Building resilience in SMEs of perishable product supply chains: enablers, barriers and risks

Ali, Imran; Nagalingam, Sev V.; Gurd, Bruce

doi:10.1080/09537287.2017.1362487

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“…Following, Holling (1973) work's, several scholars have termed supply chain resilience as the ability of supply chains to survive, adapt and grow in the face of turbulent change. In simple words, how quickly supply chains can return to its original state or move to a new, more desirable state after being disturbed (Christopher and Peck, 2004;Blackhurst et al 2011;Bhamra et al 2011;Pettit et al 2013;Chopra and Sodhi, 2014;Brandon-Jones et al 2015;Gunasekaran et al 2015;Ali et al 2017;Jain et al 2017). Datta (2017) has noted based on systematic literature review of articles published in reputable peer reviewed journals that, literature on supply chain has grown exponentially following Christopher and Peck (2004) contribution; the research focusing on how organizations develop resilience is still limited.…”

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Empirical investigation of data analytics capability and organizational flexibility as complements to supply chain resilience

Dubey

Gunasekaran

Childe

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International Journal of Production Research

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The supply chain resilience and data analytics capability has generated increased interest in academia and among practitioners. However, existing studies often treat these two streams of literature independently. Our study model reconciles two different streams of literature: data analytics capability as a means to improve information-processing capacity and supply chain resilience as a means to reduce a ripple effect in supply chain or quickly recover after disruptions in the supply chain. We have grounded our theoretical model in the organizational information processing theory (OIPT). The four research hypotheses are further tested using responses from 213 Indian manufacturing organizations collected via a survey-based pre-tested instrument. We further test our model using variance based structural equation modelling, popularly known as PLS-SEM. All of hypotheses were supported. The findings of our study offer a unique contribution to information systems (IS) and operations management (OM) literature. The findings further provide numerous directions to the supply chain managers. Finally, we note our study limitations and provide further research directions.

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Empirical investigation of data analytics capability and organizational flexibility as complements to supply chain resilience

Dubey

Gunasekaran

Childe

et al. 2019

International Journal of Production Research

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“…A number of previous studies have analysed the sustainable supply chain management of food products, concluding that the nature of procurement and distribution, particularly logistics management of perishable items, exhibits inherent complexities that are absent from many component based supply chain networks (Ali et al, 2017;Balcik et al, 2010;Davis et al, 2013;Dreyer et al, 2016;Dubey et al, 2017a;Kummu et al, 2012). The efficient and timely transportation required for perishable products, highlights the vulnerability within the emerging market context and criticality of effective logistics (Balcik et al, 2010;Davis et al, 2013;Dreyer et al, 2016).…”

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“…Adequacy in storage and packaging is another key factor for perishable food products especially in labour intensive, non-mechanised markets (Ali et al, 2017;Balcik et al, 2010;Irani et al, 2018;Kummu et al, 2012). The availability of adequate human resource for storage, packaging, and transportation, is often more important than the typical performance of different stakeholders involved in supply chain network.…”

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“…The potential for effective sustainability of perishable food items such as fish depends on the scope and capacity of commercialisation in the market economy (Ali et al, 2017;Balcik et al, 2010;Davis et al, 2013;Dreyer et al, 2016). Innovative ideas that directly impact the supply chain can emerge, but if the Bangladeshi fishermen fail to successfully commercialise their products and support sustainable supply chain efficiencies, meaningful change is unlikely to be realised in this valuable sector.…”

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“…The development of sustainability in this context raises many issues and challenges for academic research. Studies have analysed many aspects of supply chains and logistics within emerging markets, highlighting the inherent social and cultural complexities that act as barriers to effective change (Ali et al, 2017;Ardjosoediro and Goetz, 2007;Balcik et al, 2010). However, although existing studies have analysed a number of the sustainability issues within the fisheries industry in Bangladesh and associated markets (Halder, 2002;Hoque et al, 2017), researchers have yet to analyse the hilsa specific supply chain and distribution complexities in alignment with the existing relevant emerging markets based literature.…”

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The inherent tensions within sustainable supply chains: a case study from Bangladesh

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Dwivedi

Kumar

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The complexities surrounding the supply chain logistics for perishable commodities within Bangladesh are extensive. Poor infrastructure, fragmented transportation and corruption compound the operational complexities within this emerging market. This case study analyses many of the day-to-day operational challenges and tensions inherent within Micro-Small-Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) forming the backbone of the Bangladesh socio-economic structure. The drive for transition toward greater levels of sustainability and corporate responsibility is problematic, affecting many levels within an extended and fragmented supply chain. The selected case study highlights the "lived in" geographical, environmental, economic and cultural factors that impact the ability of emerging market enterprises to remain profitable within emergency scenarios whilst transitioning toward a more sustainable model. This study, whilst detailing many of the tensions and critical issues facing MSMEs, highlights the benefits of direct Government intervention, criticality of a leaner and more efficient supply chain and reassessment of financial incentives to drive the transition to a more efficient and sustainable economy.

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Challenges in perishable food supply chains for sustainability management: A developing economy perspective

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Perishable food supply chains (PFSCs) are characterized with rising food quality and safety concerns, alarming food wastages and losses, and poor economic sustainability.Owing to the perishable nature of products and limited shelf life, management of sustainability in PFSCs is critical. Many studies on sustainability in PFSCs have considered developed countries; however, developing countries, have not gathered the required research attention in this domain. In this paper, a decision-theory based framework is adopted, where a prescriptive decision analysis methodology is used to generate preferences among the challenges to sustainability in PFSC. An integrated Interpretive Structural Modelling-Analytic Network Process (ISM-ANP) decision framework is formulated to identify and model key challenges to sustainability in PFSCs, keeping a developing economy like India under consideration. The contextual relationships amongst the extracted challenges are analysed using Interpretive Structural Modelling (ISM) methodology. The relationships identified from ISM are used as inputs in the Analytic Network Process (ANP) methodology, to generate the priority weights of the challenges. The findings of the integrated methodology show "Lack of horizontal integration of farmers", "poor pre-harvest management", "lack of government regulation and support" to be the most critical challenges for sustainability in PFSCs. The results show that organizations must work on aggregation of farm produce and integration of farmers with the market. Development of infrastructures and cold chain facilities at the farm level are necessary to mitigate these challenges to reduce wastages in PFSC. The study facilitates managers and planners to understand and enable sustainable practices in PFSCs.

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Building resilience in SMEs of perishable product supply chains: enablers, barriers and risks

Cited by 131 publications

References 92 publications

Empirical investigation of data analytics capability and organizational flexibility as complements to supply chain resilience

Empirical investigation of data analytics capability and organizational flexibility as complements to supply chain resilience

The inherent tensions within sustainable supply chains: a case study from Bangladesh

Challenges in perishable food supply chains for sustainability management: A developing economy perspective

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