By embedding risk management in the purchasing process, taking a collaborative approach and forging new partnerships, companies can create resilient and robust supply networks. A new report reveals that three in four companies ( 20 % ) suffered supply chain disruption in 2015 , warning that companies need to build complexity and risk management into their supply chains now or risk million - dollar losses , as global risks are predicted to increase in 2016 . Increased disruption last year was due to conflict in the Middle East , catastrophic fires at Tianjin port , industrial action in US ports and other global disasters , equating to a difficult time for supply chains . The report warns that " the modern economy runs on interconnected global supply chains , but with complexity and complexity come new types of risk . "
A new report reveals that three in four companies ( 20 % ) suffered supply chain disruption in 2015 , warning that companies need to build complexity and risk management into their supply chains now or risk million - dollar losses , as global risks are predicted to increase in 2016 . Increased disruption last year was due to conflict in the Middle East , catastrophic fires at Tianjin port , industrial action in US ports and other global disasters , equating to a difficult time for supply chains . The report warns that " the modern economy runs on interconnected global supply chains , but with complexity and complexity come new types of risk . "