Supply Chain Risk Management is receiving increased
attention in recent years. Research at Cranfield School
of Management sponsored by the U.K. Department for
Transport into the origins of supply chain risk and
vulnerability identified the following dimensions of
risk in the supply chain –divided into external and
internal ‘drivers’. Supply Chain Risk mitigation can not
be seen as an “after thought” or “add on” to the supply
chain. To be cost effective supply chain risk mitigation
needs to be built into the supply chain process, pdf