
156 • Managing Supply Chain Risk
e interview strikes a balance between a too generic process that does
not capture sucient detail (e.g., just asking “what do you need”) and a
full- scale detailed assessment of all potential risk factors which would
become overly burdensome and time consuming for the SCL. e inter-
views are personal communications and interchanges between the SQG
and SCL so that it is clear that there will be mutual support of the objec-
tives throughout the project lifecycle.
e questions on the NIDCM were designed to ensure that for each pur-
chase decision a broad set of dierentially weighted issues are addressed
up fron ...