The Supply Chain Management Casebook: Comprehensive Coverage and Best Practices in SCM

Case 24. Improving Preparedness in Supply Chain Risk Management at Jacket

Jury Gualandris^† and Matteo Kalchschmidt^‡

^† Università degli studi di Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy; [e-mail]

^‡ Università degli studi di Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy; [e-mail]

Pietro Ravelli raised his head from the paper he had just finished reading. Indeed, he now perceived that his problem was not unique and that some insights could have been drawn from what has been experienced by other managers. Still, after so many years, the “risk management” issue was not completely clear to him. He understood that risk is a multidimensional concept and that it is not wise to consider remedies successful in other business contexts as universal solutions. ...