Risk Management in Global Dispersed Supply Chains - The Case of Obvio!

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2007 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: 2,0, University of Paderborn, language: English, abstract: "Obvio! Automotoveiculos S.A." is a new automobile developer and manufacturer of high-safety and high-performance cars in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The particularity of this young company is the way to manage the supply chain. It has succeeded in assembling a network of strong suppliers to incorporate the latest advances in automotive engineering. The purpose of this thesis is to scrutinize this unique supply chain and to point out specific risk management aspects. Through its globally and virtually dispersed character, this SC model - while also bearing risks - opens up new opportunities for the automotive industry.