Managing risk in global supply chains

管理全球供应链的风险

• 批准号: RGPIN-2017-04523
• 负责人: Krishnan, Harish
• 金额: $ 1.75万
• 依托单位: University of British Columbia
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=710449
• 关键词: Managing; risk; global; supply; chains

While globalization has enabled firms to become highly cost efficient, it has also exposed firms to increasing risk. Recently, the risks associated with managing global supply chains have become a significant issue for firms. Global supply chains are more exposed to “disruptions” caused by extreme weather and geo-political problems in distant parts of the world. Customers are also increasingly holding global brands responsible for the actions of far-flung suppliers. Firms also face “quality risks” from contaminated inputs or other problems that can, for example, lead to costly product recalls. While some firms may respond to increasing risk by turning away from global sourcing, the benefits of global sourcing is likely to persist in the foreseeable future. To deal with increasing risk, firms will therefore need to rethink how they manage supply chains. The long-term objective of the proposed research is to improve the ability of Canadian and global firms to mitigate and manage the risks facing their global supply chains by: (1) developing new supply chain models to help firms and researchers understand the potential impact of new and emerging risks facing global supply chains; (2) using these models to analytically evaluate the impact of alternative risk mitigation and risk management approaches; and (3) proposing new risk mitigation and risk management methods that firms can implement. Within this broad objective, this proposal will focus on three themes: (1) the alignment of risk management incentives across the supply chain; (2) an integrated approach to risk management by considering financial and other risk mitigation tools in addition to traditional operational approaches; (3) studying the role of government policy in supply chain risk mitigation. Along with co-authors and students, some projects that form part of this research agenda have already been started. The first project is on managing reputational risk in supply chains. Specifically, how should firms devise contracts that incentivize suppliers to not just minimize cost but to do it in a way that minimizes any reputational risk? The second project is on the role of insurance in supply chain risk management. How effective are insurance policies in protecting firms against risks such as product recalls? How will the purchase of insurance affect the decisions of firms and suppliers? The third project is on the role of government regulation in managing and mitigating supply chain risk. How should private firms and government agencies coordinate their actions to achieve an outcome that is beneficial to the firm and to society at large? The primary methodological approaches used in this research will be operations research, game theory, economic modeling and contract theory. However, given the interdisciplinary nature of this topic, tools from economics, finance, and other business disciplines will also be used.

尽管全球化使公司能够提高成本效率，但它还使公司暴露了风险。最近，与管理全球供应链有关的风险已成为公司的重要问题。全球供应链更容易受到世界各地的极端天气和地缘政治问题造成的“破坏”。客户还越来越多地拥有负责遥远供应商行动的全球品牌。公司还面临受污染的投入或其他可能导致昂贵产品召回的问题的“质量风险”。 尽管一些公司可能会通过摆脱全球采购来响应风险增加，但在可预见的将来，全球采购的好处可能会持续存在。为了应对增加的风险，因此，公司将需要重新考虑如何管理供应链。 拟议研究的长期目标是提高加拿大和全球公司减轻和管理其全球供应链面临的风险的能力： （2）使用这些模型分析评估替代风险减轻和风险管理方法的影响； （3）提出了企业酿造物可以实施的新风险和风险管理方法。 在这个广泛的目标中，该提案将重点介绍三个主题：（1）整个供应链中风险管理激励措施的一致性； （2）一种综合的风险管理方法，除了传统的运营方法外，还考虑了财务和其他降低风险工具； （3）研究政府政策在减轻供应链风险中的作用。 与合着者和学生一起，一些构成该研究议程的一部分的项目已经开始。 第一个项目是管理供应链中的报告风险。具体而言，FirmWares应该如何设计合同，以激励供应商不仅最大程度地减少成本，而且以最大程度地降低任何报告风险的方式进行成本？ 第二个项目是保险在供应链风险管理中的作用。保险政策在保护公司免受产品召回之类的风险中的效率如何？购买保险将如何影响公司和供应商的决策？ 第三个项目是政府监管在管理和减轻供应链风险中的作用。私人公司和政府机构应该如何协调其行动以实现对公司和整个社会有益的结果？ 本研究中使用的主要方法论方法将是运营研究，游戏理论，经济建模和合同理论。但是，鉴于该主题的跨学科性质，还将使用经济学，金融和其他业务学科的工具。