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Yang, Nan. "Supply risks in supply chain management." online access from Digital Dissertation Consortium, 2007. http://libweb.cityu.edu.hk/cgi-bin/er/db/ddcdiss.pl?3266705.
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Feng, Zekang, Rui He, Wen Zhu, and Fazal Amin. "Supply Side Risks Assessment of the Supply Chain : A case study of the Supply Side Risks Assessment in HUAWEI’s Supply Chain." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-64872.
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Research questions 1. What kind of risks in the supply side of HUAWEI supply chain can be identified? 2. How can supply side risks of HUAWEI supply chain be assessed? 3. How can supply side risks of HUAWEI supply chain be mitigated? Purpose This paper describes supply side risks in HUAWEI in China, the types of risks identified, provides guidelines for assessment of these risks and suggestions for mitigation. Methodology In order to answer above research questions empirical data have been collected through observations, interviews at with logistics managers of HUAWEI in China, and from the official documents, annual reports and authentic web pages of the HUAWEI. Theoretical framework has been built through scientific articles, peer reviewed journals, authentic web based documents, and textbooks. The information is then assessed and analyzed, which result in conclusion and recommendations for the company. Conclusion There can be four major risks identified on the supply side. Manufacturing risk, logistics risk, information risk and inventory risk. The manufacturing risk include risks related to production, skill, and quality. The logistics risk further include delivery risk, lead time risk, and transportation risk. Production risk and skill risk are critical and they can be avoided by enhancing risk awareness, evaluating production feasibility, strengthen staff training, investing in high skills, strengthening R&D, and analysis of the external environment. The quality and inbound delivery risks can be reduced through supplier inspection and establishing good supplier relations. Lead time risk and inventory risk can be reduced by vendor based managed inventory system and mass customization. Meanwhile, transportation risk can adopt risk transfer strategy. The information risk can be reduced by increasing information sharing levels and adopting modern communication technologies.
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Haloukas, Daniel G. "Strategies to Mitigate Supply Chain Disruption Risks." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6573.
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Businesses with global supply chains typically have a minimum of 1 interruption to their supply chain annually, which can decrease profitability and affect overall company performance. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies personal care business supply chain managers used to mitigate supply chain disruption risk. The targeted population was 9 supply chain managers working in 5 different Fortune 500 consumer packaged goods personal care companies in the northeastern United States who have successfully used strategies to mitigate supply chain disruptions. Corporate risk management was used as the conceptual framework of the study to determine how company leaders plan for supply chain disruptions and how leaders prioritize and resource implementation and assessment of these plans. Data collection included semistructured interviews, with review of each company's documents as the secondary source of data. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis. Two main themes emerged: identification of a qualified alternative supplier is a common strategy in supply chain disruption mitigation plans, and business top management support is essential in the execution of supply chain disruption plans and strategies. Results of this study might contribute to social change by empowering supply managers to make alternative choices relative to suppliers that will make products more affordable to consumers. An empowered supply management team leads to high return of investments for companies, which can support employment and additional tax revenue to support social programs.
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Stolte, Terje. "Supply chain risk management : harnessing organisational culture to optimise the management of risks along the supply chain." Thesis, University of Hull, 2014. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:12312.
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Disruptions to supply chains, whether they are natural, accidental or intentional, are increasingly distorting supply chain performance. Given that such disruptions are unlikely to decrease in the short term, supply chain risk mitigating solutions will play an increasingly significant role in the management of supply chains. The research acknowledges the existence of a wide range of approaches to mitigate risks across supply chains, yet argues that most approaches are not sustainable or effective if they are not supported by the culture of an organisation. Whilst the areas of supply chain risk, risk mitigating strategies and organisational culture as topics, have been researched in great levels of depth, it has been identified that the relationship between all three areas and particularly the relationship between organisational culture and supply chain risk management has been largely ignored. The research argues that the culture of an organisation can be harnessed strategically to enhance the effectiveness of risk management along the supply chain. As part of such approach, businesses need to create an environment in which supply chain risk management is a core facet of business activities and thus the mitigation of risks is more likely to develop naturally. The thesis investigates the relationship between different organisational culture types and supply chain risk management, developing theoretical assertions, which outline how different organisational cultures can be harnessed to effectuate a change in supply chain risk management efficiency. In pursuit of meeting the requirements of the research questions, four leading international organisations with different organisational cultures were researched. Data was collected by way of conducting semi-structured interviews, researcher observation, as well as additional documentation in various forms was collected. Interviews were transcribed and evaluated in conjunction with additional data that was collected during site visits and triangulated by means of researcher observation. The thesis clearly identifies strong relationships between different organisational cultures and organisational approaches to risk management in the supply chain. Moreover, the research uncovers that some types of organisational cultures are more conducive to managing risks in the supply chain than others. Based on this, the study provides a detailed overview of how traits from different organisational cultures can be harnessed to effectuate a change in an organisation’s approach to risk and risk management in the supply chain.
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Malgas, Yolanda. "Managing product quality risks through the supply chain." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53493.
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Thesis (MBA)--Stellenbosch University, 2003.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: With globalisation and the accompanying increase in international trade there is a great drive towards performing risk assessments on the quality of products. Such assessments are of particular importance within the food and drug industry, so much that this approach is also being adapted by the FDA in their analysis of the quality of products and probable risks to it. The pharmaceutical industry is heavily regulated to reduce or eliminate the production and distribution of poor quality products. Pharmaceuticals have to be of high quality as people's lives depend on it. Many pharmaceutical companies import raw materials from international manufacturers or international agents. In most cases the raw material or the products have to go through a long and complicated supply chain. The more parties involved in the supply chain, the greater the risk to product quality. Supply chain partnerships have therefore become critical to manage these risks to product quality throughout the supply chain. In order to manage risks to product quality, it has become vital to perform product quality risk assessments, especially through the supply chain. In this study the Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEA) is used to perform a risk assessment of risks to product quality throughout the supply chain. To obtain the criticality of the risks the Failure Mode Effect and Criticality Analysis (FMCEA) is applied. Quality improvement systems which contribute towards managing the risks to product quality are also discussed in this report. By managing quality risks to pharmaceutical products along with using quality as a strategy, the pharmaceutical company contributes towards improved health for patients as well as customer satisfaction, business success and excellence.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die toepassing van die analise van die risiko op produkte is vinnig besig om te vermeerder. Die FDA gaan dit toepas in hulle analise van die kwaliteit van produkte en die risiko wat daarmee gepaard gaan, in die voedsel en medisyne bedryf. Die farmaseutiese industrie word baie streng gereguleer om te verhoed dat die produksie en distribusie van swak kwaliteit produkte ervaar word. Farmaseutiese produkte moet van hoë gehalte wees, omdat die gesondheid van pasiënte daarvan afhang. Baie farmaseutiese maatskappye bestel rou materiale van oorsese makelaars en in baie gevalle moet die rou materiale deur 'n lang en gekompliseerde voorsieningsketting gaan. Hoe meer agente betrokke is, hoe hoër word die risiko met respek tot die kwaliteit van die produk. Die voorsieningsketting speel 'n kritiese rol om te verseker dat risikos beheer kan word, omdat elke party verantwoordelik is vir die lewering van kwaliteitsprodukkte. Om te verseker dat risikos beheer word, het dit belangrik geword om risiko analise te doen op die kwaliteit van produkte, veral wanneer in die voorsieningsketting. In hierdie studie word die "Failure Mode Effect Analysis (FMEAJ' gebruik om 'n risiko analise te doen met betrekking tot risikos op 'n produk se kwaliteit wanneer in die voorsieningsketting. Die "Failure Mode Effect, and Criticality Analysis (FMECAJ', word ook toegepas om te bereken hoe krities die risiko is. Verbeteringstelsels wat bydra tot die beheer en kontrole van risikos vir produk kwaliteit word ook in hierdie studie bespreek. Deur die risikos te beheer op die kwaliteit van produkte, dra die farmaseutiese maatskappy by tot beter gesondheid vir pasiente, en verseker klient satisfaksie en suksesvolle besigheid.
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Lee, Garrett J. (Garrett James), and Chang Zen-Lee M. "Supply chain disruptions : managing risks vs. managing crises." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/40096.
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Thesis (M. Eng. in Logistics)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, 2007.This electronic version was submitted by the student author. The certified thesis is available in the Institute Archives and Special Collections.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 74-76).
This thesis looks at two back-to-back disruptive supply chain events, one due to a sole-supplier's bankruptcy and the other caused by Hurricane Rita, that occurred at a specialty chemical company, and uses these examples to demonstrate how managing crises is more costly than managing risks. In examining the events surrounding the sole-supplier bankruptcy, managing a crisis cost this specialty chemical company 45% more money than managing a risk. Through the findings of these two disruptive events, a framework, the Eye of Providence, is created to manage supply chain risks. First, an organization must determine how developed its risk-management protocol is. Next, by studying past disruptive events and determining the key impact factors, an organization could calculate and learn about the opportunity cost of managing crisis. Then, by continuously evaluating its suppliers and rigorously applying those key impact factors to the analysis of its supply chain practice, an organization could evaluate and identify its current vulnerabilities.
(cont.) Finally, by proactively monitoring event-based warning signals, or disruption indicators, an organization could assess its potential supply chain risks, and plan accordingly. Whether a company is low on the risk-maturity level or has already integrated risk management into its corporate culture, the process developed in this thesis serves as a versatile tool that can help businesses structure a more dynamic, resilient supply chain.
by Garrett J. Lee [and] Zen-Lee M. Chang.
