Managerial Implications and Conclusions

The objective of this research was to examine the relevance of various supply chain risks and to provide a current picture of the implementation of supply chain risk management ideas in practice. Building on a thorough examination of the various supply chain risk taxonomies and risk management practices proposed in the pertinent literature as well as on interviews with practitioners, we developed a questioimaire and empirically investigated both aspects on a large-scale basis. 

The data indicates that demand side and supply side issues are the most dominant risks for the snrveyed firms. Primarily, this bolsters the notion that supply and demand coordination is the central issue in supply chain management (Kleindorfer and van Wassenhove 2004). 

With regard to snpply chain risk management practices, om findings support the results of previorrs empirical studies which revealed a lack of implementation Jirttner (2005) corrducted a similar study in the UK (2005) and found that practitioners have little guidance on their supply ehain risk management approaehes (p. 139). Despite the numerous helpful artieles on supply chain risk management 

Finally, a remark has to be made on the generalizability of the result. Since the data was collected in Germany, the results can - if at all - only be generalized to firms based in countries with very similar geographic, pohtical, and economic characteristics as Germaty. Therefore, a replication of this survey in other countries with presumably different risk profiles (e g., Japan or the United States) would be an important next step towards a better understanding of the dominant risks and risk management practices in supply chains. 

Anupindi R, Akella R (1993) Diversification under supply uncertainty. Management Science 39(8) 944-963. 

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We are going to present the core concepts of this research by firstly analysing the issue of quality assurance schemes and secondly discussing the role of alliances in supply chains in a broader perspective. Next, we discuss the establishment of these alliances as a form of increasing the competitiveness of beef in an agri-food chain. In this section the method and the procedures used in this research are described. The fourth section presents the results and discussion of the cases and, finally the main managerial implications and conclusions are synthesized. 

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