... , the related work of cold chain management, cold chain management risks and emerging risk assessment methods are reviewed and thus the hierarchical structure for the cold chain risks can be built accordingly. Section 3 presents the proposed methodology of the FMRES in detail. A case study in implementing...

...Hoi-Lam Ma; Wai-Hung Collin Wong Purpose Risk management is crucial for all organizations, especially those in the global supply chain network. Failure may result in huge economic loses and damage to company reputation. Risk assessment usually involves quantitative and qualitative decisions...

...Remigiusz Romuald Iwańkowicz; Wlodzimierz Rosochacki Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to develop a risk assessment method for production processes of large-size steel ship hulls. Design/methodology/approach – This study uses a quantitative-probabilistic approach with involvement...

... Publishing Limited 2009 Radio frequencies Critical success factors Risk assessment Business performance An increasing number of firms are looking into radio frequency identification (RFID) hoping that it can improve and even revolutionize the way they do business. A RFID tag is made...

... Advanced manufacturing technologies Fuzzy logic Risk assessment There have been numerous justification techniques for adoption of a new technology. Some of these techniques are purely financial like net present value, internal rate of return, and payback method, while others (Ordoobadi...

...‐Chia Chang can be contacted at: chang@mail.ntcb.edu.tw © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Manufacturing industries Flexibility Entrepreneurialism Innovation Risk assessment Competitive strategy In today's dynamic environment of global competition, rapid technological...