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Liu, Lu, and Yi Ding. "Supply chain management risks in a sushi restaurant." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för bygg- energi- och miljöteknik, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-16352.
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Wan, C. "Modelling and systematic assessment of maritime container supply chain risks." Thesis, Liverpool John Moores University, 2019. http://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/9944/.
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Maritime container supply chains (MCSCs) is exposed to various risks arising from both internal operations and the external environment, and the increasing complexity of the modern global logistics system makes the situation even worse, thus causing a significant challenge to the effective risk management of MCSCs. However, systematic studies on this topic are relatively few. In view of this, this study aims to explore and analyse various MCSC risks, develop suitable risk assessment methods, and evaluate the overall performance of MCSCs from a systematic perspective, so as to ensure the safety, reliability, and resilience of MCSCs. This research starts with the identification and classification of all possible risk factors that may be involved in an MCSC based on a comprehensive literature review, and the research results are further validated through a Delphi expert survey. The identified risk factors are then analysed, screened, and assessed in detail. The novelty of this study lies not only on the risk assessment of MCSCs under an uncertain environment from a supply chain level but also on the consideration of the impact of risk condition of each individual MCSC on the overall performance of the entire container supply network. The research results will provide useful insights and valuable information for both researchers and practitioners on the risk analysis and assessment of MCSCs, which is beneficial to different types of stakeholders involved in the maritime shipping industry. The work is also able to provide a theoretical foundation for risk-based decision making and shipping route optimisation in further work. Although the risk assessment methods are presented on the basis of the specific context in MCSCs, it is believed that, with domain-specific knowledge and data, they can also be tailored for a wide range of applications to evaluate the reliability and performance of other supply chain systems, especially where a high level of uncertainty is involved.
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Mehmood, Waqas, Yasir Liaqat, Nauman Iftikhar, and Syed Hassan Raza. "Managing Supply Chain Risks in Fresh Food Items : A case study on Makro-Habib Pakistan Limited – A wholesales chain in Pakistan." Thesis, Linnaeus University, Linnaeus School of Business and Economics, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-5920.
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Waqas Mehmood, Yasir Liaqat, Nauman Iftikhar, Raza Syed Hassan
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Petra Andersson
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Helena Forslund
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Managing Supply Chain Risks in Fresh Food Items – a case study on Makro-Habib Pakistan Limited – a wholesales chain in Pakistan
Background:
In today’s era, businesses are facing various types of risks which can be legal/political, social, operational/technical, natural and economic in nature. For this purpose, companies need to have effective risk management process to mitigate these risks. Especially companies like Makro-Habib who heavily rely on effective and efficient supply chain can gain competitive advantage if they manage the risks within their supply chain network.
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RQ-1: What are the most significant supply chain risks in fresh food items at Makro-Habib?
RQ-2: How can significant supply chain risks in fresh food items of Makro-Habib be mitigated through proposed action plan?
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The purpose of this thesis is to contribute to the knowledge on how to manage risks in the fresh food supply chain
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The empirical data and the conclusions which are drawn from it are based on qualitative facts that are gathered through interviews and questionnaires. The results/conclusions drawn from responses of the interviews of fresh food section heads of Makro-Habib and the literature. This thesis is written from a positivistic perspective with a deductive approach.
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Various risk mitigation strategies at strategic, operational and visibility level are suggested like coordination, information sharing, training, monitoring to counter the most significant fresh food supply chain risks which are wrong ordering, contamination of products and FIFO (loose practice).
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Wilke, Sofia, and Elin Åkerlind. "Risky Business : A qualitative study of how Swedish apparel companies manage supplier risks in China." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-65320.
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The purpose of this thesis is to provide companies with an understanding of how Swedish apparel companies manage supplier risks connected to production activities located in China. In order to conduct this study, previous literature regarding supply chain risk management has been analysed in relation to the empirical data collected during this study. In order to answer the research question, a qualitative method and a deductive approach have been used. A qualitative method was chosen as a deeper understanding of the phenomenon supply chain risk management was desired. A deductive approach was further chosen as the topic was acknowledged by reading previous research, which clearly emphasized existing research gap within supply chain risk management. The literature review presented in this thesis regards the importance of managing a global supply chain and the risks connected to a global supply chain. Presented is also a process of how to manage risks, and the process consists of three steps, which further provides alternative strategies in order to conduct each step. Further, the reasons why Swedish companies outsource production activities to China and the importance of supply chain risk management in China is presented. The literature review is finalized with a conceptual framework summarizing the chapter. Differences and similarities between collected empirical data and the literature review is discussed and analysed in the analysis chapter. The following chapter provides conclusions answering the research question as well as theoretical and practical implications. This thesis has contributed with filling the research gap regarding supply chain risk management, this as the thesis focuses on one specific market and one specific industry. A new framework has been constructed based on previous research and the empirical findings. This framework also contributes to the practical implications as companies with a desire to outsource to China can use the process presented in the framework. The process includes three steps which will facilitate for companies to manage supplier risks in China. This thesis has also contributed to create an understanding for companies regarding the great importance of supply chain risk management. Therefore, this thesis can contribute with valuable information for Swedish apparel companies wanting to include supply chain risk management when outsourcing to China.
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Grau, Andrea, and Patrick Wanner. "Managing supply chain sustainability risks of antibiotics : A case study within Sweden." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Industriell teknik, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-390626.
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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has been classified as one of the phenomena that belongs to the current top threats to human health. AMR is the process where bacteria become resistant to the antimicrobial drug and renders the antibiotic ineffective. This phenomenon is increasing exponentially due to misuse and overuse of antibiotics and is responsible for 700,000 annual deaths globally. If the contributing factors to AMR remain persistent, the estimated amount of annual deaths will increase to the exorbitant figure of 10 million by 2050. The inappropriate waste discharge from antibiotic manufacturing plants is the third major cause contributing to AMR. For this reason, environmental sustainability within the pharmaceutical industry is tightly linked to human health, and therefore, the importance of environmental risk management becomes crucial. Pharmaceutical supply chains are extremely complex, fragmented, and rigid due to the highly regulated environment and global distribution of the chains. Constant availability is sometimes compromised, and this leads to national shortages of antibiotics, which increase AMR. Therefore, supply chain sustainability risks (SCSRs) need to be thoroughly assessed and managed. The thesis aims to identify the sustainability risks that threaten the constant supply of antibiotics and further provide a comprehensive and sufficient framework on how to assess and manage SCSRs within the pharmaceutical industry. This research is based on the review of existing literature, followed by an empirical study that included a case study of two specific antibiotics relevant to the Swedish market. The analysis of publicly available databases, together with the qualitative interviews, revealed that the most susceptible node of the supply chain resides in the primary manufacturing stage. The most relevant SCSRs have been identified, and an adapted framework is suggested. The role of regulatory agencies has been demonstrated to be fundamental to achieve change concerning environmental progress. Further research needs to be implemented for the validation of the suggested framework within a practical context.
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Zeng, Bingcong, and 曾秉聪. "Modeling and investigating supply chain risks under the effect of partnerships." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2012. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B49799563.
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Nowadays business world requires more collaboration along supply chains in order to sustain production, optimize cost structure and speed up delivery. The growing inter twist among supply chainpartners causesnumerous risks whose impacting magnitude and scope are larger than ever before. The risks are not just limited in operations any more but further extend to relationships related aspects. It demonstrates new features that we think should deserve careful investigation. Although supply chain risks and partnerships are great concerns in both academics and industry, the existing literature seldom links them together, and it echoesinadequately upon the new situations happened in the past decade. As such, this research project is made with ambition to improve the understanding of risks in the context of today’s collaborative supply chains where interorganizational linkages are strengthened through partnerships.
The research project contains three studies. They constitute an integrated series subjected to the overall research objective. The first study starts with concept building and fundamental notion rethinking of risks in supply chains. We conceptualize supply chain risks into a general form in which risks are integrated into a system capable to reflect the correlation and chain effect among them. Through analytical inference and simulation it is found that the level of collaboration of partners contributes to the resilience of supply chains. It implies that partnerships can positively affect the integration of supply chain risk system, thus enhancing supply chain operations by improved ability in fault recovery.In the following two studies we are concerned with the impacts of different types of risks in supply chains upon companies’ operational performance given the effect of partnerships. The pre risk event effect and post risk event effect of partnerships are investigated in study two and study three respectively. The second study uses survey to research practitioners’ view on the role of supply chain risks and partnerships in supply chain performance. The validated sample of 162 responses reveals that the depth of partnerships imposes the most significant impact on supply chain risks and the collaboration risks are considered the top risk type that can influence supply chain performance to the most extent. The third study focuses on the negative consequence brought to the companies by supply chain risks when they have been realized. Event study is employed as the research methodology to identify and analyzethe effects of different risks under different partnerships. With respect to impact analysis, relationship risks are shown to cause the most significant loss to firm value. Moreover, deeper partnerships are found to have more negative impact on firm value resulted from relationship risks.
This research project could contribute to the supply chain risk management literature by furthering the understanding of the important role of supply chain risks in enhancing the company’svalue and operational performance. The findings uncover the crucialrelationship between partnerships and supply chain risks, offering a novel view from a risk perspective to explain why an increasing number of supply chain companies are consciously engaged in partnerships nowadays. They may confer academicians and industrial practitioners with some new insights for risk management in supply chains and encouragefuture research in this area.published_or_final_version
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Babková, Ivana. "Supply Chain Risk Management." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2008. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-3307.
