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The fifth of our short papers outlining key supply chain risk areas looks at geo-political risks, which include war and revolution as well as labour disputes and the like. Clearly, this sort of risk event can be amongst the most serious in terms of implications for buyers.

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This is the fourth of our short papers outlining key supply chain risk areas. This examines "man-made" risks, a broad category that ranges from fires and explosions to strikes and labour disputes. All can have a serious impact for customers of the firms affected, so effective risk management is vital.

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This is the third in a series of short papers outlining the supply chain risks that can have the most devastating effects on your business. This paper examines the risk to suppliers (and ultimately the buyer) of a natural disaster - a risk type that is mostly unavoidable but one against which you can mitigate.

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This is the second in a series of short papers outlining the most important supply chain risks. In this paper we examine supplier reputational risk, the impact it can have on customers and ways in which to mitigate that risk.

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This report lays out 3 scenarios in which disruptive technology will drive digital supply risk management.

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This is the beginning of a series of short papers outlining the most important supply chain risks. In this first paper we look at supplier financial risk, the impact that can have on customers and ways to mitigate that risk.

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In this briefing paper, we look at supply chain risk, and in particular the risks that emerge from beyond the first-tier (the direct suppliers to our organisation). We include ideas on how to gain greater visibility of the whole supply chain or network, and what to do once we have it.

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With the massive advances in supply chain risk management and compliance management solutions in recent years, the time is now to get smart on how these approaches can help reduce supplier risk and help to create more nimble supply chains -- which is especially valuable in a world where global trade and politics and increasingly inseparable.

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This landscape definition and overview report focuses on the capability and value of various types of solutions within the supply risk management market from a procurement perspective.

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Presenting 12 ideas that specifically focus on supply chain and supplier risks. It's all stuff you should pay attention to. Do your 2017 risk focus areas align to both Spend Matters analysis and what we hear from your peers? You may be able to gain a leg up on the competition (or pending global turmoil)!

An organization with good contract lifecycle management, backed by a solid CLM solution, can gain a firm grasp of its supply chain, its key suppliers, the composition of the products it’s buying and the locales in which it’s operating. Don't have a CLM solution? You should. Download this paper to learn the basics of why, and first steps you can take.

This is a case study of how AGCO worked with riskmethods on their supply chain risk management solution. Supply chain risk management is still in its infancy. If we're honest, the solutions on the marketplace today are only scratching the surface of what is possible. Any company that has grown beyond a trivial size realistically has to be proactive about risk, not reactively fighting the fires when emergencies strike. AGCO's foray into the space was forward-looking and extremely successful. Read on to discover how SCRM can help your organization!