埃博拉和潜在的供应链影响 - 采购的审慎是什么?[亲]

埃博拉是一种作为出血热的疾病。这些不是完全安慰的词,因为那些受到折磨的人(从内部)和高达90%的受折磨的死亡,这取决于突破和治疗。可怕,肯定。但埃博拉不仅仅是一种毒性的杀手 - 也是可能的,也是一种供应链的杀手。

让我们继续采购问题,看看can be done. First of all, as a starting point there are actually many similarities between Ebola to geopolitical supply chain issues (e.g. extreme kidnapping risks in many areas of Mexico, Venezuela, Afghanistan, Somalia, and other places). But an illness migrates more easily than crime does, and with an incubation period as long as 21 days travellers returning from hot areas have a lot of time to have physical contact with others. Since it is impossible to track all individuals, it seems most prudent to add this to the list of factors (political, natural disasters, geological events, legal, financial, bankruptcies, corruption, crime, violence) that are part of better risk management solutions. In this Spend Matters PRO research brief, VP of Research Thomas Kase looks at how this can be done with an approach based on the solution available fromRiskmethods是一家慕尼黑公司。

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