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Managing supply chain disruption

On this page you can find articles and guides to help you map supply chains and plan for potential supply chain disruptions.
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Read our latest features and articles on planning for supply chain disruptions.
Suppliers to large UK companies face sustainability scrutiny
  • Article
  • 09 Dec 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
Large UK public companies are now required to report on climate-related issues – but all companies, irrespective of size, within their supply chains must also reduce their emissions so that the larger organisations comply with the rules.
How to assess the risks within your supply chains
  • Article
  • 11 Oct 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
Advances in digitisation are great for businesses, but they’re also helping organisations to review their supply chains and identify the potential risks from cyber attacks.
Supply chain challenges: where are we now?
  • Article
  • 26 Sep 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
How are businesses coping with persistent, global supply chain issues – and which concerns are looming on the horizon?
Sanctions evolution may cause inadvertent breaches
  • Article
  • 01 Aug 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
The ongoing evolution of sanctions across multiple jurisdictions and the complexity of global supply chains mean that organisations could unwittingly find themselves in breach of sanctions rules.
Ukraine crisis: the supply chain impacts
  • Article
  • 25 Mar 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
The conflict in Ukraine has created a number of challenges for manufacturers, from rising prices and availability of raw materials to keeping abreast of the latest sanctions.
An exercise in trade: Gymshark plans for growth
  • Article
  • 27 Jan 2022
  • ICAEW Insights
Online fitness and gym-wear retailer Gymshark is looking to the US for growth in 2022, while managing global supply-chain risks
How to drive procurement and supply chain improvements
  • Article
  • 14 Dec 2021
  • ICAEW Insights
ICAEW member and supply chain expert Nick Wildgoose says issues are not going away – while resilience is imperative, now is the time for companies to be more proactive.
Border controls for incoming goods from the EU postponed again
  • Article
  • 14 Sep 2021
The coronavirus pandemic, global freight transport costs and other pressures on agri-food supply chains are cited as reasons for a further delay to introducing border controls for incoming goods from the EU.
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Reports

Financial management implications of Coronavirus
  • Helpsheets and support
  • 2020
  • PDF (227kb)
Finance professionals are key in supporting their businesses through the Coronavirus crisis. Most will be working through the issues and helping their businesses respond. This financial management guide responds to member feedback and aims to help members consider the actions they may need to take.
Exclusive Special Report 61: The UK economy
  • Report
  • 2018
  • PDF (1,617kb)
This report explores many of the hot topics now facing the UK and global economy.
Exclusive Special Report 57: Export for growth
  • Report
  • 2017
  • PDF (5,674kb)
This report provides a practical and useful guide to global exporting and includes interviews with SME exporters.
Exclusive Special Report 53: Financial strategy: forecasting issues
  • Report
  • 2016
  • PDF (3,848kb)
This quarterly report discusses high level issues surrounding forecasting - the risk and rewards of making them and global issues which may affect your forecasts.
Exclusive Special Report 45: Risk and recovery
  • Report
  • 2014
  • PDF (2,916kb)
From how the ISO can assist with risk assessments to dealing with insurance claims, this practical and useful report provides guidance to this topic of concern to us all.
Exclusive Audit tendering: the requirements of the revised Code and Guidance on Audit Committees
  • Helpsheets and support
  • 2012
  • PDF (698kb)
Audit Review: TECHNICAL NOTE Issued: September 2012
Finance Function: a framework for analysis
  • Thought leadership report
  • 2011
  • PDF (694kb)
Building effective finance functions is a key concern of organisations and finance professionals. This report provides a foundation for considering the key challenges and a reference source for those analysing or researching the role of the finance function.
SME Access to Finance Research report July 2009
  • Report
  • 2009
  • PDF (806kb)
The research was carried out through a series of qualitative in-depth interviews with senior partners within the largest 40 accounting firms with responsibility for SME issues.
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Webinars

Supply chain cyber security series
  • Webinar
  • 22 Sep 2022
Your business is only as secure as its weakest link. Watch this series to understand and manage supply chain cyber security risk.
Exclusive Cyber protection of the supply chain
  • Webinar
  • 13 Oct 2017
Learn from our experience at the MOD. A cost effective, risk-based approach to addressing cyber exposure across your supply chain.
Exclusive Protecting your profits from chain supply disruptions
  • Article
  • 26 Jan 2010
  • PDF (2,373kb)
Presentation slides from 26 Jan 2010
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eBooks

The ICAEW Library & Information Service provides full text access to a selection of key business and reference eBooks from leading publishers. eBooks are available to logged-in ICAEW members, ACA students and other entitled users. If you are unable to access an eBook, please see our Help and support advice or contact library@icaew.com.

