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Managing Supply Chain Risks
Your supply chain needs to handle disruption without improvising every response. Identify vulnerabilities, assess impacts and prepare action options. Strengthen your ability to anticipate disruptions and coordinate decisions with partners.
- Duration
- 3 days 21 hours
- Code
- SUPC018FR Code
Presentation
Faced with growing threats such as health crises, geopolitical tensions and supply disruptions, risk management is no longer optional: it underpins sustainable business performance. This 3-day supply chain course provides a comprehensive method for identifying, analysing and controlling vulnerabilities throughout your supply chain.
The programme provides strategic and operational tools you can apply immediately. You will learn to use advanced analysis methods such as supply chain FMECA, map critical dependencies and incorporate key frameworks such as ISO 28000 and ISO 31000.
Through practical case studies of recent disruptions, including the semiconductor crisis and geopolitical events, you will learn to build robust supply chain Business Continuity Plans (BCPs). You will leave with multi-sourcing strategies and indicators that help turn your supply chain into a proactive, agile competitive advantage.
Objectives
By the end of this supply chain risk management course, you will be able to:
- identify and map strategic, operational, geopolitical and other risks, and vulnerabilities across all supply chain flows;
- apply and master relevant risk analysis and assessment methods, such as Failure Modes, Effects and Criticality Analysis (FMECA) and criticality matrices;
- develop and structure prevention, mitigation and continuity plans to respond effectively to disruptions and extreme scenarios;
- deploy a proactive management strategy, establish resilience and performance KPIs, and develop agile multi-sourcing solutions;
- maintain operational continuity and formalise a supply chain-specific Business Continuity Plan (BCP) aligned with ISO 28000:2022 and ISO 22301:2019.
Program
Module 1: understanding and defining supply chain risks
- Definition and comprehensive classification of risks: internal, external, strategic, operational and environmental.
- Strategic implications for the business and its partners.
- Applicable standards and frameworks: ISO 28000 for security, ISO 31000 for risk management and ISO 22301 for continuity.
Module 2: identifying and analysing supply chain vulnerabilities
- Mapping flows and identifying vulnerabilities.
- Analysing suppliers, critical dependencies and potential bottlenecks.
- Mastering assessment methods: supply chain FMECA, criticality matrices and fault trees.
Module 3: establishing a prevention and mitigation strategy
- Defining prevention plans and impact-reduction strategies.
- Managing safety stock and multi-sourcing strategies to diversify sources.
- Optimising contractual relationships and outsourcing arrangements with service providers.
Module 4: ensuring operational continuity and resilience
- Developing a supply chain-specific Business Continuity Plan (BCP).
- Managing crises and extreme scenarios: pandemics, blocked shipping routes and geopolitical conflicts.
- Using digital tools for resilience: ERP, blockchain and predictive AI.
Practical exercises & case studies
- Analyse a recent real supply disruption in detail, such as COVID-19 or the semiconductor crisis.
- Build a supply chain risk map for a fictional business as a group.
- Develop the foundations of a supply chain mini-BCP.
Audience
This course is intended for professionals responsible for secure, efficient and resilient business flows who need to identify vulnerabilities and deploy continuity measures, including:
- Supply chain directors and managers responsible for designing and leading the overall risk management strategy across the chain.
- Logistics and operations managers responsible for tactical implementation of continuity plans and flow management during crises or disruptions.
- Procurement and supply managers who need to analyse supplier risks, develop multi-sourcing and safeguard critical contracts.
- QHSE and risk managers working on integration of ISO 28000/31000 and formalisation of prevention plans.
- Consultants specialising in operational performance and business continuity.
Prerequisites
The following prerequisites apply:
- Foundational knowledge: basic supply chain and logistics knowledge is essential.
- Professional experience: experience in operations management, procurement or transport is desirable and an advantage.
Teaching and assessment methods
- Initial skills assessment
- Training materials provided to participants
- Continuous assessment throughout the course
- End-of-course feedback questionnaire
- Combination of theory and practical application
- Attendance records
- Post-course follow-up evaluation
- Practical exercises
- Case study
Course highlights
- Strategic and operational approach: content reflects current realities, covering geopolitical, climate and health threats.
- Immediately usable tools: receive matrix templates, action plans and checklists ready to use in your organisation.
- Recent practical cases: learning is grounded in the analysis of recent, relevant real-world cases.
- Interactive method: role plays and crisis simulations reinforce understanding.
Dates and sessions
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