SupplyChain Magazine August 2017 | Page 27

THE TOP 10 COUNTRIES FOR

SUPPLY CHAIN RESILIENCE

Which countries are the most resilient when protecting their supply chains ? We investigate

Edited by : ANDREW WOODS

Every year , FM Global , a mutual insurance company , ranks 130 of the world ’ s countries on their supply chain resilience . Its Global Resilience Index is designed to guide business leaders in finding new investor opportunities , Selecting stable suppliers and identifing customers that could be vulnerable . The company assesses countries on a litany of factors including productivity , local supplier quality , inherent cyber risk , urbanization rate and eight other components that could pose a threat to its supply chain or make it more efficient .