A Supply Chain Management Guide to Business Continuity

As a consultant with the Disaster Recovery Institute International, the author offers an overview of how to identify risks and subsequently reduce or eliminate the incidence of supply chain disruptions.

Dave Blanchard

Feb. 15, 2011

2 min read

Note: Supply Chain Management is by Betty A. Kildown, AMACOM, 2011, 266 pages $35

The fragile nature of the global supply chain was on full display the first week of February 2011 when a violent uprising in Egypt threatened to halt traffic through the Suez Canal, as well as clamping down on the Suez-Mediterranean oil pipeline. That same week, roughly a third of the United States was affected by a winter storm that closed major airports and interstate highways, delaying countless shipments.

This book arrives, then, at an opportune moment as its central point is the importance of planning for supply chain disasters, of all shapes and sizes. While the author, a consultant with the Disaster Recovery Institute International, does a good job offering an overview of how to identify risks and subsequently reduce or eliminate the incidence of supply chain disruptions, what sets this book apart is its supplemental material.

One appendix, for instance, offers a helpful business continuity planning assessment questionnaire, while another appendix walks the reader step-by-step through the process of creating a business continuity plan.

Ultimately, unforeseen disasters are always going to happen, but this book provides plenty of tactical advice on how to mitigate the effects of those disasters.

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• Another BRIC in the Wall
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About the Author

Dave Blanchard

Senior Director of Content

Focus: Supply Chain

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During his career Dave Blanchard has led the editorial management of many of Endeavor Business Media's best-known brands, including IndustryWeek, EHS Today, Material Handling & Logistics, Logistics Today, Supply Chain Technology News, and Business Finance. He also serves as senior content director of the annual Safety Leadership Conference. With over 30 years of B2B media experience, Dave literally wrote the book on supply chain management, Supply Chain Management Best Practices (John Wiley & Sons, 2010), which has been translated into several languages and is currently in its second edition. He is a frequent speaker and moderator at major trade shows and conferences, and has won numerous awards for writing and editing. He is a voting member of the jury of the Logistics Hall of Fame, and is a graduate of Northern Illinois University.