UPS / Managing Supply Chains Under Increased Uncertainty Manufacturing / Hewlett-Packard / Dell Computer / Toyota / Solomon Smith Barney / Ford / FedEx / Build-to-order / Public-Private Partnership / /
Continent
North America / Europe / /
Country
Germany / Malaysia / United States / Israel / /
Currency
pence / USD / /
Event
Earnings Guidance / /
Facility
World Trade Center / International Terrorism Yossi Sheffi Massachusetts Institute of Technology On / Sequoia SUV plant / /
IndustryTerm
important tools / oil price spikes / transportation / retail industry / offshore suppliers / financial systems / software providers / Internet boom / warehouse management systems / information technology infrastructure / incompatible manufacturing / lean manufacturing / offshore contract manufacturing / health services / insurance premium / law enforcement institutions / local manufacturer / local law enforcement / transportation delays / manufacturing systems / rail car / transportation industry / high technology sector / communications strategy / chemical manufacturing / oil / high technology / law enforcement background / partial technology solutions / transportation management / E-procurement tools / transportation difficulties / manufacturing process / visibility tools / on-line auctions / inventory management / direct communications / insurance value / transportation disruptions / communications protocols / transportation providers / offshore manufacturing / transportation managers / local supplier / transportation capacity / construction equipment / possible solution / computer-tocomputer communications / software applications / insurance framework / application software / communication hardware / inbound transportation / backup equipment / chemical emergencies / dual manufacturing / information technology / cement relationships / contract manufacturer / Shipment visibility tools / entry control systems / dual response manufacturing / manufacturing / dual suppliers / Internet virus / technology using tags / transportation times / order entry systems / chemicals / short-range technologies / transportation system / partial networks / carrier certification / electronic commerce / /
Organization
Federal Aviation Administration / US government / Local Emergency Planning Committee / Massachusetts Institute of Technology / office of Homeland Security / Institute of Technology On / Federal Emergency Management Agency / Congress / Red Cross / federal government / U.S. Department of Transportation / office of Homeland Defense / /
Supply Chain Management under the Threat of International Terrorism Yossi Sheffi Massachusetts Institute of Technology On the morning of September 11th, 2001, the United States and the Western world entered into a new er