
Supply Chain Risk Management: Setting the Stage • 11
A study by the Supply Chain Council (SCC) identied a set of barriers
that aect the practice of supply chain risk management. One barrier is
the tendency of senior management to focus on risk management only
during times of crisis, something that needs to shi from responsiveness
to prevention. A second barrier is that SCRM requires many functions to
cooperate, something that is challenging even on a good day. ird, the
study concluded that SCRM responsibilities are typically added to exist-
ing sta responsibilities. While everyone should be a risk management
stakeholder, adding responsib ...