The supply chain of a blog

With traffic to my blog slowing down over Christmas, I’ve been pondering…does a blog have a supply chain? If so, is a blog exposed to supply chain risk? And what is the risk? On the demand side I guess it is not having enough readers; on the supply side I presume it’s not having enough to write about. In this slightly humorous post I will take a closer look at what drives a blog and how a blog supply chain disruption can be avoided. Does my blog in fact need a business continuity plan?

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Are Indian suppliers becoming more concerned with supply chain risk?

How you find out about the latest trends in supply chain managemen? Well, having a blog dedicated to supply chain risk and business continuity and a good traffic stats program goes a long way towards seeing trends in what my visitors search for and posts they read most. And supply chain risk is becoming an increasingly hot topic with my Indian visitors.

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Book Review: Harvard Business Review on Crisis Management

Why do some companies survive a major crisis, and some don’t? How do they survive, if at all? Close calls and near misses are not that uncommon in the business world, but how do companies actually deal with them? The Harvard Business Review Paperback Series are not written for us academics and researchers, but for the professional manager seeking executive perspectives and solutions, and this is a book with essays that “based on a true story”,  told by those who lived to tell how they survived a major crisis.

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