An important outcome of the adoption of integrated supply chain networks by organizations is their increased dependence on inter-organizational relationships within the networks to ensure the efficient and effective flow of materials, information and cash to all members of the supply chain (Kotzab et al., 2009). Thus, as organizations increase their reliance on integrated supplychain networks, they become more vulnerable to their suppliers’disaster risk profiles, as well as other risk categories
linked to supply chains. Supplier disaster risk profiles represent risk events driven by external forces such as weather, earthquakes, and man-made calamities. Risk events are incidents whose occurrences result in the overall disruption of supply chain performance. Supplier disaster risks are a key element of external risks in supply chains, which also include unfavorable political events, harmful regulatory policies, and disruptive market forces. Although it is often not possible to precisely predict when such events will occur, it is possible to assess the probability of their occurrence via the development of supplier risk profiles. Thus, it is imperative that organizations have the capability to analyze the degree of disaster risk associated with suppliers who comprise their supply chain networks.