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Práce se zabývá problematikou řízení rizika v logistických řetězcích se zaměřením na jeden konkrétní článek řetězce. Definuje základní oblasti risk managementu, jeho hlavní aspekty a systém spojitého plánování. Zabývá se bezpečností práce v pojetí EU, České republiky a Velké Británie. V aplikační části uvádí řízení rizika v jednom článku logistického řetězce, skladu poskytovatele logistických služeb ve Velké Británii.
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Qazi, Abroon. "Supply chain risk management : exploring an integrated process for managing interdependent risks and risk mitigation strategies." Thesis, University of Strathclyde, 2017. http://digitool.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=27944.
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The goal of this research is to investigate interdependency modelling of supply chain risks, and to develop and empirically evaluate a supply chain risk management process that not only integrates all stages of the process but also captures interdependencies between risks and risk mitigation strategies. The proposed process is tailored to the risk management needs of both conventional and project driven supply chains. Project driven supply chains necessitate experimenting untested (unique) strategies depending on the level of project complexity whereas in the case of conventional supply chains, there is generally a consensus in establishing interdependencies between risks and the efficacy of strategies. A systematic literature review methodology was employed to identify research gaps and establish the research agenda. In order to gain an insight into industrial practice, empirical research was conducted in South Australia involving semi-structured interviews with experts in project risk management that resulted in the development of a project complexity and risk management (ProCRiM) process. The research gaps identified and the findings of the empirical research helped in developing dependency based probabilistic supply chain risk measures that can be readily used for assessing and managing risks associated with global supply chains. In order to capture interdependencies between supply chain risks, strategies and performance measures, two case studies were conducted in reputed supply chains involving semi-structured interviews and focus group sessions that resulted in the development of two risk management frameworks: an adapted version of ProCRiM applicable to project driven supply chains and a framework specific to conventional supply chains. The research also focused on investigating the merits and challenges associated with implementing the proposed process. In order to capture the risk appetite of a decision maker, a process namely supply chain risk network management is developed and illustrated through a simulation study.
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LENNEGREN, ANNA-MARIA, and KJELL. "Risks in a fashion supply chain : A case study of CSR in India." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Textilhögskolan, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-18061.
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Through a case study conducted in India, of a Swedish fashion company, this thesis aims to investigate how Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) can mitigate risks in a global fashion supply chain. By investigating CSR activities carried out by a Swedish fashion brand with its suppliers in India, the thesis shows both benefits and obstacles regarding CSR implementation. Data has been collected mostly through semi-structured interviews in both Sweden and in India with CSR managers, Indian production office, suppliers and through factory observations. The data has been analyzed with theories regarding risks in the supply chain and CSR related theories such as the triangle of Carroll. By investigating benefits and obstacles regarding implementation with suppliers, risks connected to social issues in the supply chain are highlighted. The observations showed the problematic issue of a gap between CSR communication in Sweden and how the implementations are interpreted locally. The research shows that CSR, if implemented correctly, mitigates certain risks mainly connected to brand reputation and health and safety among workers. It is further concluded that there are major issues in implementing CSR further down the supply chain than the first tier of suppliers. Lack of transparency through the supply chain challenges the company’s sustainability work and exposes vulnerabilities in the supply chain. Therefore, the Swedish fashion company is still at risk from its supply chain.Program: Textilekonomutbildningen
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Bovell, Leah J. "Joint Resolution of Supply Chain Risks: The Role of Risk Characteristics and Problem Solving Approach." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2012. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/marketing_diss/23.
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The purpose of this study is to examine the disruption risk resolution process in supply chains; specifically, to assess how risk attributes impact the approach firms select to resolve risks and the associated final outcomes.
We propose that high magnitude risks are positively associated with mutually beneficial problem resolution; on the other hand, low likelihood risks have the opposite effect, they are negatively associated with mutually beneficial resolution. Our conceptual contribution lies in our articulation of the mechanisms though which risk magnitude and risk likelihood impact mutual problem resolution. We posit that high magnitude risks and low likelihood (uncommon) risks mobilize the social network of actors, triggering vigilant monitoring for risks, communication among actors and across firm boundaries, and resource sharing and coordination which facilitate collaborative problem solving and mutual resolutions. These mobilization mechanisms help supply chain partners to overcome the challenges of complexity and allow for information and resource flows among actors and between firms.
Our statistical analysis demonstrates that the impact of risk attributes on mutual problem solutions is fully mediated by timely problem identification and collaborative problem solving.
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Pochard, Sophie 1977. "Managing risks of supply-chain disruptions : dual sourcing as a real option." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/30036.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, Technology and Policy Program, 2003.Includes bibliographical references (p. 77-80).
This thesis examines how firms should prepare against disruption in their supply-chain and focuses on how they can use real options to value dual sourcing strategies. As an introduction, it defines a general framework to help managers to think about supply chain disruptions and determine adapted strategies. The logic of the paper is based on this framework. First it establishes a general review of the possible solutions to manage risk disruptions. A literature research points out that firms can use two complementary types of actions to respond to uncertainty: securing the supply-chain and developing resilience. Both can be performed in many different ways and it seems that there is no single best solution. The problem for managers is to choose a good strategy, and quantifying the benefits of the various solutions can be very helpful. The thesis focuses on the particular approach of dual sourcing and shows that the real options concept is an adapted tool to evaluate such a strategy. It develops an analytic model to analyze and value the benefits of relying on dual sourcing. This model takes into account various parameters such as the frequency of disruption and the loss of market share. Using MATLAB, it defines the particular circumstances that justify a second supplier. Sensitivity analyses permit to determine the impact of each parameter. The model also demonstrates the value of the option of delaying decision and shows that a time-varying dynamic strategy works the best. The thesis finishes with a few recommendations to help managers build a more resilient supply chain and use real options to quantify their choices.
by Sophie Pochard.
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Gultie, Elizabeth. "SUPPLY CHAIN RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH RELOCATING A PRODUCTION SYSTEM IN A FOREIGN MARKET." Thesis, Tekniska Högskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, JTH, Industriell organisation och produktion, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-21167.
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El, KHOURY Hiba. "Introduction of New Products in the Supply Chain : Optimization and Management of Risks." Phd thesis, HEC, 2012. http://pastel.archives-ouvertes.fr/pastel-00708801.
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Shorter product life cycles and rapid product obsolescence provide increasing incentives to introduce newproducts to markets more quickly. As a consequence of rapidly changing market conditions, firms focus onimproving their new product development processes to reap the benefits of early market entry. Researchershave analyzed market entry, but have seldom provided quantitative approaches for the product rolloverproblem. This research builds upon the literature by using established optimization methods to examine howfirms can minimize their net loss during the rollover process. Specifically, our work explicitly optimizes thetiming of removal of old products and introduction of new products, the optimal strategy, and the magnitudeof net losses when the market entry approval date of a new product is unknown. In the first paper, we use theconditional value at risk to optimize the net loss and investigate the effect of risk perception of the manageron the rollover process. We compare it to the minimization of the classical expected net loss. We deriveconditions for optimality and unique closed-form solutions for single and dual rollover cases. In the secondpaper, we investigate the rollover problem, but for a time-dependent demand rate for the second producttrying to approximate the Bass Model. Finally, in the third paper, we apply the data-driven optimizationapproach to the product rollover problem where the probability distribution of the approval date is unknown.We rather have historical observations of approval dates. We develop the optimal times of rollover and showthe superiority of the data-driven method over the conditional value at risk in case where it is difficult to guessthe real probability distribution
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VOTO, CAMILA BARBEITO. "BAYESIAN NETWORK FOR MODELING SUPPLY-CHAIN RISKS: A CASE STUDY ON SUPPLIERS EVALUATION." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2013. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=34779@1.
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Como consequência da atuação focada na eficiência da cadeia de suprimento, as organizações aumentam sua dependência nos fornecedores de matérias primas e componentes e tornam-se mais suscetíveis ao perfil de risco dos mesmos. O papel do gerenciamento de riscos em cadeias de suprimento é de entender e tentar evitar os efeitos devastadores ou mesmo os de menores amplitudes de rupturas de suprimento. Torna-se necessário para os gestores o desenvolvimento da capacidade para avaliação de risco, principalmente o risco de rupturas. É preciso estimar os riscos aceitáveis associados às possíveis rupturas e, então, desenvolver estratégias e diretrizes para o gerenciamento de tais riscos, já que, somente com o conhecimento dos mesmos, torna-se viável o desenvolvimento de planos de mitigação ou contingenciais. Nesta dissertação discutir-se-á o tema de gerenciamento e modelagem de riscos associados a fornecedores, destacando-se a aplicação de um modelo probabilístico de redes bayesianas como um recurso útil nos assuntos relacionados ao gerenciamento e à modelagem de riscos. As rupturas de suprimento serão modeladas utilizando-se um modelo probabilístico de redes bayesianas que possuem a habilidade de representar as relações de causa e efeito em um ambiente envolvendo incertezas. Um estudo de caso com a aplicação da metodologia na indústria de Refino também é apresentada.As a consequence of the supply chain management pursuit for efficiency, the organizations become more dependent on the suppliers of raw materials and more sensitive to their risk profiles. The Supply chain risk management (SCRM) objective is to understand and reduce the likelihood of disruptions. SCRM puts its effort in sharpen the notions of risk and reliability and tries to quantify them. The methodology used in this study can be used by managers to formulate supply chain risk management strategies and tactics that mitigate overall supply chain risks correlated with the most critical suppliers. This research is concerned with developing a Bayesian Network approach to model and to analyze supply chain disruptions associated with suppliers. The Bayesian Networks is a method of modeling the cause and effect of events and has proven to be a powerful tool under conditions of uncertainty. A case study is used to illustrate the application proposed to make the supply chain more reliable.
