Raw Materials Business Continuity Plan: A Case Study at SABIC in Europe

Raw Materials Business Continuity Plan: A Case Study at SABIC in Europe

Celik, M.

Tavasszy, L. (mentor)
Ludema, M.W. (mentor)
Filippov, S. (mentor)
Diepen, P. (mentor)
Padron, L. (mentor)

Technology, Policy and Management

Integrated Operations and Supply Chain Management

Management of Technology

2011-08-22

The high level complexity of today’s supply chains, their strive for ever increasing efficiency, and their global structure have rendered supply risk management more important than ever, forcing companies to start taking measures against supply chain vulnerabilities, especially on the inbound side. A great deal of the risks on the inbound side of a firm is caused by the inability of a supplier to provide the purchasing company with the raw materials demanded. Given these conditions, SABIC in Europe is interested in adopting a risk management approach on its entire supply base. To provide a solution to this problem, this research has been conducted in the form of a single case study facilitated by the European Procurement Department of SABIC in Europe, backed up by an extensive literature review. The outcome of the project is a 3-step raw materials business continuity plan: identification of critical raw materials, identification and assessment of supplier risk sources, and identification of suitable risk reduction methods.

supply risk management
supply chain disruption
supplier vulnerability
business continuity plan
risk reduction
inbound risk

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:8670a221-38c8-4764-8d5f-320249244fb8

2012-06-30

Student theses

master thesis

(c) 2011 Celik, M.