua]s or groups, to take appropriate decisjons to manage ihese effectively on behalf of the otheT partners in the chain. Risk in the supply chain is not a new phenomenon. Busincss organizations have always been exposed The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers NII-Electronic Library Service The JapanSociety ofMechanical Engineers Supply Chain Risk Management 3. Increased exposure to global competitive pressures means that most business organizations are exposed to new and additiona] risks that may impact more rapidly and with more severe consequences than previously. These characteristics arguably lead to each individua] supply chain being unique in certain respects. Equa]ly, this uniqueness may require unique approaches to the management ofthe risks involved. The approach taken in this chapter is to argue that despite each supply chain being unique, exposed to unique risks and requiring unique solutions, there is significant value in seeking to map the common or shared characteristics onto a Framework. This chapter seeks to justify and establish such a Contingency 1;>'amework.

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Supply chains have expanded rapidly over the decades, with the aim to increase productivity, lower costs and fulfil demands in emerging markets. The increasing complexity in a supply chain hinders visibility and consequently reduces one's control over the process. Cases of disruption such as the ones faced by Ericsson and Enron, have shown that a risk event occurring at one point of the supply chain can greatly affect other members, when the disruption is not properly controlled. Supply chain management thus faces a pressing need to maintain the expected yields of the system in risk situations. To achieve that, we need to both identify potential risks and evaluate their impacts, and at the same time design risk mitigation policies to locate and relocate resources to deal with risk events.

This paper conducts an in-depth systematic literature review of 86 peerreviewed academic journal articles on supply chain risk management (SCRM) strategies from 2000 to mid-2015. The findings indicate a variety of dispersed supply chain risk (SCR) mitigating strategies and suggest a more homogeneous use of terminology. Moreover, the analysis also reveals insufficient evidence for the effect of SCRM on performance. The current study groups and synthesises the various SCRM strategies into proactive and reactive approaches for the ante and the post disruption state and classifies them according to the different supply chain types. Altogether the findings provide essential practical and theoretical contributions to strategic responses to adverse incidents by creating a unique conceptual framework of SCRM strategies and providing direction towards promising areas of research.

International Journal of Critical Infrastructures, 2018

Supply chains (SC) can be viewed as complex interconnected systems that play a vital role of the transportation and delivery of goods and services. SC usually involves various critical infrastructures, mainly in the transportation sector and exhibit intra-sector and cross-border dependencies with various business entities. Although efforts have been made to standardise supply chain risk assessment (SCRA) approaches, there is a lack of targeted methodologies. In our previous work (Polemi and Kotzanikolaou, 2015) we have proposed a preliminary version of the Medusa SCRA methodology, compliant with ISO28001. The primary goal of Medusa is to assess the risks of an SC rising from the interconnections and interdependencies between the various entities within it. In this paper, we significantly extend our previous work, in order to define all specific details of the Medusa SC RA, such as estimations of threat levels, consequences, risk scales, cascading risks; generation of a baseline SC security policy and identification of security controls. Furthermore, we validate our methodology based on real case scenarios, derived from the pilot operations of the Medusa project and we provide implementation details of the Medusa collaborative system which hosts the methodology and offers SC RA services to the involved BPs.

International conference KNOWLEDGE-BASED ORGANIZATION

Complex phenomenon and particularly challenging, the decision-making process in the military field is, perhaps, the place where the risk is defined and is found in “pure form”. The dynamics of actions, environmental factors, technical and tactical characteristics of military structures are just a few items that generate a range of risks which must be managed by each commander, both at the time of the decision, and during its implementation. For these reasons, and not only, we support the idea that risk management in the military field may be the key to success in any mission

Supply Chain Management Review, 2003

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By managing risk on the level of the supply chain we gain insight of all potential threats to all organizations involved in the chain as well as to the supply chain itself, especially to the logistics resources: flow of goods, services and information; logistics infrastructure and suprastructure; and people.

Information & Security: An International Journal, 2013

The ability to assess and therefore react to risk exposure in critical infrastructures and supply chains environments greatly contributes to reaching suitable protection levels and response mechanisms. Due to the unavoidable interdependencies among those infrastructures, that allow disruptions to spread from one to another and likely cause a great impact on society's welfare state, risk management might be seen as a common and shared concern. The Comprehensive Risk Management approach tries to face this process by gathering information from a broad range of disciplines (physical and logical security, safety, environmental threats, etc.) while taking into account interdependencies of critical infrastructures and supply chains at different layers, going from critical infrastructure operators point of view, to sectoral, national and finally supranational levels. Besides, risk assessment and management processes rely on accurate and timely information to assist decision making, but this information (security holes, attacks or even disruptions suffered by an infrastructure or supply chain)-due to its sensitiveness-does not easily flow between involved or interested parties. This paper provides an analysis of this situation and suggest future fields of action, supported by conclusions drawn from the FOCUS project.

International Journal of Logistics Management, 2020

Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to develop a conceptual framework for improving the effectiveness of risk management in supply networks following a critical literature review. Methodology: A critical review of 91 scholarly journal articles published between 2000 and 2018 supports the development of an integrated conceptual framework. Findings: The findings emphasize that supply chain integration (SCI) can have both a positive and negative impact on the effectiveness of risk management in supply networks. It is possible to have a positive effect when SCI can be used to develop competencies in joint risk planning within the organization and with wider supply network members and, in turn, to develop collaborative risk management capabilities. Supply network characteristics can influence whether and the extent to which SCI has a positive or negative impact on risk management effectiveness. Research implications: The conceptual framework can be used to empirically assess the role of SCI for effective risk management. Dynamic evaluation of the effectiveness of risk management and potential redesign of the supply network by considering other contingent factors are some future research avenues. Practical implications: There is a need for developing specific competencies in risk planning within organizations and joint risk planning with supply network members which, in turn, can help develop collaborative risk management capabilities to improve the effectiveness of risk management in supply networks. Network characteristics will influence whether and the extent to which SCI results in the effectiveness of risk management. Originality value: Moving beyond recent (systematic) reviews on supply chain risk management, this study develops a novel conceptual framework interlinking supply chain integration and the effectiveness of risk management while considering network characteristics.

Risk management, 2012

Supply chain risk management (SCRM) is an interdisciplinary emerging area of research crossing over operations management, finance and marketing, among other disciplines. Conceptualization of SCRM is argued in reference to previous studies on risk identification, risk assessment, supply chain vulnerabilities and risk management approaches used. A SCRM framework is then developed based on taxonomies defined for risk events and risk management approaches. In line with this framework, a risk management planning process is proposed with an illustrative example.