In chapter 2 in Supply Chain Risk by Claire Brindley, there is a framework for assessing and positioning supply chain risk issues, written by Andreas Norrman and Robert Lindroth, called Categorization of Supply Chain Risk and Risk Management. What I like about the framework is that it works along three dimensions, each highlighting different areas of research issues or managerial actions: 1) the Supply Chain itself, 2) Risk Management processes and 3) Types of Risk. The framework clearly shows how the dimensions are intertwined and related such that no issue can be distinctively separated from the other.

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