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Abstract- In response to frequent global disruptions, resilient supply chains are essential to maintaining operations in regulated industrial environments. Such disruptions—ranging from natural disasters and pandemics to geopolitical instability, technical failures, financial crises, and regulatory changes—pose serious threats to business continuity. This paper introduces the Supply Chain Resilience Assessment (SCRA), a structured methodology for evaluating resilience across the five core processes of the Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) model: Plan, Source, Make, Deliver, and Return. Developed from established assessment tools, refined through literature review, and validated via expert interviews and multiple industry applications, the SCRA provides a two-day, expert-led evaluation tailored to manufacturing sites and their connected supply networks. By integrating resilience into the traditional performance dimensions of quality, cost, and time, it identifies vulnerabilities and defines actionable improvements as part of holistic Business Continuity Management (BCM). While applied here using the medical device sector as a reference case—where validated and compliant processes are essential—the methodology is designed to be transferable to other regulated industrial domains. The SCRA advances existing resilience assessment tools by combining SCOR-aligned process evaluation with Lean and Industry 4.0 maturity dimensions, enabling rapid diagnosis and targeted recommendations to improve both structural and operational resilience in regulated production environments.

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