However, what we found most troubling was automotive supply chain
executives’ opinions on the benefits of risk mitigation (see Figure 4). This is
particularly apparent when we compare their answers to the responses of
top supply chains and automotive CFOs (from the IBM Global CFO Study).
Fewer automotive supply chain executives believe risk mitigation would
increase forecast accuracy despite the link between this metric and the
importance of realtime visibility. Similarly, automotive supply chains do not
see a strong link between risk mitigation and increased resiliency and
responsiveness – even though they are depending on variable cost structures
that scale up and down as situations change.