Gestione del rischio nelle reti di imprese: uno strumento di analisi
Year: 2011
Type: dissertation
Abstract: In recent years, the growing complexity and dynamism of business models and the need for companies to deal with a productive and competitive international scenario, has facilitated the development of Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) as an interesting area of research for academia and the managerial world. The increasing amount of scientific publications dealing with the study of systemic properties of the supply chain, such as uncertainty, resilience, agility and strength, is the setting for important initiatives in the field of management, but also civil and political. Some examples are the certification program established by the ISO 28000:2007 in the field of Information Security, the introduction of the concepts of risk and variability in benchmarking tools and business process reengineering such as the Supply Chain Council's SCOR model, but also the anti terrorist measures undertaken by the Western States which have far-reaching implications for international trade. The protocols Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) and the Container Security Initiative (CSI), introduced since 2002 are examples of how the Department of Homeland Security of the United States has sought to promote the adoption of Best Practices SCM in risk management for border controls. The introduction of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in 2002, was placed under the supervision of the regulators in the financial markets offers some accord on risk sharing agreements and other common practices of SCM. However, the vagueness of the border between trade and public service organizations are throwing new challenges of risk management for all interested entities. In the United Kingdom, for example, the Civil contingencies Act (2004) covers any situation that threatens human welfare, including the interruption in the availability of money, food, water, energy and other goods. All the above initiatives and others, are placed in the context of the current market, mainly characterized by turbulence and uncertainty. A multiplicity of reasons behind the rising trend of market turbulence. The request in almost all industrial sectors seems to be more volatile at present than in the past. The life cycles of products and technologies have been significant reduced on new products and competition makes the prediction of demand and the cycle of life more difficult. At the same time this has increased the vulnerability of the supply chain to noise and disturbances. On the one hand, the extended operating environment has led to a greater exposure to the effects of exogenous factors such as wars, strikes, terrorist attacks or speculation, on the other it has expanded the scope of some changes in business strategy. Many companies have experienced a change in the risk profile of their supply chain in response to changes in their business models, for example through the adoption of lean practices, the extent of outsourcing and a general tendency to reduce the size of the supply base. Given previous arguments that delineate the importance of the topic, there is no universally accepted approach or a scheme to define what actually constitutes a potential threat to the Supply Chain. According to the study of Jüttner et al. (2003) SCRM may include the four key aspects of management: - Assessment of sources of risk in the Supply Chain - Identification of potential adverse consequences for the Supply Chain - Identification of risk drivers - Risk Mitigation for Supply Chain Some scholars point out that although the literature on risk management is fairly well developed, research on the identification of risks is still at an early stage. Companies need to invest resources to identify the risks they face through a systematic approach, but the formal methodologies to support these approaches are not sufficient. The purpose of this thesis is therefore to develop and validate an instrument of SCRM, structured and robust media companies in the management and assessment of hazards in the Supply Chain. It has been prepared in accordance with the following requirements: - an instrument that is Risk Assessment, that allows the different types of contextual risk and pure speculation, with a focus on the analysis of organizational practices and management decisions in response to the more likely diversified forms of Supply Chain Risk - which puts the focus on the impact of risks by adopting a system of aggregate variables (measures of performance of the Supply Chain). Therefore, the mapping of the whole network, which would require the availability of or access to information and data is not realized. This often has no reference to the company The perspective adopted is in fact focused on the company, or the assessment of risks to which a company is exposed to by virtue of the characteristics of the network or networks in which it is inserted, and organizational and management tools and practices that have been provided. Since the reference to the contexts and structures are typically interconnected and interdependent as the Supply Chain, the risk should be considered for the whole network of organizations involved .. This research is based on an adaptation and extension of the risk model proposed by Ritchie and Marshall (1993). As hypothesized, the "Supply Chain Risk" is configured as a compound expression, into which the contributions (for now assumed independent) of some macro-areas or domains (environmental variables, field variables, configuration variables on the Supply Chain-related variables to the members of the Supply Chain, organizational strategy-related variables, and specific variables related to decision-makers). The term "risk factor" is introduced here to indicate a wide range of managerial and organizational practices that may have an impact (in terms of likelihood and consequences) on the results and how they can provide opportunities to improve performance even in the face of increased risk potential. This schematic can be placed in the macro-families listed and a potentially infinite number of "risk factors", which expose the company's business and organization to unintended consequences not only in terms of risk but also performance.
Author: Flora Bernardel
Language: Italian
Subfield: Strategy and Management
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2291914907