A critical review on supply chain risk – Definition, measure and modeling

Iris Heckmann, Tina Comes and Stefan Nickel

Omega, 2015, vol. 52, issue C, 119-132

Abstract: Economic systems are increasingly prone to complexity and uncertainty. Therefore, making well-informed decisions requires risk analysis, control and mitigation. In some areas such as finance, insurance, crisis management and health care, the importance of considering risk is largely acknowledged and well-elaborated, yet rather heterogeneous concepts and approaches for risk management have been developed. The increased frequency and the severe consequences of past supply chain disruptions have resulted in an increasing interest in risk. This development has led to the adoption of the risk concepts, terminologies and methods from related fields. In this paper, existing approaches for quantitative supply chain risk management are reviewed by setting the focus on the definition of supply chain risk and related concepts.

Keywords: Risk definition; Supply chain management; Uncertainty; Vulnerability; Resilience; Complexity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2014.10.004

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