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A supply chain failure is defined as an interruption caused by external or internal operations that may have

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s quality, delivery or cost impact to clients. In most cases, the blame is

placed on external suppliers with no appropriate root cause examination.

You are employed as a managing director in your manufacturing company. Identify and critically discuss any

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$$potential causes of failure. Make reference to the relevant examples to illustrate your answer$\mathrm{.}1.$Suppy failure$\mathrm{.}2.$ Human Failures$\mathrm{.}3.$Organisation failure$\mathrm{.}4.$ Customer Failure$\mathrm{.}5.$ Environmental Disruption