Published by at April 2, 2022 301 Appendix: The Supply Chain Risk Assessment Tool As.we.mentioned.in.Chapter 12,.as.the.concept.of.supply.chain.risk.man-agement.began.to.solidify.into.a.body.of.knowledge.and.then.courseware,.within. the. framework. of. an. enterprise-.wide. risk. management. approach.(ERM),.several.major.tenets.developed.into.a.set.of.questions-.of-.discovery.regarding.the.maturity.of.the.supply.chain..As.these.supply.chain.tenets.began.to.solidify,.a.mechanism.to.review,.evaluate,.and.position.a.compa-ny’s.maturity.in.supply.chain.excellence.and.design.took.shape.in.terms.of.a.“spider.diagram”.or.heat.map.profiling.a.company’s.supply.chain.matu-rity,.which.then.relates.implicitly.to.the.risk.associated.with.that.maturity..The.heat.map.is.a.set.of.about.100.questions-.of-.discovery.across.10.tenets.of. an. end-.to-.end. supply. chain. environment. A. graphical. illustration. of.the. […]