CFO Magazine

But a company with a thousand geographically diverse suppliers can't keep tabs on each one by dropping in like Sam Walton helicoptering to the local Wal-Mart for a quick look-see. "Managing the risk throughout the supply chain now means taking a systemic view," says Gary Lynch, global leader of Marsh's supply-chain risk-management practice. The goal is to build a system that can detect and work around any major supply-chain weaknesses.