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Managing Supply Chain Risk During the Strategic Sourcing Process

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The decision analysis techniques discussed in the prior chapter provide supply chain professionals insight into their risk exposure in the supply chain. This chapter takes the initial insights from analyzing risk exposure and applies them to determine viable and appropriate approaches for managing risk and ensuring supply chain resilience, starting from the strategic sourcing process.

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Zsidisin, G.A., Gaudenzi, B., Pellegrino, R. (2024). Managing Supply Chain Risk During the Strategic Sourcing Process. In: Strategic Sourcing . Palgrave Studies in Logistics and Supply Chain Management. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52592-6_4

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