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El-Khoury, Hiba. "Introduction of New Products in the Supply Chain : Optimization and Management of Risks." Thesis, Jouy-en Josas, HEC, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012EHEC0001/document.
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Les consommateurs d’aujourd’hui ont des goûts très variés et cherchent les produits les plus récents. Avec l’accélération technologique, les cycles de vie des produits se sont raccourcis et donc, de nouveaux produits doivent être introduits au marché plus souvent et progressivement, les anciens doivent y être retirés. L’introduction d’un nouveau produit est une source de croissance et d’avantage concurrentiel. Les directeurs du Marketing et Supply Chain se sont confrontés à la question de savoir comment gérer avec succès le remplacement de leurs produits et d’optimiser les coûts de la chaîne d’approvisionnement associée. Dans une situation idéale, la procédure de rollover est efficace et claire: l’ancien produit est vendu jusqu’à une date prévue où un nouveau produit est introduit. Dans la vie réelle, la situation est moins favorable. Le but de notre travail est d’analyser et de caractériser la politique optimale du rollover avec une date de disponibilitéstochastique pour l’introduction du nouveau produit sur le marché. Pour résoudre le problème d’optimisation,nous utilisons dans notre premier article deux mesures de minimisation: le coût moyen et le coût de la valeurconditionnelle à risque. On obtient des solutions en forme explicite pour les politiques optimales. En outre, nous caractérisons l’influence des paramètres de coûts sur la structure de la politique optimale. Dans cet esprit, nous analysons aussi le comportement de la politique de rollover optimale dans des contextes différents. Dans notre deuxième article, nous examinons le même problème mais avec une demande constante pour le premier produit et une demande linéaire au début puis constante pour le deuxième. Ce modèle est inspiré par la demande de Bass. Dans notre troisième article, la date de disponibilité du nouveau produit existe mais elle est inconnue. La seule information disponible est un ensemble historique d’échantillons qui sont tirés de la vraie distribution. Nous résoudrons le problème avec l’approche data drivenet nous obtenons des formulations tractables. Nous développons aussi des bornes sur le nombre d’échantillons nécessaires pour garantir qu’avec une forte probabilité, le coût n’est pas très loin du vrai coût optimalShorter product life cycles and rapid product obsolescence provide increasing incentives to introduce newproducts to markets more quickly. As a consequence of rapidly changing market conditions, firms focus onimproving their new product development processes to reap the benefits of early market entry. Researchershave analyzed market entry, but have seldom provided quantitative approaches for the product rolloverproblem. This research builds upon the literature by using established optimization methods to examine howfirms can minimize their net loss during the rollover process. Specifically, our work explicitly optimizes thetiming of removal of old products and introduction of new products, the optimal strategy, and the magnitudeof net losses when the market entry approval date of a new product is unknown. In the first paper, we use theconditional value at risk to optimize the net loss and investigate the effect of risk perception of the manageron the rollover process. We compare it to the minimization of the classical expected net loss. We deriveconditions for optimality and unique closed-form solutions for single and dual rollover cases. In the secondpaper, we investigate the rollover problem, but for a time-dependent demand rate for the second producttrying to approximate the Bass Model. Finally, in the third paper, we apply the data-driven optimizationapproach to the product rollover problem where the probability distribution of the approval date is unknown.We rather have historical observations of approval dates. We develop the optimal times of rollover and showthe superiority of the data-driven method over the conditional value at risk in case where it is difficult to guessthe real probability distribution
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Fors, Alexandra, Madeleine Josefsson, and Lindh Sofia Lönn. "Risk Assessment of an Internal Supply Chain : A case study of Thule Trailers AB Jönköping." Thesis, Jönköping University, Jönköping International Business School, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-677.
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The concept of supply chain management has become an important issue for companies today in order to keep or gain competitive advantage. It is all about managing your supply chain to reach the highest possible efficiency and increase profits through cooperation with your supply chain partners. A supply chain is however vulnerable to several threats, or risks, that decreases the overall efficiency and influences the business performance.
The purpose of this thesis is to identify the internal risks that can be found in a basic internal supply chain in order to make an assessment of their manageability and impact using a specific case. To do this a case study of Thule Trailers AB in Jönköping was conducted. Thule Trailers AB chose to offshore their main production of components to Poland in 2003, so the company’s internal supply chain was expanded outside of Sweden. This research looks closer at the interactions between Thule Trailers AB in Jönköping and their internal supplier plant in Poland. The research was conducted using a qualitative method with several interviews with representatives in both Jönköping and Poland, during which a number of internal risks were identified in Thule Trailers AB in Jönköpings’ internal supply chain.
The conclusions made are that the internal risks identified, i.e. communication risks, quality risks etc, might not have as great an influence on the company as would external risks, they can however in comparison be managed. The findings suggest that the issues with e.g. quality and delivery basically come down to insufficient communication inside the internal supply chain.
Another conclusion that could be drawn is that since the internal risks in the internal supply chain all are ripple effects, its source is almost always external, which implies that their avoidance is difficult. At least they cannot be eliminated completely by the company itself, it needs to be done in cooperation with the company’s external supply chain partners.
There is potential to solve most of the internal problems that can be managed internally if both parties are prepared to put some real effort into reducing the risk sources. The risks are manageable and need to be managed to reduce the impact it has for the customer and end customer in turn. The authors of this thesis believe that for a company to be successful, the end customer has to be prioritized in almost every situation, and this goes for all of the members in the supply chain, especially the internal ones.
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Truong, Quang Huy. "Risks and Performance in the Supply Chain -An Empirical Study in Vietnam Construction Sector-." Kyoto University, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2433/232209.
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Ye, Zi. "Supply chain risk management on natural disaster : A study of global supply chain influence by2011Tohoku earthquake." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Akademin för teknik och miljö, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-11327.
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Bowman, Jr Johnny. "Strategies for Mitigating Supply Chain Disruptions." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/1836.
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Disruptions in the supply chain are becoming more common as supply chains become more complex, and supply chain managers of warehouse distribution centers need strategies to minimize the impact of disruptions. In this study, the focus of the research questions was on strategies supply chain managers could use to mitigate the impact of disruptions. The conceptual frameworks for this study were the resource dependence theory and the normal accident theory, which link supply chain disruptions with resource availability and the inability to eliminate disruptions. An exploratory case study involved exploring how supply chain managers of a warehouse distribution center in Jacksonville, Florida, successfully used strategies to mitigate the impact of a disruption after it occurred. Data came from responses to semistructured interview questions from these managers (n = 6) and archival documents related to policies, procedures, and business continuity planning of a warehouse distribution center in Jacksonville, Florida. I analyzed the data by using Atlas.ti qualitative analysis software. There were 6 themes that emerged: collaborating to minimize the impact of disruptions, disruptions precursors, identifying and assessing impact of disruptions, resources used to minimize impact of disruption, strategies to mitigate disruptions, and supplier relationships. The results could contribute to social change by minimizing the negative effects disruptions have on an organization's profitability and performance. Social change can come from business leaders who are able to maintain and sustain their businesses after a supply chain disruption has occurred.
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Sriram, Prasad, and Abhishek Milind. "A Model to Assess Supply Risk for Antibiotics in Swedish Context : Analysis of Supply Structure of 39 Selected Antibiotics." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-425045.
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The gap between demand and supply for antibiotics in the healthcare sector has seen a steady growth over the past decades, further increasing the risk of antibiotic resistance and unavailability in the Swedish healthcare sector and market. The thesis is part of the work of the multisectoral platform, PLATINEA, which is working towards better availability of antibiotics. This study focuses on analysing the supply structure of antibiotics and pharmaceutical supply chains using a risk assessment model. A literature review of previous research has been done to identify risk factors, understand their importance and develop the risk assessment model. The risk assessment model uses these risk factors to assess the supply risk of an antibiotic. The study is designed in a quantitative manner, where the antibiotics are classified as very high, high, medium, and low risk of shortage using risk scores. Expert opinions were collected using a self-completion questionnaire, in which experts allocate weights that measure the importance of said risk factors. Weights were used to measure value of risk for antibiotics using MCDA process. The outcomes of the study are (1). the weights of risk factors given by industry experts, (2). the developed multi-criteria risk assessment model, (3). ranking of selected 39 antibiotics from high to low supply risk, based on re-assessed risk scores.
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Zhang, Yu. "Contributions in supply chain risk assessment and mitigation." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/47520.
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This dissertation develops contributions in the area of supply chain risk assessment and mitigation. In each of the three main chapters, we present and analyze a risk assessment or mitigation problem for supply chains. The first problem is to assess the impact of infrastructure disruptions on supply chain performance; the second problem is to develop an operational control approach to mitigate risks posed by uncertain events that disrupt network synchronization; and the third problem is to analyze the risk posed by an adversary seeking to use a supply chain as a weapon.
Chapter II presents a methodology for assessing the excess supply chain costs that arise from a failure of or an attack on a critical supply chain infrastructure component. Different from many subjective risk assessment practices, our methodology provides a systematic approach to search for the most vulnerable supply chain components and measure the economic consequences of disruption. Modeling a supply chain using network flow models, we analyze the impact of disruption by linear programming theory, and propose an efficient assessment algorithm based on the dual network simplex method. Finally, a case study on the U.S. corn export supply chain is presented.
