APPENDIX B
General and Supply Chain–Specific Hazards
Hazard Identification—General
While not by any means all-inclusive, the following is a partial list of general risks and threats that may impact an organization’s facilities or operations, either directly or indirectly. The list includes natural, technological, and human-caused threats. While any of these threats can interfere with the supply chain operations, they are threats to the entire enterprise and not specific to the supply chain.
Avalanche
Bomb explosion
Bomb threat
Communications system failure (phone, cell phone)
Cyber attack, hacking, computer virus, etc.
Earthquake
Electrical storm
Employee fraud
Equipment breakdown
Explosion
Fire caused by lightning
Fire from other cause
Flood
Hazardous material incident (internal or external source)
Human error
Hurricane
HVAC failure
Ice storm
IT failure
Labor action (strike, work stoppage or slowdown)
Loss of key employees
Natural gas supply interruption
Nuclear accident
Pandemic (SARS, H1N1, etc.)
Plane crash
Political upheaval
Power outage or brownout
Regulatory noncompliance
Riot/public demonstration
Sabotage (internal or external source)
Security breach
Severe winter storm
Skilled labor shortage
Terrorism
Theft of property (internal or external perpetrator)
Theft of trade secrets or intellectual property
Tornado
Transportation accident (air, highway, pipeline, rail, water)
Tsunami
Violence in the workplace
Volcanic eruption
Wastewater service interruption
Wild land fire
Hazard Identification—Supply Chain–Specific
The supply chain is at risk from all the previously listed threats. In addition, the following is a partial list of supply chain–specific risks and threats that directly impact the supply chain and its links. While these have an impact beyond the supply chain, the direct impact is on supply chain operations. Again, this is not an all-inclusive list.
Failure of tier suppliers
Import or export delay
Logistics disruptions and delay
Pirate attack
Political instability
Product shrinkage during shipping
Product tampering
Production problems (internal)
Supplier going out of business (bankruptcy or other cause)
Supplier quality breakdown
Supply chain security break
Supply shortage (components, parts, materials)
Transportation disruption (highways, waterways, air, railways)
Volatile costs (commodities, labor, transportation, energy)