We live in a complex, fast-moving world. Whilst the supply chain disruption that started with the pandemic continues to play out, the crisis in Ukraine and associated price shocks pose a new threat to economic stability.
At the same time, transformative technologies powered by semiconductors are driving rapid change and progress in many areas of life, from electric cars to mobile devices.
To find answers to these questions, we surveyed 250 senior decision makers in a range of semiconductor businesses across the globe.
Our survey was carried out by our research partner, Coleman Parkes, in March 2022 using phone-to-web methodology.
We received 250 responses from decision makers of risk management in leading semiconductor companies, globally.
Top external risk factors reflect major global challenges
We saw a marked regional variation when we asked respondents to name their biggest external risk factor over the next 3-5 years.
Changing consumer demand was the top risk for North American companies (39%), while ESG pressures ranked highly in both Asia-Pacific and North America and was the biggest risk overall at 34%.
Political risk (30%) and export risk (27%) were also to the fore, reflecting global tensions and economic uncertainty.
Participants were asked to select from a list of 13 in a multi code question, the greatest challenges to addressing their risks over the next 3 to 5 years.
These concerns also featured among the main barriers to addressing the industry’s risks, which included increasing regulation (68%), external geopolitical factors (60%) and external economic factors (54%).
Loss history is broadly aligned with future risks and challenges
The biggest losses from internal sources over the last two years came from problems with complex and changing end-product requirements (43%), intellectual property infringement (42%) and supply chain and infrastructure (40%), which were all named as risks over the near term.
Top external loss sources included ESG regulator pressures (32%), environmental risks (32%) and property loss due to natural catastrophe (28%).
The cost and availability of inputs (30%) and supply chain and infrastructure risk (27%) were also top loss factors.
Participants asked to select what describes best, the extent of their business risk-related losses in the last 2 years
Overall 41% of respondents said losses were higher than expected, which is understandable given the cross-cutting impact of the pandemic during this period.
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