Exclusive Imports
  • eBook chapter
  • 2016
  • Andrew Rimmer
  • Spiramus
This chapter explains the operation of VAT and trade tariffs for goods imported into or within the European Union. It includes advice on Authorised Economic Operators (AEOs) and the customs procedures for imports across the various transport methods.
Exclusive Winning with partners: a practical guide to international expansion for SMEs
  • eBook
  • 2013
  • David Sellings, Viveka Odlen Persson
  • Me4U
Aimed at managers of small-to-medium size companies (SMEs) interested in establishing a partner-based export business.
Exclusive Changing auditors
  • eBook
  • 2013
  • Mike Metcalf
  • ICSA Publishing
Provides an explanation of the statutory rules on auditor appointment, the termination of the old auditor’s appointment, and professional and contractual matters.
Exclusive Insightful quality: beyond continuous improvement
  • eBook
  • 2012
  • Frank Fair, Victor Sower
  • Business Expert Press
Operations management from a US perspective.
Exclusive Managing commodity price risk: a supply chain perspective
  • eBook
  • 2012
  • Janet L. Hartley, George A. Zsidisin
  • Business Expert Press
Managing price volatility from a US perspective.
Exclusive Currency rate volatility and Small and Medium Enterprises
  • eBook chapter
  • 2012
  • Janet L. Hartley, George A. Zsidisin
  • Business Expert Press
This chapter begins with a discussion of how supply chain managers can modify the process for managing currency exchange rate risk when sourcing or selling products or services from or to other countries. A process appropriate for managing commodity price risk at larger companies is suggested, along with some guidance for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) on how they can manage commodity price risk.
Exclusive Better business decisions using cost modeling
  • eBook
  • 2012
  • Victor E. Sower
  • Business Expert Press
Discusses the benefits of using cost modeling for procurement, operations, and supply chain professionals.
Exclusive Supply chain planning and analytics: the right product in the right place at the right time
  • eBook
  • 2011
  • Gerald Feigin
  • Business Expert Press
Supply chain management from a US perspective.
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eBooks on Risk

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The ICAEW Library provides access to leading business, finance and management journals. These journals are available to logged-in ICAEW members, ACA students and other entitled users subject to suppliers' terms of use.
Exclusive The CFO as supply chain manager
  • Article
  • 01 Jun 2023
  • Thomas G.Canace, Ayaz Jaffer, Paul E.Juras
  • Strategic Finance
The CFO and finance team are well positioned to mitigate the prolonged supply chain disruptions that have challenged cash flow and profitability. Strategic Finance magazine shares insights from several CFOs on the short-term and long-term ways they're addressing supply chain disruptions.
Exclusive You've suffered a supply chain disruption: Now what?
  • Article
  • 01 Mar 2022
  • Robert J.Trent
  • Supply Chain Management Review
You may not be able to avoid supply chain disruptions, but you can take steps to assess your company's vulnerability, risk exposure and courses of action as quickly as possible. Robert J.Trent contrasts examples of companies which handled a supply chain disruption well, vs examples of companies which were slow to adapt.
Exclusive The great supply chain disruption
  • Article
  • 01 Mar 2022
  • Abe Eshkenazi, Bob Trebilcock
  • Supply Chain Management Review
A panel of three supply chain leaders discuss how their organizations responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, and how they're preparing for the next inevitable disruption.
Exclusive The future of global supply chains in a post-COVID-19 world
  • Article
  • 01 Feb 2022
  • Valentina De Marchi, Rajat Panwar, Jonatan Pinkse
  • California Management Review
This article maps the changes occurring in supply-chain planning and management in a post-COVID-19 world. It also draws conclusions about how configurations of global supply chains might change: automation and digitalization are likely to play a key role in these transitions.
Exclusive Supply pain
  • Article
  • 01 Apr 2021
  • Russ Banham
  • CFO
The onset of the pandemic reduced the global flow of goods. But when demand suddenly snapped back, supply chains proved less resilient. The article looks at some possible supply-chain solutions for CFOs to implement.
Exclusive Managing post-pandemic supply chains
  • Article
  • 01 Sep 2020
  • Willy C.Shih
  • Harvard Business Review
After the Covid-19 pandemic, companies need to make their supply chains more resilient. Here's how.
Exclusive Blockchain: Next on food supply chain menu
  • Article
  • 01 Nov 2017
  • John R.Yuva
  • Food Logistics
The food supply chain has a new ally in blockchain to help grapple with safety and regulatory issues. A transparent supply network can help prevent fraud and food safety breaches. The article looks at tuna exporter Thai Union as a case study of implementing digital traceability in supply chains.
Exclusive Five techniques to manage supply chain risk
  • Article
  • 01 Nov 2017
  • Mark Trowbridge
  • Supply Chain Management Review
Topics include supplier insurance, balancing a supplier portfolio, and segmenting the provider relationship across multiple suppliers.
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Articles and books in the Library collection

