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Published On - May 10, 2018

Gary Lynch Gary's News, SPOF, Uncertainty AdvantageTags: logistics, manufacturing, supply chain, Uncertainty Advantage

Ford Forced to Stop F-150 Production Because of Supplier Fire

Ford suspended all production Wednesday of its profit-driving F-150 pickup, the nation’s best-selling vehicle for more than 35 years, because of a “black swan” parts shortage. The production halt was caused by a fire May 2 at a parts factory in small-town Michigan that rippled thro...

Published On - February 8, 2018

Gary Lynch Gary's News, Links, SPOFTags: manufacturing, supply chain

“Where in the World” will manufacturing move to in the coming decade (and what uncertainty does this bring)?

I found an excellent podcast from HBR on the next major shift to manufacturing. Irene Yuan Sun explains why Africa could be the world’s next great manufacturing center. Listen to the Podcast Compelling arugement for yet another shift in “where in the world” manufacturing will dominate. Chi...

Published On - February 8, 2018

Gary Lynch Gary's News, Links, SPOFTags: scale and scope, supply chain

NDBI: the missing piece of your business interruption insurance?

I came across this excellent article that explains the “scale and scope” related-shortcomings of the frameworks and methods used to manage risk in an organization’s supply chains....

Published On - July 18, 2017

Gary Lynch Gary's News, Presentations, Uncertainty AdvantageTags: logistics, risk, risk & Insurance, seminar, single point of failure, supply chain, the next step

Now Scheduling: Single Point or Failure: The Next Step

After a decade of learning and working with many of the world’s top leaders and risk experts I have concluded that risk must be part of the business’s competitive strategy, i.e. to create and sustain profitability. That is why I developed this workshop, to develop strategies and methods for exec...

Published On - September 30, 2016

Gary Lynch Presentations, Uncertainty AdvantageTags: apics, resilience, risk, supply chain

How and Why to Measure Supply Chain Resilience

Presented at APICS, September 2016: How and Why to Measure Supply Chain Resilience – Quantifying resilience to improve decision-making....

Published On - June 15, 2016

Gary Lynch Gary's News, PresentationsTags: llamasoft, resiliency, supply chain

Measuring Supply Chain Resiliency

Presented at LLamasoft conference. The who, what, when, where, why, and how of measuring supply chain risk and resiliency....

Published On - February 4, 2015

Gary Lynch Gary's News, LinksTags: Business insurance, risk, risk & Insurance, risk assessment, supply chain

LINK: Breaking the Chain

But because no single party owns the whole supply chain process it makes it hard to establish where the risk lies and how to measure it, particularly in areas such as cyber where there are multiple layers of ownership.” — Gary Lynch, founder and CEO, The Risk Project Continue to Article on risk&...

Published On - October 1, 2012

Gary Lynch Gary's News, PresentationsTags: assessment, risk, supply chain

Supply Chain Risk Procurecon: Deriving Economic Value

Presented to Procurement/Sourcing community for the purpose of deriving/justifying investment in Supply Chain Risk and Resiliency initiatives. Focused heavily on 3rd (third) party assessment and action. Provides cases, roadmap, tools & technologies for justifying investment and gaining value....