Ensuring Supply Chain Resilience: Development and Implementation of an Assessment Tool
Abstract
In today's tightly connected global economy, traditional management practices that rely on "steady-state" conditions are challenged by chaotic external pressures and turbulent change. Just in the last few years the world has experienced a string of catastrophic events, including a global economic meltdown, a volcanic eruption in Iceland, an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a disastrous tsunami and power blackout in Japan, and political upheavals in Africa and the Middle East. Managing the risk of an uncertain future is a challenge that requires resilience--the ability to survive, adapt and grow in the face of turbulent change. This research develops a measurement tool titled the Supply Chain Resilience Assessment and Management (SCRAM)(trademark).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 20, 2013
- Accession Number
- AD1029526
Entities
People
- Joseph Fiksel
- Keely L. Croxton
- Timothy J. Pettit
Organizations
- United States Air Force Academy