Single Point of Failure: The Ten Essential Laws of Supply Chain Risk Management | by Gary S. Lynch | 2009 | ISBN: 9780470424964. Supply Chain Insurance. Cargo and Warehouse Theft. Risk Intelligent Supply Chain. A Catalyst for Redefining Resiliency Management

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Single Point of Failure: The Ten Essential Laws of Supply Chain Risk Management

by Gary S. Lynch
2009 (314 pages)
ISBN:9780470424964

Using analogies and dozens of case histories, this book describes the risk parasite that infects all supply chains, and reveals methods to neutralize that parasite.

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Single Point of Failure—The Ten Essential Laws of Supply Chain Risk Management

Preface
Introduction—Getting to the Truth
Chapter 1 – The Laws of the Laws
Overview
Laws of the Laws
Risk Management Defined
Law of the Laws #1: Everyone, without Exception, Is Part of a Supply Chain
Law of the Laws #2: No Risk Strategy Is a Substitute for Bad Decisions and a Lack of Risk Consciousness
Law of the Laws #3: It’s All in the Details
Law of the Laws #4: People Always Operate from Self-Interest
Indirect and Secondary Impacts
What Can You Conclude?
Notes

Chapter 2 – Law #1: If You Don’t Manage and Lead Change, You Have to Surrender to It
Overview
The Risk Wake-Up Call—Planned Change, Unplanned Consequences
We Can’t Change the Past, but… Can We Change the Future?
Can You See the Icebergs Ahead?
Notes

Chapter 3 – Law #2: The Paradigm Should Destroy the Parasite—Begin by Defining the Paradigm, Not by Fighting the Parasite
Overview
The Paradigm in Action
Why Does the Organization Need to Identify a Supply Chain Risk Paradigm?
Beware! The Paradigm Can Shift without Notice
If the Shoe Fits
Notes

Chapter 4 – Law #3: Manage Your Business DNA in a Petri Dish of Evolving Risk
Overview
Expanding the Risk Awareness Universe
Know Your Business—Know Your Surroundings
The Keys to Your Risk Kingdom
Your Operation’s Complete Footprint
Your Action Plan
Notes

Chapter 5 – Law #4: In Supply Chain Risk Management, Demand Trumps Supply
Overview
Everyone’s Customer
Building Your Demand-Based Strategy
Market and Client Factors to Consider
Notes

Chapter 6 – Law #5: Never Set Up Your Suppliers for Failure
Overview
Supply Chain Risk Management Program
Sourcing Strategies That Create More Risk, Not Less
Trust but Verify
Notes

Chapter 7 – Law #6: Managing Production Risk Is a Dirty Job—Focus on Managing the Endless Risk of Manufactured Weakest Links
Going Global with the Production of Risk
A New Collaborative Effort
Why Is Production So Critical?
Part Two of the Double Whammy: Labor
Notes

Chapter 8 – Law #7: The Logistics Risk Management Rule: Managing the Parts Does Not Equal Managing the Whole—(Improvements Can Only be Gauged by Their Impact on the Entire Supply Chain)
Overview
What Is Logistics Risk?
Cargo and Warehouse Theft
The Piracy Risk
What’s at Risk?
Single Points of Failure and Aggregate Risk
Supply Chains Don’t Survive on Product Flows Alone; Information Flows Are Essential
In the End It’s All About the Priorities and Economics
Notes

Chapter 9 – Law #8: Mitigation: If Supply Chain Risk Management Isn’t Part of the Solution, It Will Become the Problem—Good Answers Often Raise Big Questions
Overview
Now What Do I Do?
Enter the Risk Intelligent Supply Chain
Economic Change—A Catalyst for Redefining Resiliency Management
Predisruption
At Time of Disruption
Postdisruption
What Is Risk Mitigation?
Notes

Chapter 10 – Law #9: Financing—The Best Policy is Knowing What’s in Your Policy
Overview
Insurance and Its Role in Supply Chain Risk Management
Background on Insurance in the Supply Chain Risk Area
Current Insurance Solutions and Their Limitations
Introducing Supply Chain Insurance: Approach and Challenges
Corporate Customer Benefits Arising from Supply Chain Insurance
Conclusions
What Does the Future Hold?
A View from the Insurer’s Side
Notes

Chapter 11 – Law #10: Manage the Risk as You Manage Your Own—Your Supply Chains are All Interdependent but Unique
Overview
Questioning Old Assumptions
Personal Laws of the Laws

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