Estimating the influence of the network topology on the agility of food supply chains

Hernández, Juan M.; Pedroza-Gutiérrez, Carmen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0218958

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“…Some recent efforts have underlined the suitability of SCA in the FSC. For example, Manning and Soon Jan (2016) propose a resilient model that enhances the agility of the FSC; Bezuidenhout (2016) measures the degree of agility and leanness in the FSC; Hernández and Pedroza (2016) link agility levels with different FSC networks; Nakandala and Lau (2019) explore the implementation of the hybrid of lean and agile strategies in urban FSC. However, the number of studies is fairly limited (Haq and Boddu, 2015).…”

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Supply chain agility responding to unprecedented changes: empirical evidence from the UK food supply chain during COVID-19 crisis

Mishra

Wulandhari

et al. 2021

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Purpose The COVID-19 outbreak has imposed extensive shocks embracing all stages of the food supply chain (FSC). Although the magnitude is still unfolding, the FSC responds with remarkable speed, to mitigate the disruptive consequences and sustain operations. This paper aims to investigate how operationalising supply chain agility (SCA) practices has occurred amid the COVID-19 crisis and expectations for how those practices could transform the supply chain in the post-COVID-19 era. Design/methodology/approach Following an exploratory case-based design, this paper examines the various agile responses that three supply chains (meat, fresh vegetables and bread) adopted and elaborate using the dynamic capability (DC) theoretical lens. Findings First, the findings demonstrate how, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, each affected case pursued various agile responses through sensing and seizing capabilities. Sensing includes identifying and assessing the relevant opportunities and threats associated with the specific supply chain context. Seizing involves acquiring, combining and modifying the tangible and intangible resources at the firm and supply chain levels. Second, supply chain transformation is likely if firms and their supply chain develop the sustaining capability to ensure that the desirable changes outlast the crisis. Practical implications This study provides an actionable guide for practitioners to develop agile responses to systemic changes in times of crisis and to sustain favourable changes so as to enable their outlasting of the crisis. Originality/value This study provides a novel and unique perspective on the role of SCA in crisis – in this case, the pandemic. This paper synthesises the empirical stories of the agile responses in the FSC and elaborates on the DC framework, to identify theoretical and practical implications. This paper establishes the sustaining capability as the missing DC capability for enabling transformation in the post-COVID-19 era.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Supply chain agility responding to unprecedented changes: empirical evidence from the UK food supply chain during COVID-19 crisis

Mishra

Wulandhari

et al. 2021

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“…Diversified trading strategies (e.g., maintaining a diversity of trade relationships) that buffer changes in supply to satisfy final markets, are also used in global and regional trade networks [ 28 , 34 ]. In this context, the specific patterns of spatial connectivity between the trade networks and the two fishing regions can be key to understanding how trade networks can respond to different environmental changes (cf.…”

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“…These functions can be mediated by traders’ positions in the regional trade networks [ 19 , 33 ]. The interplay between roles and positions affect traders’ vulnerabilities and their supply of fish, potentially influencing their capacity to deal with changes and short-term supply fluctuations [ 15 , 34 ]. Studies on fisheries trade have often focused on understanding vertical interactions in the value chain (i.e., all stages from producers to consumers) rather than on trade relationships that occur horizontally between such individual traders [ 11 ].…”

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Fish provision in a changing environment: The buffering effect of regional trade networks

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Local and regional trade networks in small-scale fisheries are important for food security and livelihoods across the world. Such networks consist of both economic flows and social relationships, which connect different production regions to different types of fish demand. The structure of such trade networks, and the actions that take place within them (e.g., people fishing, buying, selling), can influence the capacity of small-scale fisheries to provide sufficient fish in a changing social and ecological context. In this study, we aim to understand the importance of networks between different types of traders that access spatially-distinct fish stocks for the availability and variability of fish provision. We deployed a mixed-methods approach, combining agent-based modelling, network analysis and qualitative data from a small-scale fishery in Baja California Sur, Mexico. The empirical data allowed us to investigate the trade processes that occur within trade networks; and the generation of distinct, empirically-informed network structures. Formalized in an agent-based model, these network structures enable analysis of how different trade networks affect the dynamics of fish provision and the exploitation level of fish stocks. Model results reveal how trade strategies based on social relationships and species diversification can lead to spillover effects between fish species and fishing regions. We found that the proportion of different trader types and their spatial connectivity have the potential to increase fish provision. However, they can also increase overexploitation depending on the specific connectivity patterns and trader types. Moreover, increasing connectivity generally leads to positive outcomes for some individual traders, but this does not necessarily imply better outcomes at the system level. Overall, our model provides an empirically-grounded, stylized representation of a fisheries trading system, and reveals important trade-offs that should be considered when evaluating the potential effect of future changes in regional trade networks.

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“…Thus, this article contributes to the debate of the most suitable network structure for an efficient supply chain (Capaldo & Giannoccaro, 2015;Hernández & Pedroza-Gutiérrez, 2019;Kim et al, 2015). The examples show that homogeneous distributions of edges and the rate of STs are associated with more efficient supply chains than heterogeneous distributions.…”

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“…The role of supply chains in effective adaptation of fisheries and aquaculture industries to climate change has been used to identify the implications of varying strategies at different stages of the supply chain (Lim-Camacho et al, 2015). Therefore, due to the complexity of seafood supply chains, agility and reputation have also been presented as major components for the distribution of seafood (Hernández & Pedroza-Gutiérrez, 2019;Pedroza-Gutiérrez & Hernández, 2017). Table 1 summarizes some of the seafood supply chains' most important characteristics.…”

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Social Networks and Supply Chain Management in Fish Trade

Pedroza-Gutiérrez

Hernández

2020

SAGE Open

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This study aims to construct a theoretical framework to analyze the elements of the network structure and the relationship system within the seafood supply chain. The scope of the investigation is to evaluate how these elements influence the flow of products and the efficiency of the seafood supply chain and why these social interactions can create value and enhance competitive advantage. The model combines the resource- and knowledge-based view and the social network analysis applied to seafood supply chains. To demonstrate the application of the model, two theoretical examples and a real case study of the Mercado del Mar in Guadalajara, Mexico, are used. Primary data are obtained from semi-structured interviews, social network analysis metrics, and qualitative analysis. Findings are based on the analysis of theoretical examples and must be considered with caution. Nevertheless, the observations in the examples and case study provide new arguments to the relationship between the pattern of interrelationship and the efficiency of a supply chain. This study emphasizes the necessity of combining quantitative and qualitative analyses to understand and explain real-life supply networks.

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Estimating the influence of the network topology on the agility of food supply chains

Cited by 9 publications

References 82 publications

Supply chain agility responding to unprecedented changes: empirical evidence from the UK food supply chain during COVID-19 crisis

Supply chain agility responding to unprecedented changes: empirical evidence from the UK food supply chain during COVID-19 crisis

Fish provision in a changing environment: The buffering effect of regional trade networks

Social Networks and Supply Chain Management in Fish Trade

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