The role of collaboration in supply chain resilience

Abstract

Purpose – This paper aims to explore how collaboration influences supply chain resilience. Collaborative activities and their underlying mechanisms in relation to visibility, velocity and flexibility are investigated. Design/methodology/approach – An exploratory case study consisting of eight buyer–supplier relationships in the food processing industry was conducted. Findings – Key findings show how specific collaborative activities (information-sharing, collaborative communication, mutually created knowledge and joint relationship efforts) increase supply chain resilience via increased visibility, velocity and flexibility. Underlying mechanisms and interdependencies of these factors within the supply chain network are identified. Originality/value – This is one of the first papers to provide in-depth insights into collaboration as a formative element of resilience in a supply chain setting. A series of propositions explain the specific influence of collaborative activities on supply chain resilience beyond a single company perspective.

Antecedents of Resilient Supply Chains: An Empirical Study

“…Morgan and Hunt [35] argue that cooperation is influenced directly by trust, whereas Scholten and Schilder [7] suggest that cooperation has a positive impact on supply chain agility and supply chain robustness, and subsequently supply chain resilience [4]. Literature also underlines the role of collaborative capabilities in sustainability commitment and performance [58] that facilitate supply chain resilience [39].…”

“…Hence, supply chain resilience has attracted the attention of both academics and practitioners, driven by the need of organizations to perform while resuming business continuity in periods of disruption [2,3]. Literature has acknowledged visibility, cooperation, and information sharing as important antecedents of supply chain resilience [4,5,6,7]. However, the confluence of these antecedents in creating resilient supply chains under interaction effect of behavioural uncertainty (BU) -defined as the inability to predict a partner behaviour or changes in the external environment- [8] has not been studied indepth, giving us the impetus for this study.…”

Influenciadores da Gestão Colaborativa em Cadeias de Suprimentos

“…• Para evitar falha na execução da colaboração, a gestão exige coordenação atuante, • A colaboração proporciona maior visibilidade e flexibilidade na cadeia, gerando maior resiliência as empresas (SCHOLTEN;SCHILDER, 2015), no entanto, exige que os agentes tenham maior confidencialidade (LE et al, 2013). …”

Towards an Integrated Model of Supply Chain Risks: An Alignment Between Supply Chain Characteristics and Risk Dimensions

“…This could be achieved only through sharing knowledge and information about SCR. These two sharing mechanisms are concerned with three main SCM principles, which are collaboration ( [44], [45]), trust ( [46], [47]) and visibility ( [43], [48]) within SC networks ( [49]). …”