viii • Contents
Getting Serious about Managing Financial Risk ................107
Supplier Financial Health Assessment through
Ratio Analysis .....................................................................108
Bankruptcy Predictors ....................................................... 111
Private Company ...........................................................112
Public Company ............................................................. 112
Qualitative Supplier Financial Risk Indicators ..............115
Assessment of Customer Creditworthiness .................... 116
Hedging ................................................................................118
Currency Risk Management Approaches ...................... 120
Concluding oughts ............................................................ 123
Summary of Key Points .................................................... 124
Endnotes .................................................................................. 124
Chapter 7 Operational Risk ............................................................ 127
Operational Risks ....................................................................127
Supply Risk ......................................................................... 128
Demand Risk ....................................................................... 131
Process Risk ........................................................................ 134
Environment/ Ecosystems Risk ......................................... 137
Business Continuity Planning ...............................................139
Business Continuity Planning Objective .............................140
e Business Continuity Life Cycle .................................141
BCP Exercises ......................................................................144
Concluding oughts .............................................................145
Summary of Key Points .....................................................145
Endnotes ...................................................................................146
Chapter 8 Supply Chain Fraud, Corruption, Counterfeiting,
and Theft ........................................................................ 147
Some Key Concepts ................................................................. 148
Bribery .................................................................................. 148
Counterfeiting .....................................................................149
Fraudulent, Corrupt, Coercive, and Collusive Practices ...150
Rules and Regulations ............................................................153
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ............153
Customs Trade Partnership against Terrorism
(C- TPAT) ............................................................................. 154