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SCRM Research Gaps

Supply Chain Risk Management is a area that has seen a significant growth in recent years. However, there is diverse perception of research in supply chain risk because these researchers have approached this area from different domains. A recent article on Researchers’ Perspectives on Supply Chain Risk Management, written by Manmohan S Sodhi, Byung-Gak Son and Christopher S Tang, presents a study of this diversity from the perspectives of operations and supply chain management scholars. In their study they identify three gaps: a definition gap, a process gap and a methodology gap, and they suggest how these gaps can be closed.

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Avoid Supply Chain Breakdown – Tailored Risk Management

In my previous post on Ericsson versus Nokia – the now classic case of supply chain disruption I mentioned that Ericsson’s and Nokia’s different handling of the same supply chain disruption has become somewhat of a textbook case of how ill-handled disruptions can make or break a company’s existence. Here it is again, as the introduction to an article on tailored risk management by Sunil Chopra and ManMohan S. Sodhi from 2004. The essence of the article is that by understanding the variety and interconnectedness of supply chain risks, managers can tailor balanced and effective risk-reduction strategies for their companies.

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