scholarly journals A Strategic Framework for Managing Failure in JIT Supply Chains

2011 ◽  
pp. 328-344
Author(s):  
Jaydeep Balakrishnan ◽  
Frances Bowen
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Just In Time ◽  
Strategic Framework ◽  
Failure Risk ◽  
The Future

Supply chains can be disrupted at both local and global levels. Just-In-Time (JIT) companies should be particularly interested in managing supply chain failure risk as they often have very little inventory to buffer themselves when their upstream supply chain fails. We develop previous research further and present a strategic framework to manage supply chain failure in JIT supply chains. We identify two dimensions along which the risks of failure can be categorized: location and unpredictability. We go on to identify strategies which companies can use either before (proactive) or after (reactive) the failure to manage supply chain failure. We support our framework with examples of actual responses to supply chain failures in JIT companies. It is also hoped that our strategic framework will be validated empirically in the future leading to specific guidance for managers.

scholarly journals A Strategic Framework for Managing Failure in JIT Supply Chains

2011 ◽  
pp. 2206-2222
Author(s):  
Jaydeep Balakrishnan ◽  
Frances Bowen ◽  
Astrid L.H. Eckstein
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
Just In Time ◽  
Strategic Framework ◽  
Failure Risk ◽  
The Future

Supply chains can be disrupted at both local and global levels. Just-In-Time (JIT) companies should be particularly interested in managing supply chain failure risk as they often have very little inventory to buffer themselves when their upstream supply chain fails. We develop previous research further and present a strategic framework to manage supply chain failure in JIT supply chains. We identify two dimensions along which the risks of failure can be categorized: location and unpredictability. We go on to identify strategies which companies can use either before (proactive) or after (reactive) the failure to manage supply chain failure. We support our framework with examples of actual responses to supply chain failures in JIT companies. It is also hoped that our strategic framework will be validated empirically in the future leading to specific guidance for managers.

Managing long supply chain networks: some emerging issues and challenges

2008 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 469-496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vipul Jain ◽  
Lyes Benyoucef
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
New Products ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Future Market ◽  
Research Issues ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Supply Chain Networks ◽  
The Future

PurposeThe emergence of new manufacturing technologies, spurred by intense competition, will lead to dramatically new products and processes. New management systems, organizational structures, and decision‐making methods will also emerge as complements to new products and processes. This paper attempts to investigate technologies, systems and paradigms for the effective management of networked enterprise (supply chain networks), especially long supply chains. In doing so, the paper presents not only an exhaustive literature review to identify the complexities, gaps and challenges associated with long supply chains but also the emerging enabling technologies to support these gaps and challenges.Design/methodology/approachThe approach takes the form of an interview of industrials, researchers and a literature review.Findings“Competition in the future will not be between individual enterprises but between competing supply chains.” Business opportunities are captured by groups of enterprises in the same enterprise network. This is due to the global competition that forces enterprises to focus on their core competences.Practical implicationsThe paper presents a vision of the future technical issues relating to long supply chains and an insight into the future scientific and industrial advances required to meet future market and public demands.Originality/valueThis research work highlights the research issues and discusses the key enabling features, which will need to evolve and be perfected in industry in the future manufacturing networked enterprises and especially long manufacturing supply chains.

scholarly journals The future of supply chains

2021 ◽  
Vol 64 (7) ◽  
pp. 19-21
Author(s):  
Paul Marks
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
The Future

Droids, drones, and driverless technologies are fueling a supply chain revolution.

scholarly journals Just in Time Delivery System in Perishable Goods

2021 ◽  
pp. 384-390
Author(s):  
Aditya Singh Chhonker ◽  
Dr. Shashi Kant Rai
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Delivery System ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Just In Time ◽  
Sunday Morning ◽  
Perishable Goods ◽  
Bright Green ◽  
Fresh Products

