Supply Chain Risk Management An Emerging Discipline 1st Edition Gregory L Schlegel by Gregory L. Schlegel, Robert J. Trent 9781482205978, 1482205971 instant download after payment.

<P>This book presents a risk management framework that will help readers position and conceptualize the topic of supply chain risk management. With this framework, practitioners will be able to reduce costs associated with risk, protect their brand and reputation, ensure positive financial outcomes, and begin to develop visible, predictable, resilient, and sustainable supply chains. The book provides access to a cloud-based, end-to-end supply chain risk assessment "Heat Map" which illustrates the maturity of the chain through the various stages.</P> <P>Praise for the book:</P> <P><EM>The first 'A-to-Z' margin-based balanced risk assessment/performance guidebook to address our current and future global supply chain challenges!<BR></EM>–Jim de Vries: Enterprise Master Blackbelt: Corporate Initiatives – Air Products </P> <P><EM>Complete and comprehensive coverage of supply chain risk - from strategic to operational to probabilistic modeling and analytics ... .<BR></EM>—Robert J. Vokurka, Professor Emeritus, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi<BR><EM><BR>… this book will give you valuable perspectives on supply chain vulnerabilities and how to deal with them.<BR></EM><I>—</I>Cliff Reese, Management consultant and former global business leader<BR><I><BR>Robert Trent and Greg Schlegel have created a masterpiece for the risk practitioner.  ... Best of all, the authors present a path forward that any organization can use to start or improve a program to manage the increasingly important world of supply chain risks</I>.<BR>—John J. Brown, P.E., ARM-E, Past President, Supply Chain Risk Leadership Council; Former Director, Risk Management, Supply Chain, and Technical, The Coca-Cola Company<BR><I><BR>The book is replete with examples of companies that have employed effective risk management techniques to gain a competitive edge. It should be required reading for any business seeking to accomplish the same.<BR></I>—Karl F. Schmidt, Retired, VP Risk Mgmt, Johnson & Johnson Supply Chain; Engineering Fellow, Villanova University</P>