To understand the
supply chain risks which the companies are faced to makes possibility for agencies managers to make more
power to realize and challenge against unexpected happenings. In the unsecure and unstable terms of
competitive environment, recognizing of above mentioned risks cause the adaptation and act as a strategic lever
in the organizations competitive process.
Supply chain risk appraisal process can help to make strategic decisions and operational plans to reduce the
quantity of supply chain defects (Zurich Insurance Company,2010). The process of advancement in this regard
is described in the way that, at first, organizations were trying to produce the products with better quality and the
least costs by standardization and improving their own internal processes in order to increase their competitive
power. In the past, the dominant thinking was that the powerful engineering and designing and also harmonious
and consistent production operations are the leading factor to access market demands and, as a result, to get
more market share and, therefore, the organizations do their best to increase efficiency. In later years, with
increasing of diversification in customer's expected patterns, the organizations were concerned with increasing
elasticity in production lines and development of new products for customer’s satisfaction.