Vulnerability in supply chain risk management

Jyri Vilko; Lauri Lättilä

Proceedings of ICLT 2013

Vulnerability in supply chain risk management

Jyri Vilko; Lauri Lättilä

School of Business, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Lappeenranta, Finland; Kouvola Research Unit, School of Engineering and Management, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland

International Conference on Logistics & Transport 2013, Kyoto, Japan, pp. 304-314

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Abstract

Transportation and supply chains have become the focal point of many firms trying to improve competitiveness in an increasingly global marketplace. Global supply chains are comprised of a multitude of companies acting as part of a long and complex, logistics system that is increasingly vulnerable to various disturbances (Wagner and Neshat, 2010; Vilko, 2012).

Keywords

supply chain; logistics; transportation; port; competitiveness

Citation

Jyri Vilko; Lauri Lättilä (2013). Vulnerability in supply chain risk management. Proceedings of the International Conference on Logistics & Transport (ICLT 2013), Kyoto, Japan, pp. 304-314.