Chapter III discusses the mitigation of risks created by transit time uncertainties in less-than-truckload (LTL) line-haul operations. Transit time uncertainty may undermine the performance of the load plan, which specifies the route for each shipment and is synchronized to reduce line-haul costs. In our study, risk assessment of a load plan is performed via a dispatch simulation under randomly generated travel time scenarios. The risk consequence is measured by the average excess operational cost, including transportation cost and handling cost. Compared to existing line-haul network models embedded within integer programming approaches for load plan optimization, the dispatch simulation can evaluate the performance of a load plan more realistically. In addition, a heuristic search algorithm based on "multi-tree pivots" is provided to obtain a cost-efficient load plan that is robust to transit time uncertainties.
Chapter IV presents methodology to assess the consequence of risks which arise from the intentional contamination of a food supply chain. Different from many risk management practices, the source of risk in this problem is an intelligent adversary, e.g., a terrorist group, who intends to deliver chemical or biological toxins to consumers using the supply chain. First, a general modeling scheme based on state-space models is provided to describe the dissemination of toxin across consumed products in a food supply chain. Then, a case study based on a representative liquid egg supply chain is presented. Based on the system model, a risk assessment for different supply chain designs is performed by simulation. Moreover, an in-depth analysis is conducted to determine the worst-case consequence given an intelligent attack considering the operational characteristics of the system. The worst-case consequence tool developed is designed to be embedded within any risk assessment approach.
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Benton, Vanessa Kaye. "Manufacturing Companies' Strategies to Mitigate Supply Chain Disruptions." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7855.
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Supply chains have become increasingly unstable due to unanticipated disruptive events, which undermines a firm's capacity to achieve a competitive market advantage and increase profitability. The disruption of a supply chain is essential to supply chain managers, as the interruption can be expensive, and the goods and services lost can negatively affect the entire supply chain. The purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies that manufacturing firm managers use to mitigate supply chain disruptions to remain profitable. The population consisted of 4 supply chain managers from 2 manufacturing firms located in the southern region of eastern Virginia. The conceptual framework for this study was the contingency theory of fit. Data were collected from semistructured interviews, company documents, and publicly available information. Based on the thematic data analysis, 3 emergent themes developed as collaboration and information sharing, information technology and supply chain risk, and use of multiple suppliers. The implications for positive social change include potential increased employment opportunities and salaries, investments in community projects, and enhanced consumer spending in the local community, thereby raising the standard of living and social well-being of local community residents.
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alramadin, manal. "Strategies to Mitigate Negative Results of Supply Chain Disruption." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7909.
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Supply chains are considered the foundation of the global economy, and businesses with global supply chains usually encounter at least 1 disruption annually. Mitigating the negative impact of disruptions is critical to supply chain managers, as disruptions can negatively impact organizational profitability and performance. Grounded in the resource dependence theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies organizational and supply chain managers use to mitigate negative results from supply chain disruption. Participants were 4 supply chain managers working in 2 different international organizations located in Jordan, who used effective strategies to mitigate supply chain disruptions. Data collection involved semistructured interviews and a review of organizational documents. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis, and 2 main themes emerged: Developing relationships and collaboration and strategy to identify supply chain disruption. The implications for positive social change include the potential for organizational and supply chain managers to mitigate negative results of supply chain disruptions and improve organizational performance. Sustaining organizational performance promotes the well-being of employees, families, communities, and the economy, which can result in customer satisfaction, business growth, and stable employment.
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Costa, Vanessa Barreto. "The impact of regulatory policies on the supply chain resilience: regulation as supply chain resilience reducer in the medical and pharmaceutical supply chain in Brazil." reponame:Repositório Institucional do FGV, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10438/18179.
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O objetivo dessa dissertação é investigar como as políticas regulatórias podem impactar a resiliência da cadeia de suprimentos através da avaliação de seu impacto nas capabilities formadoras de resiliência. Foram feitas 14 entrevistas semiestruturadas com gerentes de quatro empresas da área médica e farmacêutica e 1 associação de classe no Brasil. A seleção de tais indústrias é relevante, primeiramente devido ao alto nível de regulamentação ao longo destas cadeias de suprimentos e também devido sua criticidade já que, rupturas nessas cadeias de suprimentos podem colocar em risco vidas que dependem destes produtos. Os resultados indicam que a complexidade, tempo e precauções adicionais resultantes da regulamentação, associados a problemas burocráticos e processuais do órgão regulador no Brasil reduzem as capabilities de flexibilidade/redundância, velocidade e visibilidade. Os resultados também enfatizam a importância da indústria médica e farmacêutica construir resiliência na cadeia de suprimentos durante fase de preparação. Como contribuição gerencial esta pesquisa fornece um maior entendimento sobre os desafios para se construir cadeias de suprimentos resilientes nestas industrias no Brasil. Esta pesquisa contribui para a literatura investigando fatores externos na resiliência das cadeias de suprimentos, ao mesmo tempo que expande a pesquisa sobre fatores redutores de resiliência.
The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate how regulatory policies may impact supply chain resilience, through the evaluation of their impacts on the formative resilience capabilities. 14 semi-structured interviews were conducted with managers of four medical and pharmaceutical companies and 1 industry association in Brazil. The selection of such industries is relevant, firstly due to the high level of government regulation along their supply chains. Secondly, due to their criticality, as supply chain disruptions may put lives that depend on medical and pharmaceutical products in danger. The results indicate that the complexity, time and additional precautions resulting from the regulation, associated with the bureaucratic and processual issues of the regulatory body in Brazil reduce the capabilities of flexibility/redundancy, velocity and visibility. In addition, the results emphasize the importance that the medical and pharmaceutical industry builds supply chain resilience in the preparedness phase. As a managerial contribution, this research provides a greater understanding about the challenges around building resilient supply chains in these industries in Brazil. This research contributes to the literature by investigating environmental factors in supply chain resilience. It also expands the research about supply chain resilience reducers.
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Hollmann, Dominik. "Supply chain network design under uncertainty and risk." Thesis, Brunel University, 2011. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/6407.
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We consider the research problem of quantitative support for decision making in supply chain network design (SCND). We first identify the requirements for a comprehensive SCND as (i) a methodology to select uncertainties, (ii) a stochastic optimisation model, and (iii) an appropriate solution algorithm. We propose a process to select a manageable number of uncertainties to be included in a stochastic program for SCND. We develop a comprehensive two-stage stochastic program for SCND that includes uncertainty in demand, currency exchange rates, labour costs, productivity, supplier costs, and transport costs. Also, we consider conditional value at risk (CV@R) to explore the trade-off between risk and return. We use a scenario generator based on moment matching to represent the multivariate uncertainty. The resulting stochastic integer program is computationally challenging and we propose a novel iterative solution algorithm called adaptive scenario refinement (ASR) to process the problem. We describe the rationale underlying ASR, validate it for a set of benchmark problems, and discuss the benefits of the algorithm applied to our SCND problem. Finally, we demonstrate the benefits of the proposed model in a case study and show that multiple sources of uncertainty and risk are important to consider in the SCND. Whereas in the literature most research is on demand uncertainty, our study suggests that exchange rate uncertainty is more important for the choice of optimal supply chain strategies in international production networks. The SCND model and the use of the coherent downside risk measure in the stochastic program are innovative and novel; these and the ASR solution algorithm taken together make contributions to knowledge.
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MICCUCI, VALERIA CAMPOS GOMES DE SOUZA. "A PROACTIVE MODEL OF SUPPLY CHAIN RISK MANAGEMENT." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2008. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=13213@1.
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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIROUma nova cadeia de suprimentos vem sendo observada nos últimos anos: focada, enxuta, flexível, participativa, contudo frágil, vulnerável. Interrupções já têm sido sentidas pelas empresas, e a sensação de insegurança tem se propagado, com questionamentos a cerca da vulnerabilidade das cadeias. Tornar as empresas resilientes aos fatores aleatórios é o que tem sido buscado nos estudos e pesquisas no mundo, principalmente pelo fato de que se tornar uma empresa resiliente é possuir uma fonte de vantagens competitivas em relação às demais. Aliando-se às pesquisas mais recentes na área de gerenciamento da cadeia de suprimentos, esta tese vem propor um modelo pró- ativo de monitoramento de riscos nos processos essenciais da cadeia de suprimentos, adaptando o modelo Reason de acidente organizacional ao modelo de integração e gerenciamento de processos de negócios de uma cadeia de suprimentos de Lambert e Cooper. Os vetores orientadores para a adaptação foram: o tripé estrutural do modelo de gerenciamento da cadeia de suprimentos proposto por Lambert e Cooper; e o modelo de segurança de aviação da Marinha do Brasil.
In the last years a modern supply chain is emerging: focused, lean, flexible, collaborative, nevertheless fragile and vulnerable. Since the disruptions are been perceived by companies in theirs supply chains, the perception of uncertainties and unsafeties have been diffused, and questions about the vulnerability of the supply chains have arisen. Therefore, the studies and researches in supply chain management around the world are trying to make the supply chains resilient to the random factors, mainly because to become a resilient supply chain is to be ahead of the others, getting a competitive gain. Aligning with the recent researches and studies, this thesis is proposing a proactive model of supply chain risk management. The proposed model would monitor the essential process risks along the supply chain by applying the Reason's organizational accident model to the Lambert and Cooper's model of SCM. The guide vectors used are (1) the Lambert e Cooper's conceptual framework of supply chain management model, and (2) the Brazilian navy's model of aviation safety.
