Amplifiers of Supply Chain Disruptions. 1  The extent to which a firm relies on global sources of supply. 2  The complexity of the product or process. 3  Table 1 â Global Sourcing Amplifiers of Disruption. 4  Table 2 â Product / Process Complexity Amplifiers of Disruption.
Cloud computing is an information technology paradigm that enables ubiquitous access to shared pools of configurable system resources and higher-level services that can be rapidly provisioned with minimal management effort, often over the Internet. Cloud computing relies on sharing of resources to achieve coherence and economies of scale, similar to a public utility. Third-party clouds enable organizations to focus on their core businesses instead of expending resources on computer infrastructur
Look at the clouds and see if you can identify them. Cloud types give you clues about what's going on in the atmosphere and can sometimes alert you to weather changes ahead. Clouds are classified by their shape and by their height in the atmosphere. The names of the clouds come from Latin words that describe their characteristics: cirrus means curl (as in lock of hair) or fringe. cumulus means heap or pile.