Importance of Supply Chain Risk Management

According to Crisis Management International, companies that had prolonged supply chain disruptions of 10 days or more had the following impacts (Mahoney, 2004)  

In a survey conducted by CFO Research Services and UPS Consulting (Mahoney, 2004) the following points were noted  

In a 2003 study, the Gartner Group has predicted (Monahan et al., 2003) the following  

According to a recent survey of 560 companies from 62 countries by Zurich Financial services and U.K. Business Continuity Institute, 85% said that they had suffered at least one disruption to their supply chains during 2011 (Veysey, 2011). Listed next, in order, are the major causes of the supply chain disruptions  

It is interesting to note where the supply chain disruptions occurred  

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