A Model for Evaluating Supply Chain Risk

Companies are being forced to adopt practices and structures that will produce high quality, reliable, reasonably priced products with continuously shorter lead times. In order to meet the above goals, companies are utilizing flatter organizational structures and narrower supply chains. Breadth and depth reductions in a firm's supply base yields fewer alternatives in response to failures. The vulnerability of different supply chain structures is assessed and a model for designing robust solutions under risk is presented