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Don’t Play it Safe When it Comes to Supply Chain Risk Management
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Don’t Play it Safe When it Comes to Supply Chain
Risk Management
New research from Accenture reveals that, while a vast majority of executives believe supply chain risk management is a priority, only a small group of companies employ practices that enable them to generate a significant risk management ROI.
These leaders make risk management a strategic imperative, have a senior executive explicitly in charge of risk management, and invest aggressively in advanced supply chain risk management capabilities. As a result of their strong focus on supply chain risk management, these companies are positioning themselves to grow more robustly in an increasingly volatile global economy.
The supply chain operation is fundamental to the success of any organization. It is critical to a company’s ability to manage global operations, supply and demand volatility, the accelerated pace of new product and services introductions, and sustainability.
Thus, risk management is now a key consideration when designing and operating supply chains and is assessed by organizations alongside other critical areas such as cost, service, inventories and sustainability.
While the approaches varied, virtually all executives reported generating a positive
ROI from their supply chain risk management investments. Accenture recently explored this important topic, looking to shed light on how companies are approaching supply chain risk in today’s volatile global