Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2013
Abstract
Businesses view supply chain operations as critical components to customer satisfaction, market competitiveness, and profitability. Over the last decade, these operations have been exposed to ever increasing levels of disruption risk from sources such as cultural differences, geography, managerial actions, shifting market demand and supply, and technological changes. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the types and management of risks within the supply chains of large US base companies in the apparel, footwear, nutritional supplement and supply chain services sectors operating on a global basis. We intend to compare relevant frameworks within extant literature and data obtained during semi-structured interviews with senior level practitioners from those industries to confirm the existence of these risks or identify new risks. This study will also investigate mitigation strategies used by practitioners for dealing with risks, and how these strategies are gauged in terms of effectiveness in maintaining normal supply chain operations contributing to business performance. We present two important areas for future research in the supply chain context: teamwork and sustainability.
Keywords
disruption, risk, supply chain resiliency, sustainable business practices, global supply chain management, grounded theory, teamwork
Rights
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Department/Center
Design & Innovation
Recommended Citation
Widdifield, David, "Understanding Supply Chain Resiliency: Identification Of The Factors Contributing To Performance" (2013). Student Scholarship. 514.
https://commons.case.edu/studentworks/514