Supply Risk Management Strategies and Solutions

Chicago, IL – July 20, 2010 – Manufacturers today more than ever face the challenge of keeping their names out of the headlines in terms of product recall issues, quality challenges, tainted / counterfeit parts and ingredients, use of “conflict minerals,” labor strikes and demands and perhaps the supply risk item that gets the most attention: supplier financial failures. In a new research report entitled Supply Risk Management and Supplier Performance Management – Managing Your Supply Base in Real Time, Spend Matters and MetalMiner along with research sponsor Ivalua offer solutions and insight toward how companies can identify, analyze, and mitigate supplier risk at all levels of their supply chains.

Featuring a case study of steel producer ArcelorMittal, the paper offers practical advice from identifying components companies should look for in a supplier performance management automation solution to setting criteria for new supplier on-boarding and approved supplier lists, along with a capability maturity model for readers to identify where their own company’s capabilities lie.

The paper can be downloaded for free by registering here

An accompanying webinar moderated by MetalMiner editor Lisa Reisman will be held on Thursday, July 29, 2010 at 10:00 CDT, allowing participants to hear Spend Matters editor Jason Busch share his thoughts on supply risk management. Attendees will also be invited to participate in a live Q&A session.

Registration for the webinar is available here