EPILOGUE

Recapitulation

This book has tried to give a snapshot of risk management as applied to supply chains. It focuses on the key decisions of source selection, but methods demonstrated can be applied to any supply chain selection decision, including facility location, channel selection, and transportation route selection.

The core of the book is that there are modeling tools of various types that can support supply chain management. These include risk matrices for planning, SMART and Monte Carlo simulations for analysis, and balanced scorecards for monitoring organizational performance.

Chapter 1 introduced the many risks and unexpected consequences involved in supply chain management.

Chapter 2 described a generic risk management process ...

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