Authors:
Stephan Printz
1
;
Johann Philipp von Cube
2
;
Christophe Ponsard
3
;
Renaud De Landtsheer
3
;
Gustavo Ospina
3
;
Philippe Massonet
3
;
Robert Schmitt
2
and
Sabina Jeschke
1
Affiliations:
1
RWTH Aachen University, Germany
;
2
Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology (IPT), Germany
;
3
CETIC Research Centre, Belgium
Keyword(s):
Discrete Event Simulation, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Procurement Risks, Risk Management.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Application Domains
;
Discrete-Event Simulation
;
Formal Methods
;
Industrial Processes
;
Plant Simulation
;
Risk Analysis
;
Simulation and Modeling
;
Simulation Tools and Platforms
Abstract:
Managing risks in supply chains is challenging for most companies given that the globalisation process is
strengthening production constraints and also introducing more procurements risks. This is difficult for smaller
companies in particular as they lack the resources necessary to develop specific expertise or buy expensive
tools. Our research aims to address these issues by proposing an easy to use, yet powerful, tool-supported
methodology. As a first step, we conducted a survey of the relevant industries, which were mostly based in
Germany and Belgium. The goal of the survey was to assess the current state of risk management practices
and identify the associated requirements specific to our SME target. This paper presents the outcomes of our
survey based on the results collected from a representative sample of 70 participating companies. These results
yield interesting observations regarding the characterisation of the people in charge of risk management, their
perception of the i
mportance of risk categories, the current ways to manage these risks and the tooling used.
We also collected several recommendations for how tools could better support risk assessment and drive the
rest of our research.
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