An article in Supply Management reports on research by Zurich Municipal on supply chain failures:
"Senior public sector leaders are unprepared for supply chain failures, according to research by insurer Zurich Municipal.
Risk and Response: The emerging dynamics of major incidents in public services and civil society rated supply chain risk as the third type of major incident threatening the public sector, behind severe weather and a financial crisis. But just 6 per cent of public sector leaders surveyed regarded supply chain failure as likely to happen to their organisation. This confidence is misplaced, as the report emphasized research from the Business Continuity Institute that revealed 85 per cent of organisations recorded at least one supply chain disruption in 2011..."