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ROCHA, ANDRE LUIZ COSTA LEVASSEUR. "SUPPLY CHAIN RISK MANAGEMENT IN HIGH RELIABILITY ORGANIZATIONS." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2012. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=20302@1.
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Desde os primórdios da humanidade, a logística tem sido aplicada como meio de subsistência para a sobrevivência dos indivíduos, bem como no fornecimento de recursos às tropas militares envolvidas em conflitos beligerantes, tendo ganhado relevância no meio empresarial, após a Segunda Guerra. O desenvolvimento da informática, da tecnologia da informação e a crescente competitividade suscitaram a percepção da necessidade de que os processos logísticos não mais poderiam ser desenvolvidos de modo isolado. Surge, então, o conceito de Gerenciamento da Cadeia de Suprimentos, no qual funções logísticas são integradas além das fronteiras das empresas. No entanto, nesse ambiente altamente competitivo, as empresas estão sujeitas a fatores internos e externos que propiciam riscos. Diante desse cenário de vulnerabilidades, as organizações buscam atingir a resiliência. Embora ainda seja pouco explorado, tem sido dada maior atenção ao gerenciamento dos riscos, de modo a proporcionar a proteção das cadeias às quais as empresas pertencem, o que se torna crítico no caso das Organizações Altamente Confiáveis. Assim, o presente estudo vislumbra apresentar uma metodologia de gerenciamento de risco na cadeia de suprimentos, tomando por base alguns modelos disponíveis na literatura, entre os quais o proposto por Miccuci (2008), que é baseado no modelo de gerenciamento da cadeia de suprimentos, de Lambert E Cooper (2000) e no de acidente organizacional, de Reason (1997); o modelo do Project Management Institute (PMI); o modelo proposto por Cavalcante (2010); e a norma brasileira ABN NBR ISO 31000:2009.Since the beginning of humanity, logistics has been applied as a mean of subsistence for the survival of individuals, as well as providing resources to the troops warring, having gained relevance in the civil business after World War II. The developments of the computer science, the information technology, and the increased competition have raised the awareness that logistics processes could no longer be developed in isolation. Then, the concept of Supply Chain Management comes, in which logistics functions are integrated beyond the boundaries of firms. However, in this highly competitive environment, the companies are submitted to internal and external factors that lead to hazards. In this context of vulnerability, organizations are seeking to achieve resilience. Although it is still little explored, it has been given greater attention to risk management, to provide protection to the chains to which the companies belong, which becomes critical in the case of High Reliability Organizations. Thus, this study envisions to present a methodology for risk management in the supply chain, based on some models available in the literature, including the one proposed by Miccuci (2008), which is based on the model of supply chain management by Lambert and Cooper (2000) and the organizational accident by Reason (1997); the model of the Project Management Institute (PMI); the model proposed by Cavalcante (2010); and the Brazilian standard ABN NBR ISO 31000:2009.
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Schoerner, Daniel (Daniel Richard). "Developing a process for supply chain risk management." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/50093.
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Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; in conjunction with the Leaders for Manufacturing Program at MIT, 2009.Includes bibliographical references (p. 65).
In today's competitive markets, companies look for any advantage they can build over their competitors. A number of companies recognize that supply chain excellence is an opportunity to create such an advantage. A superior supply chain provides manufacturing flexibility, fast on-time delivery, and lower cost products than those of a lesser competitor. Risk management concepts are beginning to be applied to supply chains in ever-broadening scope. Companies reliant on their supply chains now seek innovative ways to manage risk to the supply chain and ensure its smooth operation. Implementing a risk management process for the supply chain can generate long term value for a company by improving continuity of supply and component quality. By identifying risks to the supply of necessary components and then assessing the risk of each component's availability and quality, it is possible to gain a comprehensive understanding of the risk to the supply chain for a given product or product family. This understanding of the risk to the supply chain allows managers to make decisions based on the expected costs and assists them in determining the appropriate risk mitigation activities.
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Kwaramba, Shingirai C. "The Human Factor in Supply Chain Risk Management." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/87438.
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In a three paper essay series we address the human impact in SCRM from the microeconomic and macroeconomic perspectives. First, using a positivist theory building approach, we synthesize behavioral risk management and supply chain risk management theory to propose behavioral supply chain risk management as a new topic area. This paper is microeconomic in nature and focuses mostly on individuals as the unit of analysis in a SCRM context.
Second, we introduce cross-impact analysis as a scenariobased supplier selection methodology. We demonstrate how cross-impact analysis can be used to provide supply chain decision-makers with probability estimates of the future viability of the members of a given set of possible suppliers in a backdrop of macroeconomic risk.
The third and final paper in the series incorporates the probability estimates resulting from a cross-impact analysis exercise into a hybrid stochastic mixed-integer programming (SMIP) technique CIA-SMIP. We demonstrate how the CIA-SMIP approach can be utilized as a single-source supplier selection model.
In its totality, this dissertation represents a step towards the theoretical framing of the human impact on SCRM into two main distinguishable areas: microeconomic and macroeconomic.Ph. D.
In this three paper essay series we address the human impact in SCRM from the microeconomic and macroeconomic perspectives. First, using a positivist theory building approach, we synthesize behavioral risk management and supply chain risk management theory to propose behavioral supply chain risk management as a new topic area. This paper is microeconomic in nature and focuses mostly on individuals as the unit of analysis in a SCRM context. Second, we introduce cross-impact analysis as a scenario-based supplier selection methodology. We demonstrate how cross-impact analysis can be used to provide supply chain decision-makers with probability estimates of the future viability of the members of a given set of possible suppliers in a backdrop of macroeconomic risk. The third and final paper in the series incorporates the probability estimates resulting from a cross-impact analysis exercise into a hybrid stochastic mixed-integer programming (SMIP) technique CIA-SMIP. We demonstrate how the CIA-SMIP approach can be utilized as a singlesource supplier selection model. In its totality, this dissertation represents a step towards the theoretical framing of the human impact on SCRM into two main distinguishable areas: microeconomic and macroeconomic.
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Bondwe, Gift Wilford. "Strategies to Mitigate Supply Chain Disruptions in Grocery Businesses." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6974.
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Supply chains have become more complex in the global economy, which has made supply chain disruptions inevitable. Disruptions can cause loss of profitability and hinder business growth. The goal of this multiple case study was to explore strategies to mitigate the effects of disruption in grocery store supply chains. The conceptual framework for this study was the resource dependency theory, which stipulates that firms rely on other businesses in the external environment for critical resources to create a competitive edge. Four purposively selected participants from 4 grocery store businesses in Northwest Arkansas participated in semistructured interviews and provided organizational documentation for this study. The participants were supply chain managers who had knowledge about disruptions and had successfully mitigated disruptions in their grocery stores' supply chains. Yin's 5-step process was used to analyze data, which involved compiling the database, disassembling data, reassembling data, interpreting data, and making a conclusion. Four themes emerged from the data analysis: supply chain partners' collaboration, multiple supply base and supplier qualification, inventory management, and information technology and communication. The uninterrupted flow of grocery merchandise to the community could result in a positive social change by helping to ensure that community members have timely access to food.
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Chou, Cheng-Lung (Cheng-Lung John). "A proposed approach to assess supply chain risks to meet the new challenges in the Defense industry." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/73379.
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Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division; in conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT, 2012.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Page 68 is blank.
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Department of Defense (DoD) had doubled its planned investments in new weapon systems from about $700 billion in 2001 to nearly $1.4 trillion in 2006. Despite the technical superiority of its weapon systems, DoD's weapon systems acquisition process had been plagued with cost increases, schedule delays, and performance shortfalls'. To address the maturity gaps, DoD mandated in 2008 that all prime contractors (including Raytheon) for new US government funded defense programs to evaluate/document technology and manufacturing readiness levels (T/MRL) of their supply base. There are 10 manufacturing & 9 technology readiness levels and specific levels need to be met for certain program milestones. DoD has released a set of questionnaires (Deskbooks), designed to evaluate the maturity levels of a supplier in areas such as engineering design, operation, manufacturing, and facility etc. The goal of this thesis is to develop an assessment method, using the Deskbooks as a reference, to address the core issues in the defense acquisition process. The thesis will also take a deep dive into Raytheon's supply chain management philosophy and analyze how Raytheon's strategic sourcing initiatives align with the new challenges in the defense industry.
by Cheng-Lung Chou.
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Repík, Dušan. "Hodnocení klíčových rizik dodavatelských řetězců." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Ústav soudního inženýrství, 2021. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-446777.
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Master’s thesis focuses on the topic "Evaluation of Key Risks of Supply Chains". The thesis links the field of supply chain management with the field of risk management. In the first part of the thesis, the basic concepts of these fields are defined, which are then linked and narrowed down to the specialization of supply chain risk management. Subsequently, the problems of inadequate supply chain structure, configuration and resilience are formulated and argued. Macroeconomic MRA is applied against these problems and its applicability and usefulness in a supply chain environment is tested. Subsequently, its ability to predict future developments is also tested to provide a basis for building long-term sustainable chains that are able to cope with the pitfalls and uncertainties in the current highly dynamic environment.
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Saunders, Brian J. "A Total Cost Approach to Supply Chain Risk Modeling." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2011. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/3179.
