This is an abandoned but nearly complete manuscript for a book intended to help some of us – as many as possible – actively participate in constructively shaping system-wide supply chain preferences, flows, and outcomes. What questions are well-suited for preserving and enhancing high volume, high velocity flows? What behaviors productively facilitate flows and fulfill human needs when major flows are disrupted? What strategies advance Supply Chain Resilience in treacherous times?
The first section of this book briefly outlines systemic preferences of demand, supply, and flow and some personal preferences for operational and strategic mitigation of systemic risks involving supply chains.
The second section looks at five case-studies of actual supply chain behavior in catastrophic contexts for evidence to illustrate and clarify the preferences outlined in the first section.
The third section integrates these preferences with real-world examples to offer a set of actionable strategic principles.
Finally, the book projects current trend-lines for plausible system-level threats and implementation of effective risk mitigation strategies.
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