The resilient enterprise : overcoming vulnerability for competitive advantage

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Title:

Author:

Sheffi, Yosef, 1948-

ISBN:

9780262195379

9780262693493

Personal Author:

Sheffi, Yosef, 1948-

Publication Information:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2005.

Physical Description:

xiii, 338 p. ; 24 cm.

General Note:

Formerly CIP.

Contents:

1. Big lessons from small disruptions -- 2. Understanding vulnerability -- 3. Anticipating disruptions and assessing their likelihood -- 4. Effects of disruptions -- 5. Basic supply chain management -- 6. Demand-responsive supply chains -- 7. Reducing the likelihood of intentional disruptions -- 8. Collaboration for security -- 9. Detecting disruptions -- 10. Resilience through redundancy -- 11. Flexibility through interchangeability -- 12. Postponement for flexibility -- 13. Strategies for flexible supply -- 14. Customer relations management -- 15. Building a culture of flexibility -- 16. Moving ahead.

Abstract:

"What happens when fire strikes the manufacturing plant of the sole supplier for the brake pressure value used in every Toyota? When an earthquake in Taiwan shuts down chip manufacturers for Deli and Apple? When the U.S. Pacific ports are shut down during the Christmas rush? When terrorists strike? In The Resilient Enterprise, Yossi Sheffi shows that companies fortunes in the face of such business shocks depend more on choices made before the disruption than they do on actions taken in the midst of it. He shows how companies can build in flexibility throughout their supply chains, based on proven design principles and the right culture-balancing security, redundancy, and short-term profits. And he shows that investments in resilience and flexibility not only reduce risk but create a competitive advantage in the increasingly volatile marketplace."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject Term:

Business logistics -- Management.

Strategic planning.

Competition.

Electronic Access:

Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0613/2005040875.html

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Stories from Nokia, Dell, UPS, Toyota, and other companies show how firms can reduce their vulnerability to high-impact disruptions, from earthquakes to strikes, from SARS to terrorism, and use them for competitive advantage. What happens when fire strikes the manufacturing plant of the sole supplier for the brake pressure valve used in every Toyota? When an earthquake in Taiwan shuts down chip manufacturers for Dell and Apple? When the U.S. Pacific ports are shut down during the Christmas rush? When terrorists strike? In The Resilient Enterprise, Yossi Sheffi shows that companies' fortunes in the face of such business shocks depend more on choices made before the disruption than they do on actions taken in the midst of it. He shows how companies can build in flexibility throughout their supply chains, based on proven design principles and the right culture--balancing security, redundancy, and short-term profits.