Keywords Supply Chain Management, Risk Management, Supply Chain Risk Management
Abstract To comply with Supply Chain Management dogma companies have cut their inventories
to a minimum, lead times have been shortened, new suppliers have been chosen and the customer
portfolio has been reduced. All of these activities impose a great deal of risk on the firms,
jeopardizing the survival of entire supply chains. In this article the author intends to investigate
and document the use and meaning of Risk and Uncertainty within journals publishing material on
Supply Chain Management and Logistics. Subsequently suggestions for further research are
proposed – the integration of Risk Management into the discipline of Supply Chain Design.