Dealing with the unpredictable: supply chain resilience

Scholten, Kirstin; Stevenson, Mark; Donk, Dirk Pieter van

doi:10.1108/ijopm-01-2020-789

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“…Despite the increasing number of publications on principles of supply chain resilience, there is limited empirical understanding of how firms can build resilience in supply chains (Blackhurst et al, 2011;Fiksel et al, 2015;J€ uttner and Maklan, 2011;Kamalahmadi and Parast, 2016). Scholten et al (2018) conclude that 'we know very little about, what constitutes supply chain resilience beyond top-level generic supply chain strategies; . .…”

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Supplying resilience through assessing diversity of responses to disruption

Kahiluoto

Mäkinen

Kaseva

2020

IJOPM

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PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to contribute to the theory and practice of supply chain management in terms of how an organisation should structure its supply base to be resilient to supply uncertainties and disruptions. An empirical assessment of supplier response diversity is demonstrated, and the following research question posed: Is response diversity of suppliers positively associated with supply chain resilience, more positively than mere supplier diversity is?Design/Methodology/ApproachResilience is operationalised as the maintenance of sales of two food products in 27 southern Finnish retail stores during two distinct disruptions. Response diversity is operationalised as 1) diversity in the personnel sizes of slaughterhouse suppliers of pork under domestic strikes and as 2) evenness in the proportions of imports and domestic supply of food oil under global price volatility. A five-step quantitative assessment is performed.FindingsResponse diversity is positively related to the maintenance of sales, more positively than diversity of individual suppliers is.Research limitations/ImplicationsResponse diversity is an advancement to the theory of supply chain resilience and supply base management, and access to big data increases practical potential.Practical implicationsEmpirical assessments of response diversity of suppliers provide buyer companies an effective means to enhance their supply base management for resilience.Social implicationsThe proposed approach is useful for teaching and for authorities to enhance food security.Originality/valueThis first assessment of response diversity of supply chain operations presents an important advancement in the theory and practice of supply base management for resilience.

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Supplying resilience through assessing diversity of responses to disruption

Kahiluoto

Mäkinen

Kaseva

2020

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“…This is because the SC is not able to fill the order due to the sudden increase in demand and supply shortages across the globe. For example [ 39 ], reported lack of responsiveness and flexibility are the primary reason behind the supply and demand disruptions while [ 7 ] mentioned that an epidemic outbreak always comes with SC disruptions. C9 Poor infrastructure Non-flexible storage area, capacity constraints, poor infrastructure for transportations and distribution Retail stores are generally designed for healthy and stable working conditions with limited resources.…”

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“…The impact of this lockdown brought a significant disruption, as 94% of the Fortune 1000 companies and many small & medium-size enterprises have reported risk in SC due to uncertainty [ 5 ]. Supply chain risk has been defined as an unplanned and unexpected incident that disrupts the flow of goods or services within the SC [ [6] , [7] , [8] ]. [ 9 ] distinguished COVID-19 from other SC disruptions and explained it in terms of seven dimensions (geography, scope, demand & supply, prior planning & experience, financial system, term, and human impact & behavior) [ 10 ].…”

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Applications of industry 4.0 to overcome the COVID-19 operational challenges

Kumar

Raut

Narwane

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Background and aims An epidemic outbreak of COVID-19 has increased the demand for medical equipment, medical accessories along with daily essentials for the safety of healthcare workers. This study aims to identify the operational challenges faced by retailers in providing efficient services. The study also aimed to propose the roadmap of Industry 4.0 to reduce the impact of COVID-19. Methods A detailed literature review is done on an epidemic outbreak and supply chain using appropriate keywords on SCOPUS, Science Direct, Google Scholar. Some relevant industry reports and blogs are also taken to get insights. Results We have identified twelve significant challenges for the retail sectors that are acting as operational barriers and provided the application of Industry 4.0 technologies to deal with it. Conclusion Industry 4.0 can act as a significant driver for reducing the impact of identified challenges on retailers to fight against the pandemic. There is a need to build trust and transparency for the effective management of healthcare essentials. The supply chain partners and government bodies should act wisely for improving the services during COVID-19 and of similar situations. The proposed roadmap provide future research directions for researchers working in the area of epidemic control, supply chain, and disaster management.

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“…Supply chain resilience sought the attention of academicians due to its vital role (e.g. Ambulkar et al, 2015;Brandon-Jones et al, 2014;Hohenstein et al, 2015;MacDonald et al, 2018;Kamalahmadi and Parast, 2016;Purvis et al, 2016;Scholten and Schilder, 2015;Scholten et al, 2019Scholten et al, , 2020Sheffi, 2001;Stevenson and Busby, 2015;Tukamuhabwa et al, 2015Tukamuhabwa et al, , 2017. Ponomarov and Holcomb (2009) describe that most of the writings related to supply chain resilience are conceptual.…”

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“…These may save the holy destinations from various disasters. This concept is proposed after insights from the work of Rubbio et al (2020), Scholten et al (2020).…”

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Framework for a resilient religious tourism supply chain for mitigating post-pandemic risk

Mittal

Sinha

2021

IHR

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PurposeThis paper aims to study the religious tourism supply chain and understand and introduce resilience across the same to mitigate post-pandemic disruptions.Design/methodology/approachIn this manuscript, a systematic literature review has been done to identify the gaps in the religious tourism supply chain, which gives adequate revenue to India but not studied yet. The identified gap shaped this study's objectives and research questions and guided the authors to devise a theoretical framework for the religious tourism supply chain.FindingsThe key findings of this research paper led to identifying both threats and opportunities for the religious tourism supply chain, which has been into existence and caused many disasters in the past. As pandemic Covid-19 shut the doors of these religious destinations for extended periods, it became necessary for governments, state authorities and private parties to think and devise the post unlock operating processes for this supply chain. This thinking directed the authors to create a framework for the smooth flow of people and other services across this supply chain. The collaborative efforts of all the stakeholders at various levels can realize the actual working of the suggested framework. A stagewise set of processes has been proposed to understand the resilience across the religious tourism supply chain and reduce disruptions.Practical implicationsCovid-19 pandemic has devastated the world economies and disrupted the supply chains of all sectors. The paper elaborates the need for cohesive efforts to introduce resilience across humanitarian supply chains and phase-wise processes to reduce the disruptions caused by various disasters. These systematic efforts will familiarize the readers with the need for resilience across the religious tourism supply chain. Still, it would also assist in generating revenue for the Indian government and reviving the economy soon.Originality/valueThe trade of religious tourism adds a significant contribution to the Indian economy in terms of revenue, employment, visibility of culture and destination, etc. The Covid-19 pandemic has immensely disrupted the tourism sector supply chain, resulting in huge losses (FICCI report 2020). The introduction and implementation of resilience across the religious tourism supply chain can diminish the losses and assist in reviving the economy soon. Construct of resilience across the religious tourism supply chain has not been studied yet. This manuscript contributes to identifying post-pandemic challenges across the religious tourism supply chain and ways to integrate resilience to reduce disruptions caused by disasters.

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Dealing with the unpredictable: supply chain resilience

Abstract: AcknowledgementsThis special issue would not have been possible without the contribution made by an impressive team of expert reviewers who provided their time and insights to develop the submissions. The authors would like to acknowledge and thank the following reviewers:

Cited by 133 publications

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Supplying resilience through assessing diversity of responses to disruption

Supplying resilience through assessing diversity of responses to disruption

Applications of industry 4.0 to overcome the COVID-19 operational challenges

Framework for a resilient religious tourism supply chain for mitigating post-pandemic risk

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