Download or read book Managing Risks in Supply Chains written by Thorsten Blecker and published by Erich Schmidt Verlag GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2006-09-14 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The new volume, edited by Wolfgang Kersten and Thorsten Blecker, offers the most important perspectives on supply chain risk management. The contributions written by named experts provide actual information about workable approaches for supply chain risk management, analyses of supply chain risks, identification of key risk factors for logistics outsourcing, assessment of the uncertainty of delivery. With this book readers will gain central insights how to handle approaches for supply chain risk management within their business. They will learn how to manage risks effectively to build leaner supply chains with a maintainable risk exposure for all partners in industry and services.