Single Point of Failure: The 10 Essential Laws of Supply Chain Risk Management

Praise for Single Point of Failure
"We are in a world where risk is becoming a more central issue for senior management and boards of directors. A fundamental area of risk is in the supply chain of the enterprise. Gary Lynch has brought together his years of experience to provide a comprehensive yet pragmatic approach to understanding and managing supply chain risk. His ′ten laws′ provide a blueprint for the effective management of this very critical source of strategic risk."—David A. Nadler, Vice Chairman, Marsh & McLennan Companies
"Single Point of Failure is a must–read book for all executives who are navigating today′s risk–rich space that requires them to predict, measure, manage, and tame uncertainty in real time. Lynch offers a unique blend of risk management business theory, macroeconomics considerations, and real–life, vividly described examples, creating unique learning moments and providing thought–provoking insights that, if applied, could ultimately create the difference between planned success or inadvertent failure."
—Francois Nader, Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
"With Single Point of Failure, Mr. Lynch brings supply chain risk to life and makes it accessible to all walks of businesspeople. It′s a fast–paced book that crystallizes the key business issues with a rich blend of insight and humour! Essential reading for all levels of business managers!"—James Irwin, Senior Strategic Marketing Manager, Roche
"Lynch captures the dynamics of supply–change management in an effective and comprehensive manner ... identifying numerous risk factors that impact on reputational capital, and are organic and typically embedded within all organizations that face increased globalization and its associated uncertainties ... His suggested strategies provide invaluable guidance concerning how organizations can not only recognize leading indicators that may result in deteriorating profiles associated with quality service and overall corporate social responsibility, but also anticipate potential future mutations in the evolution of risk profiles associated with the supply chain, and implement remediation and ongoing sustainable best practices in proactively addressing and preventing against salient risk parasites."—Jess Boronico, PhD, Dean, School of Management, New York Institute of Technology

Spis treści:
About the Author.
Preface.
 Acknowledgments.
Introduction Getting to the Truth.
Chapter 1 The Laws of the Laws.
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.
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 Ffighting the Parasite.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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: If Supply Chain Risk Management Isn′t Part of the Solution It Will then Become the Problem.
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.
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 Vi ew 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.
Questioning Old Assumptions.
Personal Laws of the Laws.
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
Gary S. Lynch, CISSP, is an Author, Managing Director and Global Leader of Marsh′s Supply Chain Risk Management Practice. He has contributed to the World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Risks Report, been a speaker on pressing global business risk issues for organizations such as Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC/Singapore & Australia), Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS), the World Customs Organization (WCO/Brussels), and The Wharton School, Center for Risk Management and Decision Processes. He also leads Marsh′s Global Pandemic Response Center. He works as a management consultant, specializing in helping senior executives solve complex business risk issues. He has developed critical thought leadership and solutions around emerging risk issues, including supply chain risk management and financing, information protection strategies and schemes, value chain risk strategies, cyber/IT–risk, business resiliency and continuity, and pandemic preparedness. He is internationally recognized and has held executive operational and IT risk positions at Booz Allen Hamilton, Chase, Prudential, and Ernst & Young. He is a pioneer in helping companies use his leading–edge methodology to transform their risk management programs. Gary is the author of At Your Own Risk (Wiley) and has appeared on NBC Nightly News, Bloomberg TV, ABC, and CNBC, and has been published in CEO Magazine, Shanghai Business Review, and CIO Insights.

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Praise for Single Point of Failure
"We are in a world where risk is becoming a more central issue for senior management and boards of directors. A fundamental are