In many industries flexibility and changeability are becoming a more important characteristic for providing responses to fluctuating conditions without significant loss in time, costs and efforts. In order to cope with turbulences and the increasing level of unpredictability, future...

The increased interest in supply chain risk management (SCRM) is not only a consequence of recent natural disasters, but moreover the recognition that even small incidents can have a severe impact on the entire supply chain (SC). Instead of making high investments in eliminating every potential...