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The modern supply chain is long, complex, interconnected and global, and plays a fundamental role in business competitiveness. These conditions, along with various supply chain management trends in recent years have increased risks in supply chains which threaten supply chain performance. Greater impact, especially on cost, from an increased threat of supply disruptions is one area of particular concern. Companies today are struggling to find effective means to manage this increased risk and avoid adverse financial impacts. An approach to managing supply disruption risk in supply chains based on the minimization of the total cost of ownership (TCO) of the supply chain is explored in this thesis. Insights are provided into an appropriate view of supply chain risk and a general four step risk management process to guide the design and evaluation of a new risk management tool based on such an approach. A prototype of the new total cost-based, modeling and simulation tool was created in partnership with ProModel Corporation and a government contractor that requested to remain anonymous. A preliminary assessment of the effectiveness of this tool in minimizing TCO and providing an interface useable by non-modelers is provided. This study also reviews and compares a sample set of current supply chain risk management methods and tools and compares them with the new tool for relevance in aiding users in managing supply disruption risk. Based on literature findings and preliminary feedback from pilot contextual demonstrations of the tool, the total cost approach to risk modeling appears promising, although the execution needs to be improved with further enhancements made to the prototype tool. In this preliminary study and evaluation, sufficient evidence is not available to determine that the new prototype tool is any more effective than other currently available risk management tools to provide necessary information to make supply chain risk management decisions that minimize TCO of a supply chain. Suggestions for further development of the tool, especially for improvement of the total cost approach, are provided as well as a preliminary evaluation procedure and survey instruments for a more robust evaluation of the new tool.
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Musa, S. Nurmaya. "Supply Chain Risk Management : Identification, Evaluation and Mitigation Techniques." Doctoral thesis, Linköpings universitet, Produktionsekonomi, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-78763.
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Supply chains have expanded rapidly over the decades, with the aim to increase productivity, lower costs and fulfil demands in emerging markets. The increasing complexity in a supply chain hinders visibility and consequently reduces one’s control over the process. Cases of disruption such as the ones faced by Ericsson and Enron, have shown that a risk event occurring at one point of the supply chain can greatly affect other members, when the disruption is not properly controlled. Supply chain management thus faces a pressing need to maintain the expected yields of the system in risk situations. To achieve that, we need to both identify potential risks and evaluate their impacts, and at the same time design risk mitigation policies to locate and relocate resources to deal with risk events. This dissertation aims to analyse how supply chain risks could be effectively managed. This is done firstly by positioning the research agenda in supply chain risk management (SCRM). Then, methods for effective management of supply chain risk are identified and analysed. In order to find these, we develop a research framework in which the supply chain system is divided into subsystems based on the operations of make, source and deliver; as well as on material, financial and information flows. Furthermore, research questions are raised in order to understand the impact of risks on supply chains, to identify the performance measures for monitoring supply chains, and to determine risk mitigation strategies for improving system performances. This dissertation includes a bibliometric analysis of relevant literature of SCRM published in recent years. Based on the co-citation analysis, we identify the changing interest in SCRM, from performance-focused individual issues in the early years to integrated system issues with management perspective in recent years. We also identify the growing importance of information issues in SCRM. However, there is a relative lack of research into risk mitigation focusing on information flows in the literature. This dissertation also develops a conceptual model for analysing supply chain risk. The adoption of tools from the established field of reliability engineering provides a systematic yet robust process for risk analysis in supply chains. We have found that the potential use of a stand-alone tool of Failure Modes and Effect Analysis (FMEA) or a hybrid application of Fault Tree Analysis (FTA) and Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), will be most appropriate in SCRM. Apart from above mentioned studies, this dissertation then includes three manuscripts respectively investigating the risk mitigation policies in SCRM. First, we suggest a dynamic pricing policy when facing supply yield risk, such as price postponement, where price is determined only after receiving the delivery information. This postponed pricing, can improve the balance between supply and demand, especially when the delivery quantity is small, demand has a low uncertainty and there is a wide range when demand is sensible to price change. In another paper, a system dynamics model is developed to investigate the dispersion of disruption on the supply chain operation as well as along the network. Based on this simulation model, policies are tested to observe their influence to the performance of the supply chain. The study results support the benefit of a dual-sourcing strategy. Furthermore, information sharing, appropriate order splitting and time to react would further improve the supply chain performance when disruption strikes. In the last paper, we study how capacity should be expanded when a new product is introduced into the market. The major risk here is due to a quick capacity expansion with large investments which could be difficult to recover. Using the Bass diffusion model to describe demand development, we study how capacity expansion, together with sales plan could affect the economics of the system. Using sales information for the forecast, delaying the sales and adding initial inventories, should create a better scheme of cash flows. This dissertation contributes in several ways to the research field of SCRM. It plots research advancements which provide further directions of research in SCRM. In conjunction with the conceptual model, simulations and mathematical modelling, we have also provided suggestions for how a better and more robust supply chain could be designed and managed. The diversified modelling approaches and risk issues should also enrich the literature and stimulate future study in SCRM.
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Lewis, Brian Michael. "Inventory Control with Risk of Major Supply Chain Disruptions." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/7155.
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This thesis studies inventory control with risk of major supply chain disruptions, specifically border closures and congestion. We first investigate an inventory system in which the probability distributions of order leadtimes are dependent on the state of an exogenous Markov process; we will model border disruptions via this exogenous process. We consider stationary, state-dependent basestock policies, which are known to be optimal for the system under study, and develop an expression for the long-run average cost of an arbitrary policy of this form. Restricting our attention to state-invariant basestock policies, we show how to calculate the optimal basestock (or order-up-to) level and long-run average cost. We provide a sufficient condition for the optimality of a state-invariant basestock policy and monotonicity results for the optimal state-invariant order-up-to level. We finally give the optimal state-invariant order-up-to level for a special class of supply states.
Motivated by the possibility of port of entry closures in the event of a security incident, we specialize the previous model to a two-stage international supply chain. A domestic manufacturer orders a single product from a foreign supplier and the orders must cross an international border that is subject to closure. We first assume that border congestion is negligible. The manufacturer's optimal inventory policy and long-run average cost are analyzed. We present structural policy results and the results of a comprehensive numerical study that have important implications for business and for the cooperation between business and government in disruption management and contingency planning.
Finally we extend the border closure model to include both border closures and the resulting congestion. We model the border processing system as a discrete-time, single-server queue with constant arrival rate and Markov-modulated service rate. A key task is the development of the leadtime distribution, which is more complex than in the previous model. We present the results of a comprehensive numerical study and provide managerial insights.
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Kanyagui, Kenneth (Kenneth K. ). "Impact of demographics on supply chain risk management practices." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/61179.
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Do demographic factors play a role in the choice of supply chain risk management practices by supply chain professionals? Are there stronger relationships between certain demographic factors and supply chain risk management practices? Most supply chains today cuts across multiple countries, cultures, languages, income levels, and industries just to name a few. This means there are differences in supply chain risk management behaviors or attitudes. Is there a way to understand some of these differences better and will the management of global supply chains benefit from this knowledge?
by Kenneth Kanyagui.
M.Eng.in Logistics
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Buscher, Stephanie Ann, and Ayuso Ángel Poyato. "Factors influencing tier 2 supply chain risk data collection." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/99807.
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Thesis: M. Eng. in Logistics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, 2015.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
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Natural disasters such as the earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit Japan in 2011 can have catastrophic effects on businesses. This type of unexpected event can cause millions of dollars in damages, lost sales and can impact company stock performance. With 39% of supply disruptions occurring at indirect suppliers, companies can no longer ignore their supply networks when determining supply chain risk. Unlike measuring risk within a single company, measuring the risk of a network requires collaboration amongst all players. This research aims to mitigate the complexity of data collection through the understanding of the factors that influence supply chain risk data collection. Factors vary throughout different players in the networks. Internally, supply chain transparency must be indoctrinated in the culture of the executing company. Necessary parties must be well informed and incentivized to take part in this labor intensive exercise. By indoctrinating transparency into the culture, companies legitimize this initiative to both employees and suppliers. Through a series of conversations held with suppliers, the research conducted in this thesis identifies the internal and external factors that determine success in supply chain risk data collection. Keywords: Supply chain risk management, supply chain transparency, data collection, vendor collaboration.
by Stephanie Ann Buscher and Angel Poyato Ayuso.
M. Eng. in Logistics
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Wilson, Bryan K. (Bryan Keith). "Risk from network disruptions in an aerospace supply chain." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/61189.
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Thesis (M. Eng. in Logistics)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, 2010.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
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This thesis presents methods for determining the effects of risk from disruptions using an aerospace supply chain as the example, primarily through the use of a computer simulation model. Uncertainty in the current marketplace requires managers to be cognizant of the adverse impact of risk on their company's performance. However, managers who lack formal procedures for dealing with the potential impact of risk often are caught not knowing how much to invest in risk mitigation strategies. A computer simulation model representing a supply chain for a space vehicle was used to test different disruption scenarios to determine their impact on total production duration time. Scenarios ranging from suppliers not providing parts on time to quality test failures to disease pandemics were all considered. Randomness was incorporated through use of a stochasticity factor that was applied uniformly throughout the model. Output of the model was used to develop confidence percentiles for the complete duration times. Through testing of the various scenarios using the model we learned that most disruptions will add a deterministic time to the total estimated duration time of the system, regardless of the location of the disruption in the supply chain. In addition, we showed that a thorough review must be performed when choosing the stochasticity factor due to its large influence in determining total duration times and performance percentiles. The creation of the confidence percentiles allows the aerospace company to use the model throughout the entire 3 to 4 year production process to continually update and evaluate their buffer times and likelihood of meeting target completion dates. This buffer time can then be turned into a key performance index to better manage this supply chain. This model was created for a real supply chain, and it is currently being used by the aerospace company to help them plan and make appropriate decisions in regards to risk mitigation strategies in preparation for production of the space vehicle. They hope to expand the use of computer simulation models throughout the rest of their division to help drive down costs by increasing efficiencies in their planning.
by Bryan K. Wilson.
