Supply Chain Management

With very personal stake in the saga of the Icelandic eruption (I am currently in Malta, unable to return my daughter to the UK) a central question in my mind is: "how can we make effective plans to cover such unpredictable risks?"
Clearly, SCM risk management is not about covering EVERY feasible event, but it is concerned with contingecy strategies to keep business flowing. One example gaing attention is the massive dependence of the Kenyan flower and produce sector on European markets. Aalsmeer in Netherlands is the worlds largest flower auction house and depends on air freighted deliveries for it's upstream supply - with no deliveries, there is essentially only local (<1000km) sourcing available.

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