Is it possible that supply chain risk is a result of unfortunate product design? Is it possible that supply chain risk does not only relate to the supply chain itself, but just as much to what is in the supply chain? What is in the supply chain is determined by a design process, and consequently, is it possible to design supply chain risk out of (or in to) the supply chain? In Khan, Christopher & Burnes (2008) The impact of product design on supply chain risk: a case study, that is the question that is sought answered.

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After a long break from reviewing actual supply chain risk literature, today I would like to return to the main thrust of this blog, namely supply chain risk. Today’s article, Risk and Supply Chain Management – Creating a Research Agenda, by Omera Khan, Bernard Burnes and Martin Christopher, was published in 2007 and provides and excellent, broad, and in-depth review of the literature on supply chain risk and locates this literature within the general literature on risk. The article concludes with the outline for a research agenda aimed at how supply chain risk can be fully understood and managed. Albeit exploratory and conceptual in its approach, the article provides valuable insights into the current literature.

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