
LOGISTIC S & SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
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trends and anomalies and report back to supply chain managers on emerging sit-
uations that might require pre-emptive attention.
Whilst event management is primarily a tool for managing processes, its advan-
tage is that it can look across networks, thus enabling connected processes to be
monitored and, if necessary, modified.
Clearly the complexity of most supply networks is such that in reality event
management needs to be restricted to the critical paths in that network. Critical
paths might be typified by such features as: long lead times to react to unplanned
events, reliance on single-source ...