A practical approach to supply-chain risk management
...The challenge of supply-chain risk management has been exacerbated by globalization. the products and markets the supplier would disrupt. Newer risks such as cybersecurity vulnerabilities in the supply chain are also now quantifiable through systems that use outside-in analysis of a co...
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A practical approach to supply-chain risk management
...The challenge of supply-chain risk management has been exacerbated by globalization, where even sensitive products like defense systems use raw materials, circuit boards, and related components that may have originated in countries where the system manufacturer did not even know it had a supply chain....
https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/operations/our-insights/a-practical-approach-to-supply-chain-risk-management
Tariffs reshuffle global trade priorities in 2025 | McKinsey
...When supply chains look vulnerable, companies tend to build up their inventories. These larger risk buffers have been a key supply chain risk management tool since the pandemic, which saw companies reverse a long trend toward leaner, just-in-time supply chains. Our latest survey exposes tension in companies' inventory strategies....
https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/operations/our-insights/supply-chain-risk-survey
Supply chain disruption and resilience | McKinsey
...Many companies still face supply chain disruption. In this article, we explore how companies can build greater supply planning, execution, and resilience....
https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/operations/our-insights/taking-the-pulse-of-shifting-supply-chains
Supply chain risk management is back - McKinsey & Company
...Finally, supply-chain risk management needs to be incorporated into regular decision-making and planning processes. Embedding risk-management capabilities as a regular ingredient of business decisions in operations is the first step towards creating a true risk culture and a resilient company....
https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/McKinsey/Business%20Functions/Operations/Our%20Insights/Supply%20chain%20risk%20management%20is%20back/supply-risk-management-is-back
Why now is the time to stress-test your industrial supply chain
...To minimize this risk, companies can focus on critical suppliers, using supply-chain mapping tools to identify lower-tier suppliers from publicly available information, asking them to share information on their own critical suppliers, or encouraging suppliers to conduct their own resilience stress tests....
https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/McKinsey/Business%20Functions/Operations/Our%20Insights/Why%20now%20is%20the%20time%20to%20stress%20test%20your%20industrial%20supply%20chain/Why-now-is-the-time-to-stress-test-your-industrial-supply-chain.pdf
Securing supply-chain resilience in oil and gas | McKinsey
...This article sets out a three-step plan that oil and gas companies could use to assess their supply-chain risk, and explores risk-mitigating levers and management-mindset changes that could build resilience in the face of a supply-chain crunch. Double trouble for oil and gas supply chains Oil and gas companies are grappling with the business fallout of sustained global inflation, geopolitical ......
https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/oil-and-gas/our-insights/how-oil-and-gas-companies-can-secure-supply-chain-resilience
Transforming advanced planning systems | McKinsey
...Advanced planning systems (APSs) are applications or software that enable industry leaders to plan the end-to-end supply chain and coordinate tasks such as advanced forecasting, demand planning, supplier collaboration, material planning, production planning, distribution planning, and order management (exhibit)....
https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/operations/our-insights/the-winning-recipe-for-transforming-advanced-planning-systems
Supply-chain recovery in coronavirus times plan for now and the future
...During this process, digitizing supply-chain management improves the speed, accuracy, and flexibility of supply-risk management. By building and reinforcing a single source of truth, a digitized supply chain strengthens capabilities in anticipating risk, achieving greater visibility and coordination across the supply chain, and managing issues ......
https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/McKinsey/Business%20Functions/Operations/Our%20Insights/Supply%20chain%20recovery%20in%20coronavirus%20times%20plan%20for%20now%20and%20the%20future/Supply-chain-recovery-in-coronavirus-times-plan-for-now-and-the-future.pdf
Reimagining industrial supply chains - McKinsey & Company
...In recent years, however, supply-chain risk management has become more of a pressing issue for CEOs across industries. Vulnerabilities have been exposed by trade tensions, natural disasters, and other geo-economic disruptions. The complexity of global industrial supply chains exponentially increases their risk....
https://www.mckinsey.com/~/media/McKinsey/Industries/Advanced%20Electronics/Our%20Insights/Reimagining%20industrial%20supply%20chains/Reimagining-industrial-supply-chains.pdf