1. Supply Chain Resilience
Toronto Forum
Patrick Alcantara DBCI
Senior Research Associate
Business Continuity Institute (BCI)
Andrew Scott CBCI
Senior Communications Manager
Business Continuity Institute (BCI)

2. The key numbers
7 3176 105
years organisations countries

3. Share 7 key insights from the 2015
BCI Supply Chain Resilience Report
Today’s agenda

4. 1
Almost three-quarters of
firms (72%) DO NOT have
full visibility of their supply
chains.
28%
37%
35%
Supply ChainVisibility
Full visibility
Partial visibility
NO visibility

5. 2
29% report disruptions
belowTier 1.
31%
8%
21%
50%
We do NOT analyze the supply chain
Much lower (Tier 3, Tier 4, etc.)
Supplier's supplier (Tier 2)
Immediate supplier (Tier 1)
Origin of Disruption

6. Adverse
weather
Cyber attacks
and data breach
IT & telecoms
outage
3
2
1
Unplanned IT & telecommunications outage, cyber attacks and data breach
and adverse weather are the top 3 causes of supply chain disruption in 2015. 3

7. 4
Loss of productivity (58%)
tops the likely impacts of
supply chain disruption.
36
38
39
40
58
Impaired service outcome
Loss of revenue
Increased cost of working
Customer complaints
Loss of productivity
Consequences of Disruption

8. 5
14% report at least €1M of
cumulative losses due to
supply chain disruption.
54%
32%
14%
Cumulative Losses
<€50K
€50K-€1M
>€1M

9. 6
Only 33% of respondents
report high top
management
commitment to supply
chain resilience.
33%
42%
23%
2%
Top management commitment
High
Medium
Low
None

10. 7
Having supply chain BC
arrangements is likely to
coincide with other good
practices essential to
building resilience.
Indicator With supply
chain BC
(Q20)
Without
supply chain
BC (Q20)
Firm-wide supply
chain disruption
reporting (Q7)
33% 19%
Insuring supply chain
losses (Q15)
51% 24%
High top
management
commitment (Q19)
39% 14%

11. Key takeaways
• Too many organizations do not have full visibility of their
supply chain, leaving them open to the consequences of
disruption.
• Assessing your immediate supplier is not enough, you need
ensure the reliability of the entire supply chain.
• Supply chain disruptions, like any other type of disruption,
can be costly.
• Top management commitment to supply chain resilience is
still lacking.

12. Questions

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