Table 1.
Reported risks with source of studies
| Category | Risks | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Supply & suppliers issues |
Supply and supplier issue |
✓ |
|
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
✓ |
✓ |
|
6 |
| Partnership with supplier |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
|
| Raw material quality |
✓ |
|
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
| Ordering cycle time |
✓ |
|
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
| Contract & agreements |
|
|
✓ |
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
| Customization of supplier |
|
|
✓ |
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
| Certificate of GMP |
|
|
✓ |
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
| Flexibility of supplier |
✓ |
|
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
| Fragmentation |
|
|
|
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
| Delivery reliability |
|
|
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
| Environmental assessment |
|
|
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
| Technology level |
|
|
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
| Information systems |
|
|
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
| Good will |
|
|
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
| Technology development |
|
|
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
| Flexibility in delivering |
|
|
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
| Flexible quantities |
|
|
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
| Flexibility in product variety |
|
|
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
| Timely delivery |
|
|
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
| Quality management system |
|
|
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
Organization & strategies issues |
Customer services disruption |
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
| Inventory management |
✓ |
|
|
✓ |
|
|
✓ |
|
✓ |
4 |
|
| Operation issues |
✓ |
|
|
✓ |
|
|
✓ |
|
|
3 |
|
| R & D |
|
|
|
|
|
✓ |
✓ |
|
|
2 |
|
| Skill of workers |
|
|
✓ |
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
| Strategy |
✓ |
|
|
|
|
✓ |
|
|
|
2 |
|
| Planning issues |
✓ |
|
|
✓ |
|
|
✓ |
|
|
3 |
|
| Information flow |
|
|
|
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
| Visibility on stock |
|
|
|
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
| Organization & process |
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
✓ |
|
|
2 |
|
| Mergers and acquisition |
|
|
|
|
|
✓ |
|
|
|
1 |
|
| Time to market |
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
| waste management |
|
|
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
| Production cost |
|
|
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
Financial |
Tax payable change |
|
|
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
| Currency rate |
|
|
✓ |
|
✓ |
|
|
✓ |
|
3 |
|
| Financial risks |
|
|
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
✓ |
2 |
|
| Tariff policies changes |
|
|
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
| Costs related to supply |
|
|
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
| Cash flow |
|
|
|
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
| Interest rate |
|
|
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
Logistic |
Counterfeit |
|
|
|
✓ |
✓ |
|
|
✓ |
✓ |
4 |
| Transportation |
✓ |
|
✓ |
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
Market |
Market |
|
|
|
✓ |
|
✓ |
|
|
|
2 |
| Consumers taste |
|
|
✓ |
|
|
|
✓ |
|
|
2 |
|
| Demand |
|
|
|
✓ |
|
|
✓ |
|
|
2 |
|
|
Political |
Natural disasters & terrorism |
✓ |
|
✓ |
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
| Political issues |
|
|
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
| Sanction |
|
|
✓ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
| Regulatory | Regulation | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6 |
A: Reference No. 37 (Blos, 2010), B: Reference No. 39 (Enyinda, 2009), C: Reference No. 36 (Mehralian, 2012), D: Reference No. 22 (Breen, 2008), E: Reference No. 38 (Enyinda, 2009), F: Reference No. 41 (Reschke,2010), G: Reference No. 16 (Shah, 2004), H: Reference No. 8 (Enyinda, 2010), I: Reference No. 40 (Jnandev Kamath, 2012).