Wentworth
Institute of Technology
The resilient enterprise : overcoming vulnerability for competitive advantage /
"What happens when fire strikes the manufacturing plant of the sole supplier for the brake pressure value used in every Toyota? When an earthquake in Taiwan shuts down chip manufacturers for Deli and Apple? When the U.S. Pacific ports are shut down during the Christmas rush? When terrorists str...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
MIT Press,
[2005]
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Full text (Wentworth users only) |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | "What happens when fire strikes the manufacturing plant of the sole supplier for the brake pressure value used in every Toyota? When an earthquake in Taiwan shuts down chip manufacturers for Deli and Apple? When the U.S. Pacific ports are shut down during the Christmas rush? When terrorists strike? In The Resilient Enterprise, Yossi Sheffi shows that companies fortunes in the face of such business shocks depend more on choices made before the disruption than they do on actions taken in the midst of it. He shows how companies can build in flexibility throughout their supply chains, based on proven design principles and the right culture-balancing security, redundancy, and short-term profits. And he shows that investments in resilience and flexibility not only reduce risk but create a competitive advantage in the increasingly volatile marketplace."--Jacket |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 338 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-315) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780262283489 0262283484 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed March 16, 2020). |