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SupplySupplyChainChainDisruptionsDisruptions
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 Researcher Jan Husdal, MSc
Møreforsking Molde/Molde Research Institute
 jan.husdal@himolde.no
+47 71214289
International Conference on Flexible Supply Chains in a Global Economy
Molde University College17.07.08
 
Summary
•Why are supply chain disruptions important?•Freight transport in Norway•Research Questions•Supply Chain Disruptions
  –Robustness, Flexibility and Resilience –Mitigation and Contingency actions –Resilient Organizations
•Supply Chain Characteristics vis-a-vis Disruptions•Location and Preparedness
 
Why are supply chain disruptions important?
•Even a relatively small supplychain disruption caused by a
localized risk event localized risk event 
may have
consequences across the consequences across the global economic system global economic system 
.•Supply chains
appear
to
disperse risk disperse risk 
between multiplepartes, ut tey can aso
aggregate risk aggregate risk 
.•Global supply chains,offshoringand outsourcingleads to lesser control over
disruption causes.disruption causes.
•As a result, companies are left”only” with control over
disruption consequences.disruption consequences.
Source: World Economic Forum (2008) Hyper-optimization and supply chain vulnerability: an invisible global risk? In: Global Risks 2008 –A Global Risk Network Report,REF: 090108, World Economic Forum, Switzerland.
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