This special collection brings together nine articles published in the print edition of CPO Agenda during the past three and a half years. These are grouped under the following headings:
Supplier failure
Supply risk management
Commodity risk management
Risk management
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SUPPLIER FAILURE.
A fine balancing act
by Nicolas Reinecke, Nicklas Garemo and Guido Baier
At the same time as helping to improve their firms’ cash positions, CPOs must keep key suppliers healthy and take advantage of strategic opportunities
Spring 2009
Reading suppliers’ vital signs
by Dan O’Regan
To diagnose suppliers most at risk of failure, CPOs need to move beyond traditional sources of intelligence and enlist staff at several levels
Winter 2008-09
SUPPLY RISK MANAGEMENT.
Defending the enterprise
by Brian Powilatis and Sarah Schwab
Leading procurement functions don’t rely on a ‘sense and respond’ approach to supply risk, they take proactive steps to protect their organisations
Winter 2008-09
Disruptive influences
by Vinod Singhal and Kevin Hendricks
Analysis of hundreds of cases of supply chain disruption show that they destroy shareholder value. Here’s how firms can mitigate the risks
Summer 2007
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An upside to the downturn
by Stephen Finch, Ashley Hubka and Grégory Kochersperger
Current economic conditions give CPOs the chance to build an organisation that not only protects against the downside of purchasing-related risks but also captures the upside
Spring 2009
Casting the net wider
by Dick Russill and Nick Wildgoose
When it comes to risk, most of procurement’s attention tends to be on supply chain disruption. But there are also plenty of dangers lurking inside an organisation’s four walls
Spring 2009
by Mauro Erriquez, Nicolas Reinecke and Walther Kiep
Many companies over-insure themselves. By taking a structured approach, procurement can help to optimise risk decisions and reduce insurance costs
Winter 2008-09
Weathering the storm
by Yossi Sheffi
Bouncing back quickly from a supply chain disruption requires careful planning and design, strong supplier relationships and a flexible culture
Winter 2005
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COMMODITY RISK MANAGEMENT
by Tom Bundgaard, Jon Hughes, Søren Vammen & Lasse Hvid-Jørgensen
A sustained period of volatility in commodity markets demands that procurement develop a more disciplined and skilled approach to managing cost risk
Autumn 2008