The collection of the ICAEW Library & Information Service includes a range of articles, books and reports on purchasing and supply chain management. Use the links below to see what we have available in our Library catalogue (Libcat).
Fundamentals of risk management: understanding, evaluating and implementing effective risk management
  • Library book
  • 2018
  • P.Hopkin
  • Kogan Page
A comprehensive introduction to commercial and business risk for students and risk professionals. It provides a full analysis of the changes in contemporary risk areas including supply chain, cyber risk, risk culture and appetite, improvements in risk management documentation and statutory risk reporting.
Financing trade and international supply chains: commerce across borders, finance across frontiers
  • Library book
  • 2014
  • A.R.Malaket
  • Gower
The book includes observations on the effective use of traditional mechanisms such as documentary letters of credit, as well as an overview of emerging supply chain finance solutions and programmes.

External resources - organisations and reports

Deloitte - Supply chain collection
  • Deloitte
Deloitte's latest resources on topical global supply chain disruption issues, and how to build a resilient and customer-centric supply chain.
CDP Global Supply Chain Report 2019/20
  • CDP
Annual CDP report looking at large companies and their efforts to create sustainable supply chains. It explores which environmental actions buyers should consider integrating into purchasing processes when looking to reduce risk, drive environmental action and meet public commitments.
Mitigating supply chain risk
  • Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS)
Resources and tips on mitigating supply chain risk from CIPS, a professional body representing individuals and organisations in the field of purchasing and supply chain management. The CIPS Risk and Resilience Assessment Tool is free and open to all organisations, to help with identifying risks in your supply chain and providing guidance to mitigate key areas of risk.
Five tips: How to map your supply chain
  • Supply Management
With natural disasters, economic pressures and health and safety failures increasingly impacting global supply chains, mapping the supply chain down through every tier is the only way to mitigate a growing burden of risk. To avoid the pitfalls, here are five top tips on mapping out your supply chain.
BCI Supply Chain Resilience Report 2023
  • Business Continuity Institute
Report from the Business Continuity Institute, exploring trends in logistics and supply chain management. Requires free registration to access.
Creating resilient supply chains: a practical guide
  • Cranfield University School of Management
This 2003 Cranfield University School of Management report provides insight and practical tools to assist managers in improving the resilience of their organisation's supply chain networks. The report was accompanied by Understanding Supply Chain Risk: A Self-Assessment Workbook, which provides model worksheets to assist companies in identifying and planning for vulnerability and resilience in their supply chains.
Seven steps to protect supply chains from extreme weather events
  • Supply Management
A University of Maryland study of 12,000 pharmaceutical, automotive and tech company supplier sites across the US, China and Taiwan has found just 11% are fully prepared for climate-related disruption. The article lists seven steps recommended by the study to bolster supply chain resilience to climate risk.
Global Supply Chain Pressure Index (GSCPI)
  • Federal Reserve Bank of New York
The GSCPI index tracks the state of global supply chains using data from the transportation and manufacturing sectors. It is updated monthly.
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