Abstract
This paper proposes a model for management of supply chain resilience. To this end thestructured content analysis of media news is used to analyze a sample constituted by sixty two documents containing evidences of seventy seven companies that were affected by the Japan 2011 earthquake. The sample provides evidences that companies failed to sustain their operations mainly because capacity shortages and material shortages. Also provides empirical evidence of twelve resilience practices to reduce the disturbance severity and therecovery time. Based on these findings four propositions were made and aggregated topropose a model for supply chain resilience management.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of 18th International Annual Conference of the European Operations Management Association (EurOMA 2011) |
Place of Publication | Cambridge |
Publisher | University of Cambridge |
Pages | 1-10 |
Publication status | Published - 2012 |
Event | 18th International Annual EurOMA Conference (EurOMA 2011) - Cambridge, United Kingdom Duration: 3 Jul 2011 → 6 Jul 2011 Conference number: 18th |
Conference
Conference | 18th International Annual EurOMA Conference (EurOMA 2011) |
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Abbreviated title | EurOMA 2011 |
Country | United Kingdom |
City | Cambridge |
Period | 3/07/11 → 6/07/11 |
Keywords
- Supply chain resilience
- Secondary data
- Theory building