Understanding Global Supply Chain & Resilience: Theory and Practice

Creating Values with Operations and Analytics: A Tribute to the Contributions of Professor Morris Cohen, 2022, Springer

Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper

Georgetown McDonough School of Business Research Paper No. 4124589

31 Pages Posted: 16 Jun 2022

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Morris A. Cohen

University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School

Shiliang Cui

Georgetown University - McDonough School of Business

Sebastian Doetsch

WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management

Ricardo Ernst

Georgetown University - McDonough School of Business

Arnd Huchzermeier

WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management

Panos Kouvelis

Washington University in St. Louis

Hau L. Lee

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Hirofumi Matsuo

Kobe University

Andy Tsay

Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business

Date Written: May 31, 2022

Abstract

This chapter summarizes the last eight years of collaborative research of a global group of scholars on supply chain management and especially on how companies are dealing with uncertainties and disruptions. Starting with analyzing the factors that drive changes in global supply chain designs, this chapter describes how companies are coping with new types of disruptions such as trade conflicts, natural disasters, and pandemics. Commonly suggested resilience strategies like reshoring or regionalization are de-mystified and discussed based on first level insights from interviews and survey data. Moreover, we analyzed how companies have handled different types of disruption and the underlying efficiency-resilience trade-offs. The chapter then outlines the different types of complexity and obstacles to supply chain resilience that companies have to overcome based on their individual product characteristics, market environment, and supply chain setup. Finally, the need for measuring resilience is outlined and proposed resilience metrics are discussed.

Keywords: Global supply chain design, supply chain resilience, resilience metrics, implementation challenges, supply chain archetypes, supply chain survey, reshoring

Suggested Citation

Cohen, Morris A. and Cui, Shiliang and Doetsch, Sebastian and Ernst, Ricardo and Huchzermeier, Arnd and Kouvelis, Panos and Lee, Hau L. and Matsuo, Hirofumi and Tsay, Andy, Understanding Global Supply Chain & Resilience: Theory and Practice (May 31, 2022). Creating Values with Operations and Analytics: A Tribute to the Contributions of Professor Morris Cohen, 2022, Springer, Stanford University Graduate School of Business Research Paper, Georgetown McDonough School of Business Research Paper No. 4124589, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4124589

Morris A. Cohen (Contact Author)

University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School ( email )

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United States

Shiliang Cui

Georgetown University - McDonough School of Business ( email )

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Washington, DC 20057
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Sebastian Doetsch

WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management ( email )

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Ricardo Ernst

Georgetown University - McDonough School of Business ( email )

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Arnd Huchzermeier

WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management ( email )

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Panos Kouvelis

Washington University in St. Louis ( email )

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Hau L. Lee

Stanford Graduate School of Business ( email )

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Hirofumi Matsuo

Kobe University ( email )

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Japan

Andy Tsay

Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business ( email )

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Dept of Info Systems & Analytics (ISA)
Santa Clara, CA California 95053
United States

HOME PAGE: http://www.scu.edu/business/isa/faculty/tsay/

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