Catalogue of Measures

#	Risk	Consequences	Measures	Risk category
16	Design	Faulty Design and Manufacturing can prove as a risk for the supply of downstream companies.	TQM, Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma	Process risks
17	Inventory	Excess Inventory and simultaneously falling prices can significantly hurt a companies profit. The rule of thumb says "the larger the product variety, the greater a company's exposure to inventory risk".	pooling inventory creating common components across products postponing or delaying till the receipt of orders the last stage of production from which emerges product variety	Process risks
18	Capacity	Having inadequate capacities can mean, that a company will not be able to meet a demand and/or make a significant loss.	Having excess capacity at all times managing capacity more flexible	Process risks
19	Imprecise or Wrong Decision Guidelines	missing and/or not practicable instructions for the co-workers	require reliable and up-to date-documentation of all processes	Control risks
20	Supplier delays	Increase in business costs Decrease in customer satisfaction Cash flow issues	Implementation of tracking systems Working with domestic suppliers Supplier training and development Continuous inventory monitoring	Supply risks

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