Supply chain resilience: the whole is not the sum of the parts

By M. M. Sá, Priscila L.S. Miguel, R. Brito, Susana Carla Farias Pereira. International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 2019

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how resilience at different nodes in the supply chain influences overall supply chain resilience (SCRES) during an extreme weather event. Design/methodology/approach Based on 41 in-depth interviews, this qualitative study examines two Brazilian agri-food supply chains (AFSC). The interviews explored the impacts, preparedness, response and adaptation strategies adopted by farmers, processors and manufacturers during Brazil’s extreme drought of 2014–2015. Findings SCRES does not depend on all organizations in the supply chain but rather on the company able to reconfigure the resources to control for the disruption. In a supply chain with low interdependence among players, individual firm resilience elements might be preferable to interorganizational ones. Research limitations/implications This study is based on the context of AFSCs with low interdependence among players and during the experience of a climatic event. The results might not be generalizable to other sectors and phenomena. Practical implications Firms must evaluate their positions in supply chains and their interfirm relationships to determine which resilience strategy to invest in and rely on. Moreover, to leverage resilience at the supply chain level, firms must intensify information sharing and improve proactive resilience strategies upstream as well as downstream in the supply chain. Originality/value This study presents a broader perspective of resilience by comparing resilience elements at both the node and supply chain levels and by discussing their interactions and trade-offs.

Subfields: Management Information Systems, Strategy and Management

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Blockchain technology for enhancing swift-trust, collaboration and resilience within a humanitarian supply chain setting (2020, background): “To build resilient supply chains, there are diverse capabilities that need to be in place (Tabaklar, 2017; Sá et al. 2019; Hosseini and Ivanov 2019; Elluru et al. 2019).”