Improving the risk identification process for a global supply chain

Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division; in conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT, 2012.

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Main Author: Mody, Amil
Other Authors: Richard de Neufville and Vahram Erdekian.
Format: Thesis
Language:eng
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/73393
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spelling mit-1721.1/733932022-01-27T21:03:48Z Improving the risk identification process for a global supply chain Mody, Amil Richard de Neufville and Vahram Erdekian. Leaders for Global Operations Program. Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division Sloan School of Management Sloan School of Management. Engineering Systems Division. Leaders for Global Operations Program. Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division; in conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT, 2012. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (p. 116-118). This thesis describes a proposed risk identification process that is intended to systematically identify potential risks that could materialize within a company's supply chain that would affect component supply. The process is based on a specific situation at Nokia though is intended to extend to other companies that rely extensively on outsourced component manufacturing. An analysis of the current risk identification process at Nokia revealed three areas of potential improvement: the lack of full upstream visibility, the supplier-centric nature of the process and risk reports not fully conveying desired information. Based on a review of existing literature on supply chain risk management and other risk prediction techniques, as well an analysis of the specific situation at Nokia, which has a complex and rapidly-changing supply chain, a new risk identification process was developed. This process consists of two steps: first, mapping out the network structure of the company's supply chain; second, identifying and tracking certain data that could be used as factors to identify potential supply risks. The process proposes a model based on fuzzy logic to aggregate and map the data to highlight potential risks. The thesis also contains a discussion of implementation of the proposed approach, including software requirements as well as organizational roles and responsibilities. by Amil Mody. S.M. M.B.A. 2012-09-27T15:28:47Z 2012-09-27T15:28:47Z 2012 2012 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/73393 810126821 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 118 p. application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Engineering Systems Division.
Leaders for Global Operations Program.
Mody, Amil
Improving the risk identification process for a global supply chain
title Improving the risk identification process for a global supply chain
title_full Improving the risk identification process for a global supply chain
title_fullStr Improving the risk identification process for a global supply chain
title_full_unstemmed Improving the risk identification process for a global supply chain
title_short Improving the risk identification process for a global supply chain
title_sort improving the risk identification process for a global supply chain
topic Sloan School of Management.
Engineering Systems Division.
Leaders for Global Operations Program.
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