M.Eng.in Logistics
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Bisbee, Seth Charles. "Bidding Competition and Supply Chain Risk in Soybean Exports." Thesis, North Dakota State University, 2018. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/29876.
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Commodity trading at both domestic and international levels involves many sources of supply chain risk and uncertainty. Risk management techniques are utilized by industry participants; however, there are unknown risks that can arise throughout the supply chain making effective risk management a difficult task. This study aims to address supply chain risk in soybean exports. A framework is created for a competitive bidding environment in which firms participate in an international import tender. Monte Carlo simulation is used to represent stochastic variables and derive an optimal bid under various scenarios. Sensitivity analysis is then conducted to measure the impact of key input variables on the output values. An alternative specification for risk management is also implemented into the framework. This study provides insight into supply chain uncertainty and incorporates that into a competitive bidding framework for optimal bid derivation and effective risk management.
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Alvarez, Amanda Veit Braune. "The influence of climate on supply chain risk management." reponame:Repositório Institucional do FGV, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10438/20707.
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Esse estudo tem como objetivo analisar como os membros da cadeia de suprimentos de cacau no Brasil percebem a influência da variação climática nos riscos existentes nesta cadeia. Essa cadeia foi escolhida devido a sua grande importância na economia brasileira. Para que essa análise fosse possível, foram identificados os principais riscos desta cadeia, bem como eventos climáticos recentes, suas possíveis influências e as ações mitigadoras adotadas pelos membros da cadeia. Foram feitas 17 entrevistas semiestruturadas com respondentes de todos os elos da cadeia: produtores, atravessadores, moageiras e indústrias de chocolates. Alguns dos resultados da pesquisa apontam que essa cadeia é afetada por riscos relacionados à carência de informação entre os elos, baixa manutenção dos equipamentos e pouca tecnologia na produção, baixa precisão de previsão de safra e, inclusive, problemas na qualidade e produtividade na produção. Mudanças de temperaturas, ventos e umidade também foram considerados como riscos nesta cadeia. Essas alterações climáticas aumentam a incidência dos outros riscos, por exemplo: pragas na produção, necessidade de importação, riscos financeiros e dificuldade logística. A seca de 2016 afetou diretamente a exposição e vulnerabilidade dessa cadeia aos riscos, tendo como consequências diretas a redução da produtividade e da qualidade das amêndoas. Além disso, este evento causou rupturas na cadeia, ocasionando a saída de alguns produtores e indústrias do mercado. Ações mitigadoras têm sido implementadas por associações que auxiliam produtores de cacau, indústrias moageiras e de chocolates e, por grandes produtores. Grande parte dessas ações são referentes a como os produtores podem lidar com as influências das variações climáticas em suas produções. Um dos objetivos dessas ações é que as fazendas possam aumentar a produtividade e qualidade de suas amêndoas, com inclusão de tecnologias para o manejo do cacau e de outras culturas na produção. Como consequência, moageiras e industrias de chocolate também poderão reduzir seus riscos, minimizando a necessidade de importar amêndoas e aumentando a qualidade de seus produtos.
The aim of this study is to analyze how members of the Brazilian cocoa supply chain perceive the influence of climate variations on other supply chain risks. This chain was chosen due to its importance in the Brazilian economy. Conducting this analysis entailed identifying not only the main risks to the Brazilian cocoa supply chain but also recent climatic events and their likely influence; the mitigating strategies adopted by supply chain members were also analyzed. A total of 17 semi-structured interviews were conducted with respondents belonging to all nodes of the chain: producers, middlemen, and the grinding and chocolate industries. Some of the research results indicate that the Brazilian cocoa supply chain is affected by risks related to a lack of information among its members, low equipment maintenance and poor production technology, low precision of crop forecasting, quality problems, and low productivity at production. Temperature variations, winds and humidity were also considered as chain risks. Climate variations increase the incidence of other risks, such as pests in production, import necessity, financial risks and logistical bottlenecks. The 2016 drought directly affected the exposure and vulnerability of this chain to risks, resulting in reduced productivity and quality of cocoa beans. In addition, the drought caused supply chain disruptions, which caused some producers and industries to leave the market. Mitigating actions have been implemented by associations that provide help to cocoa producers, grinding and chocolate factories, and large scale producers. Many of these actions are related to how producers can deal with the influence of climate variations on their crops. One of the goals of these actions targets the fact that farms can increase their cocoa bean productivity and quality by learning about additional technologies for handling cocoa and about new crops that could be incorporated into production. By adopting these strategies, the grinding and chocolate industries could also reduce their risks, minimizing the need to import cocoa beans while increasing the quality of their products.
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Oguche, Henry. "Managing Supply Chain Disruptions in Nigerian Seaport Companies." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5239.
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In Nigeria, seaport companies have lost significant revenue since 2000 because of supply chain disruptions. If not mitigated, supply chain disruptions at Nigerian seaports will significantly affect organizational output and profitability. The purpose of this research was to explore strategies some seaport business leaders use to mitigate supply chain disruptions in Lagos, Nigeria. Supply chain management theory was the conceptual framework for this single case study. Data were collected using semistructured interviews with 4 participants from a Nigerian seaport company tbat adopted successful strategies to mitigate supply chain disruptions and review of company documents for methodological triangulation. Using thematic analysis, the 5 primary themes were corruption, seaport congestion, bureaucratic bottleneck, equipment failures, and employee disputes. Customer satisfaction and business profitability were 2 primary strategies the business leaders in the study used to mitigate supply chain disruptions. By implementing the strategies identified in the study, business leaders in the Nigerian seaport sector may be able to bring about positive social change by increasing business profitability. The strategies could increase employment opportunities for people in seaport cities, thereby decreasing the poverty level and leading to a better standard of living for residents.
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Ali, Kazmi Syed. "Impact of Natural, Man-made Risks and Stakeholders Relationship on effectiveness of Supply Chain Management in Developing Countries." Thesis, KTH, Tillämpad maskinteknik (KTH Södertälje), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-204466.
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Jonathan, Ellsworth Chouncey. "Supply chain risk mitigation strategies in the electrical energy sector in South Africa." Thesis, Vaal University of Technology, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10352/410.
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Interferences to supply chains, regardless of whether they are regular, unplanned or intentional, are progressively distorting supply chain execution. Given that such disruptions are probably not going to diminish, for the time being, supply chain risk mitigating solutions will assume an undeniably critical part of the management of supply chains. This research acknowledges the existence of an extensive variety of approaches to mitigate risks across supply chains, yet argues that most methodologies may not be reasonable if the culture of an organisation does not support them.
Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) has rapidly become of significance to the world economy. Though the supply of electrical energy in Southern Africa affects the economies of nations around the globe, it has received too little consideration from the literary community. The focus of this thesis is to expand the field of SCRM by analysing how different risk assessment and management concepts and practices are comprehended, construed and employed through the region.
The majority of developed supply chain management and risk management models are currently entrenched in the US and Europe. Consequently, this research is of high significance since its essential aim was to investigate these concepts and models, in particular, one focused on Africa. This approach enabled the thesis to examine and test components related to SCRM, such as risk categories, risk assessment and risk strategies, in the electrical energy sector in South Africa. The study in this manner offers knowledge that was not otherwise accessible in earlier research.
In pursuit of meeting the requirements of the research questions, the supply chain department in the electrical energy supplier was researched. This study adopted the non-probability sampling approach utilising the purposive sampling technique to choose the sampling components from the target population. Data was collected by way of conducting semi-structured interviews and researcher observation, as well as additional documentation in various forms was collected. Interviews were transcribed and evaluated in conjunction with additional data collected during meetings and triangulated using researcher observation. Data interpretation and codification thereof was done using ATLAS.ti 8 by which, twenty-five themes emerged from this study.
Supply chain risks comprise value streams; information and affiliations; supply chain activities; and external situations. Among these, information and relationships risks were found to produce selfupgrading risk loops, thereby generating consequent risk impacts after disturbances. To mitigate these risks, the case firm must engage in local and international supply chain implemented strategies, such as building a stable supply chain network, leveraging supply chain information, leveraging outsourcing contracts and developing supply-chain risk collaboration partnerships, although the level of implementation depends on the business context. Among the ten identified themes, building a stable supply chain and developing supply chain collaboration strategies can be useful in strengthening both robustness and resilience in supply chain risk management. Customer orientation had positive impacts on all themes, but disruption orientation and quality orientation influenced only certain types of strategies.
The study makes ten recommendations, which can be implemented by the case firm; the results of the interviews are evidence that all the tools are available. The thesis concludes with a summary of overall findings and areas for further research are also highlighted.
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Höll, Jakub. "Efektivní využití supply chain managementu v mezinárodním obchodu." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-206878.
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The master thesis focuses on effective and efficient use of supply chain management in a corporation with international scope of trade and its related risks, costs and efficiency management across the supply chain. The theoretical part includes basic foundations of the problematics, such as current trends, innovations, fundamental management strategies and the most popular methodologies used in analysing the supply chain management. The practical part of the thesis focuses on the analysis and comparison of set-ups and approaches towards efficient supply chain management among nine international corporations based on interviews with employees from each of the company. The goal of the thesis is to answer the research questions and come to a conclusion about how the companies could positively manage the problematics related to effective supply chain management.