A production recovery plan in manufacturing supply chains for a high-demand item during COVID-19

Paul, Sanjoy Kumar; Chowdhury, Priyabrata

doi:10.1108/ijpdlm-04-2020-0127

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“…The existing literature on disruptions in the commercial food and beverage industry has not considered the impacts of epidemics or pandemics on this sector. Instead, most of the research on the disruptive effects of public health crises of this sort have focused on humanitarian issues, such as how food and other forms of relief can be distributed efficiently (Dasaklis et al 2012;Ivanov 2020a;Paul & Chowdhury 2020a). Yet commercial firms in the food and beverage industries have been affected by a number of recent epidemics as well as the COVID-19 pandemic (Hudecheck et al 2020).…”

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“…Within a short time, the COVID-19 epidemic spread throughout the globe, becoming a true pandemic that has severely affected almost every country. The COVID-19 pandemic has a direct impact on public health (Paul & Chowdhury 2020a). As of September 6, 2020, COVID-19 had resulted in more than 26.9 million infections and more than 881 thousand deaths (Worldometers 2020).…”

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A case study on strategies to deal with the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic in the food and beverage industry

Chowdhury¹,

Sarkar²,

et al. 2020

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This research investigates the impacts of the novel coronavirus disease, also referred to as COVID-19 pandemic, on the food and beverage industry. It examines both short-term and medium-to-long-term impacts of the pandemic and outlines strategies to reduce the potential consequences of those impacts. To this end, we use a qualitative, multiple-case-study methodology, collecting data from eight sample companies with fourteen respondents in the food and beverage industry in Bangladesh. The findings show that the short-term impacts of this pandemic, such as product expiry, shortage of working capital, and limited operations of distributors, are severe, while the medium-to-long-term impacts promise to be complex and uncertain. In the longer term, various performance metrics, such as return on investment by the firms, the contribution of the firms to the gross domestic product (GDP), and employee size, are all expected to decrease. Moreover, firms may need to restructure their supply chain and build relationships with new distributors and trade partners. The study proposes several strategies that managers in this sector can adopt to improve resiliency in the changing environment during and after the COVID-19 era. While this research is novel and contributes to both theory and practice, it does not consider small and medium-sized companies in the food and beverage industry. Therefore, the impacts and strategies we identify may not apply to smaller companies.

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A case study on strategies to deal with the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic in the food and beverage industry

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Sarkar²,

et al. 2020

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“…Furthermore, it is essential to ensure that all inventory is outside the high-risk areas or logistic hubs. On the other hand, it is also important to propose and verify the alternative materials and to source local substitutes [68]. Alternative materials offer firms more sourcing options, and local suppliers may promise high availability of materials.…”

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“…In long-term planning, supplier diversification, and capacity redundancy reduce the risk of disruptions when supply chains experience restricted activities due to a catastrophic event [68], [69]. A preferred strategy is to cooperate with suppliers in different geographic locations.…”

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Impacts of COVID-19 on Global Supply Chains: Facts and Perspectives

Elomri

Kerbache

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The COVID-19 pandemic has caused considerable damage to various industries worldwide. Availability and supply of a wide range of raw materials, intermediate goods, and finished products have been seriously disrupted. Global supply chains (GSCs), which had shown a high level of robustness and resiliency against several disruptions in recent decades, are genuinely compromised. Using a critical reading and a causal analysis of facts and figures, this article aims to investigate the COVID-19 impacts on the effectiveness and responsiveness of GSCs and to propose a set of managerial insights to mitigate their risks and enhance their resilience in various industrial sectors. The study showed that the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in unprecedented disruptions to the mechanics of most GSCs such as pharmaceuticals, food, electronics, automotive industry, etc. Unlike previous major disruptions, COVID-19 has adversely affected GSCs throughout all their stages with major turbulences in manufacturing, processing, transport, and logistics, as well as significant shifts in demand. The analysis pinpointed that enhancing the supply chain resilience is the main key driver to reducing vulnerability in disruptive times. Furthermore, the analysis indicated that the post-COVID-19 GSCs will tend to be shorter through revamped strategies focusing more and more on relocations and back-shoring.

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“…Supply disruptions are attributed to production disruptions of direct suppliers and global transportation due to health risks and quarantine policies. Outbreaks have quickly affected production and material supply of 938 of the Fortune 1000 companies due to the disrupted production of tier 1 or tier 2 suppliers in China [2]. A recent Chinese industrial survey reports that 82% of enterprises suffered a profit loss, and 62% have reduced labor to control operational costs [3].…”

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Intelligent Manufacturing Systems in COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: Framework and Impact Assessment

Wang

Liu

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Chin. J. Mech. Eng.

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Pandemics like COVID-19 have created a spreading and ever-higher healthy threat to the humans in the manufacturing system which incurs severe disruptions and complex issues to industrial networks. The intelligent manufacturing (IM) systems are promising to create a safe working environment by using the automated manufacturing assets which are monitored by the networked sensors and controlled by the intelligent decision-making algorithms. The relief of the production disruption by IM technologies facilitates the reconnection of the good and service flows in the network, which mitigates the severity of industrial chain disruption. In this study, we create a novel intelligent manufacturing framework for the production recovery under the pandemic and build an assessment model to evaluate the impacts of the IM technologies on industrial networks. Considering the constraints of the IM resources, we formulate an optimization model to schedule the allocation of IM resources according to the mutual market demands and the severity of the pandemic.

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A production recovery plan in manufacturing supply chains for a high-demand item during COVID-19

Cited by 378 publications

References 69 publications

A case study on strategies to deal with the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic in the food and beverage industry

A case study on strategies to deal with the impacts of COVID-19 pandemic in the food and beverage industry

Impacts of COVID-19 on Global Supply Chains: Facts and Perspectives

Intelligent Manufacturing Systems in COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond: Framework and Impact Assessment

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