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外文翻译 原文 Five Best Practices to Mitigate Supplier Financial Risk Material Source: Supply Demand Chain Executive,April 2010 Author: Kevin Cornish As we dig out from the worst recession since World War II, some companies may be tempted to consolidate resources and scale back their risk management efforts. But dont be fooled. A strategy like that is potentially disastrous. After all, if we have learned anything over the past two years, its that in todays volatile global economy, businesses need to pay more attention to risk, not less. Supplier financial risk, in particular, still looms large. Undercapitalized and overleveraged manufacturers (the so-called zombie suppliers) remain a significant threat, as do others that may be risking compliance, quality and your reputation simply because they need to cut costs. In the past, risk management of the enterprise refers to a company only, but the global economic crisis under, enterprise involves overall business environment - your suppliers, the suppliers supplier, your customers, your distributor, even your banker. In Sara Lee him self company, rising fuel and animal feed costs makes commodity prices soaring. Consumer products company is facing the transfer of consumer demand, people from hotel, back to home for dinner. This is a double edged sword, provide us with two business line, food services and retail. Sara Lee him selfs chief supply chain officer George Chappelle explanation: it forces us really think about how to arrange production to adapt to these changes. One of the main change is merged two independent supply chain. It not only save 10% of management costs, but make us more effective in capital investment. The company pay more attention to lean manufacturing and six sigma management, and exit the partial product line. In a way, supply chain management ability is becoming a recession, but also of the heritage under the suppliers and customers of financial viability of cautious assessment method. Credit and suppl