Supply Chain Risk Management

Disruptions are a fact of life not only since the Supply Chain literature gained awareness of it. So some institutions in fact specialized on handling disruptions as their core competency.
The article "Responding to Disruptions in the Supply Network - from Dormant to Action" tries to transfer the knowledge and best practices present at the military and humanitarian organizations to Supply Chain Management.

Methodology
The authors (Kovács and Tatham) are using case research and a resource based view to find common patterns in military and humanitarian practices to efficiently and effectively act on disruptions.

Gartner just announced the 2010 Supply Chain ranking conducted by AMR Research.
The ranking consists of the 25 companies with the best-ranked Supply Chains.

Ranking
This years Top 5 (extract):

1. Apple
2. Procter & Gamble
3. Cisco Systems
4. Wal-Mart Stores
5. Dell

The article "Aligning Supply Chain Strategies with Product Uncertainties" by Hau L. Lee is a good starting point for SCRM, since it combines a simple, business ready framework for two major supply chain risks.

The two page article (downloadable here) reflects upon the current economic crisis and the authors views on the implications for SC Management.