The Four Partnering Companies

Interestingly, although the four partnering companies are from different industries and pear to show few similarities at first sight, they also share some fundamental 

2 Findings from the initiai Suppiy Chain Risk Anaiyses 

In order to understand the specific risk situation within the four focused supply chains, between 8 and 16 interviews have been conducted in each partnering company. We have applied a process-orientated approach based on the original SCOR model (Supply Chain Operations Reference) (Supply Chain Council 2006) but extended the perspective to include suppher and customer-driven risks (see Fig. 13.2). The interview partners have either been responsible for the entire supply chain or for selected processes. Supplier or customer representatives have not been involved. While this might appear as a weakness, it accurately reflects the situation in many SMEs which have little or no influence over their external supply chain partners and will find it difficult to involve them in a joint SCRM approach. 

The risks within each of the six core processes have been identified and assessed, leading to combined risk catalogues for all focused supply chains. Table 13.1 shows an excerpt from the risk catalogue of the supply chain analysed for Cable Co. 

Suppliers SI Stractural component supplier - delayed supply 

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