An apparatus, system and method for managing supply chain risk are
provided. The apparatus, system and method identify which components are
most critical to the assembly of the final product, in terms of placing
the largest amount of revenue or profit at risk. The impact on profit and
revenue of the failure to effectively deliver one or more of these
critical products along one or more of the dimensions of quantity, time,
space, or quality, is then quantified. The revenue and profit
distribution from the supply chain is characterized given a projected
distribution supply uncertainty, taking into consideration that input
products are only useful if all of the BOM components are present. The
revenue at risk is then determined. From the set of possible final
products that can be produced, the portfolio of final products with the
best risk-return characteristics are determined. Efficient hedges may
then be developed.