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Robust supply chain strategies for recovering from unanticipated disasters

Robust supply chain strategies for recovering from unanticipated disasters
Robust supply chain strategies for recovering from unanticipated disasters
Recovering from unanticipated disasters is critical in today’s global market. This paper examines the effectiveness of popular recovery strategies used to address unpredictable disasters that derail supply chains. We create a formal model to portray dynamic operational performance among supply chain firms facing disruptions caused by natural and man-made disasters. Our analysis shows that a supply chain recovers best if member firms adopt a radical, rapid, costly recovery strategy that immediately resolves the disruption. This observation is robust to various resource consumption requirements. We apply our methodology in the case of Taiwan’s 2011 food contamination scandal and provide managerial insights.
emergency management, supply chain disruptions, supply chain vulnerability, cellular automata, complex systems, behavioural game theory
1366-5545
198-214
Chen, Li-Ming
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Liu, Yan Emma
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Yang, Shu-Jung Sunny
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Chen, Li-Ming
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Liu, Yan Emma
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Chen, Li-Ming, Liu, Yan Emma and Yang, Shu-Jung Sunny (2015) Robust supply chain strategies for recovering from unanticipated disasters. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 77, 198-214. (doi:10.1016/j.tre.2015.02.015).

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Abstract

Recovering from unanticipated disasters is critical in today’s global market. This paper examines the effectiveness of popular recovery strategies used to address unpredictable disasters that derail supply chains. We create a formal model to portray dynamic operational performance among supply chain firms facing disruptions caused by natural and man-made disasters. Our analysis shows that a supply chain recovers best if member firms adopt a radical, rapid, costly recovery strategy that immediately resolves the disruption. This observation is robust to various resource consumption requirements. We apply our methodology in the case of Taiwan’s 2011 food contamination scandal and provide managerial insights.

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Accepted/In Press date: 20 February 2015
e-pub ahead of print date: 27 March 2015
Published date: May 2015
Keywords: emergency management, supply chain disruptions, supply chain vulnerability, cellular automata, complex systems, behavioural game theory
Organisations: Southampton Business School

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Local EPrints ID: 377513
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/377513
ISSN: 1366-5545
PURE UUID: 6e6216e9-26ed-49c3-95e1-818b91dc727e

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Date deposited: 16 Jun 2015 08:44
Last modified: 14 Mar 2024 20:05

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Author: Li-Ming Chen
Author: Yan Emma Liu
Author: Shu-Jung Sunny Yang

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