Master's Thesis from the year 2018 in the subject Business economics - Supply, Production, Logistics, grade: 1,5, University of Applied Sciences Fulda, language: English, abstract: The problem of visibility of business processes and the handling of unexpected events, portrays the current challenges involved in supply chain management. The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the sap event management software and its ability to mitigate risks and issues involved in supply chain management. More so, the contribution of SAP EM to the effective functioning of a company in its supply chain network environment will be described. This Thesis is a literature research work, being done as a partial prerequisite for obtaining a Master of Art in Supply Chain Management at the Fulda University of Applied Sciences. This thesis will strive to answer the following questions: How sap event management tool helps in managing risk in supply chain management? How does SAP event management help companies to handle the challenges of today?s business environment? Whether SAP event management is a type of track and trace instrument or not?