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The disruptions to everything from gasoline supplies to the deliveries of merchandise for the holiday shopping season caused by Hurricane Sandy have demonstrated that our ability to forecast weather events has outpaced our ability to forecast supply-chain disasters. If we can forecast a superstorm, we should be able to predict events that could disrupt supply chains and mitigate their impact. To do that, all the parties that have a stake in disruptions — members of supply chains, insurers, governments, and markets — should proactively develop a responsiveness system that would be able to predict different types and levels of supply-chain disasters. Depending on the type and level, different response plans would get activated. Click on the image or title to learn more.
