There can be no generally valid risk for all types of supply chains, but risks must be defined from within the context of the supply chain that is the subject of analysis.
Each individual supply chain is unique in certain respects and this uniqueness may require unique approaches to the management of the risks involved.
SCRM needs to address the whole supply chain, since risk can emanate from any part of the supply chain and potentially affect the performance of the entire supply chain.
Supply chain risks can include a number of different issues, and the article structures these issues along three dimensions: 1) the Supply Chain itself, 2) Risk Management processes and 3) Types of Risk.
This book contains 11 chapters written by 11 different authors, each exploring 11 different supply chain contexts and thus 11 different views on supply chain risks and offering 11 different research frameworks, techniques and practices. The book fully shows that supply chain risk management is a wide field, and thus empirically challenging, with many concepts to be explored.
