EPIC Index Update and Country Risk Report
Managing Risk in an Era of Global Supply Chain Disruptions
“An Updated EPIC Framework for End-to-End Supply Chain Risk Mitigation”
A White Paper by the University of Tennessee Global Supply Chain Institute
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“Day in and day out, it feels like we're juggling cotton balls in a blizzard.”
–Colonel Daniel Elzie, United States Marine Corpos Logistics Command
There may not be a single supply chain manager who’d disagree with Colonel Elzie’s words after considering the volatility of global supply chain risk mitigation during recent years.
Disruptions have become frequent as global supply chains face unprecedented risk and uncertainty. Whether environmental, geopolitical, regulatory, operational, or technological, supply chain risks now exceed traditional risk management techniques. When considering other factors, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), international tensions, and significant climate events, it’s clear that supply chain professionals require a tool that can be utilized to evaluate, safeguard, and adapt to new approaches and strategies.
Conceived in 2010 and then published for the first time in 2014, the EPIC Index provides “the structure for assessing supply chain readiness in various regions around the globe from economic (E), political (P), infrastructural (I), and competence (C) perspectives.” Created and managed by the University of Tennessee Knoxville’s Global Supply Chain Institute, the index and subsequent report provide critical information about global supply chain risk and serve as tools for supply chain managers to identify strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats across different regions worldwide.
Download this white paper to explore:
- Current and comprehensive global supply chain risk mitigation information and insights
- The updated EPIC Index, utilizing recent data and multiple modern-day economic, political, infrastructural, and competence indicators
- Other related trends, statistics, charts, figures
For more in-depth, industry-focused white papers from the Global Supply Chain Institute (GSCI) at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, visit this web page. Recent papers produced by the Advanced Supply Chain Collaborative, an initiative of GSCI, engage industry experts and UT faculty to explore and report on advanced concepts in supply chain management and innovation, including supply chain agility, last-mile and reverse logistics, and more.
Who This White Paper is Primarily For: Supply Chain Managers, Supply Chain Planners, Corporate CEOs, Supply Chain Professionals, Chief Supply Chain Officers, Chief Procurement Officers, Supply Chain Leaders, and Supply Chain Students.