You're preparing brunch on Sunday morning. The store avocado looks ready and ready to feed. So it's all brown mush instead of bright green skin. You throw it out and try an avocado-free dinner. Overall, 1⁄3 of all foodstuffs generated are lost. But since supply chains and traditional stores encourage fresh products to stay for days on shelves, is it surprising that food comes in the trash? We use a supply chain just-in-time. Which reduces waste and ensures freshness. In this research paper we are going to study the just-in-time delivery system in perishable goods.

scholarly journals Supply Chain Management in Pandemic Times

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 524-528
Author(s):  
Atanas Kochov ◽  
Elena Kochovska
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Just In Time ◽  
Automotive Sector ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
The Republic

The automotive industry is one of the sectors that has been hardest hit by the pandemic crisis. The pandemic’s effects have resulted in multiple disorders, which led to loss of important suppliers and the inability to obtain vital parts, exposing the vulnerability of current Lean Just in Time supply chains. This paper provides a brief analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on the automotive sector in the Republic of North Macedonia. The provided findings are based on a research study conducted simultaneously in eight automotive organizations in the Republic of North Macedonia. This study sought to investigate the extent of the pandemic's influence on organizations' supply chains, what preventive steps have been implemented to minimize the virus's transmission, and what are the most prevalent obstacles that organizations have experienced during the pandemic.

E-textiles: Power and resistance

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. M. Wilkins
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Control Method ◽  
Space Exploration ◽  
Wearable Technology ◽  
Political Issue ◽  
Smart Fabrics ◽  
Power And Resistance ◽  
The Future ◽  
Do It Yourself

On the precipice of space exploration, smart fabrics, biochips and exoskeletons, the materiality of our wearable and body-centric future is a critical and political issue. If we are to develop technologies to take us to new places, we should be able to imagine radically different futures. The materials, tools and supply chains available to us seed the future we can build and are fuel for the possibilities we can imagine. Textile-based Do It Yourself (DIY) electronics have been suggested in Maker technology circles as an alternative path to electronics to broaden the diversity of those imagining our future, but they are still heavily divided by lines of gender, and hindered by supply chain availability. There are many textile-based technologies that have unique technical qualities to offer, but their development is stifled by systemic issues. This article suggests that e-textile technologies are a result of an entrenched system of power and act as a control method over the vision of the future rather than the suggested notion that they are an avenue of exploration. Using Erbu Kurbak’s concept of Lost Futures, and Elizabeth Ryan’s interoperation of wearable technology as immaterial labour, I make the case for e-textile practice being a trap and never equal contributor to the technological discourse.

scholarly journals Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic Exposing the Shortcomings of Current Supply Chain Operations: A Long-Term Prescriptive Offering

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (14) ◽  
pp. 5858 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guiyang Zhu ◽  
Mabel C. Chou ◽  
Christina W. Tsai
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
General Public ◽  
Respiratory Virus ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Just In Time ◽  
Safety Stock ◽  
The World ◽  
The Relationship

COVID-19 is a highly infectious respiratory virus that has posed a great threat to the general public. In order to prevent its spread, many governments have enacted stringent measures. Supply chains around the world are facing major disruptions and difficulties adjusting to the new demands and needs of a locked down world. In this paper, we will address the relationship between supply chain operations and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Given current global shortages in essential goods such as medication, we explore the connection between said shortage and supply chain issues, such as the lack of supply chain transparency and resilience, as well as unsustainable just-in-time manufacturing. To mitigate the effects of these issues and protect supply chain operations, we propose some recommendations, such as nationalizing the medical supply chains, adopting a plus one diversification approach, and increasing safety stock. These recommendations are given to not only mitigate current consequences in relation to the ongoing crisis, but also to suggest measures that will provide firms the resiliency needed to weather similar potential shortages in the future.

scholarly journals Local food supply chain resilience to constitutional change: the Brexit effect

2019 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 429-453 ◽  
Author(s):  
Linda Caroline Hendry ◽  
Mark Stevenson ◽  
Jill MacBryde ◽  
Peter Ball ◽  
Maysara Sayed ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Constitutional Change ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Supply Chain Resilience ◽  
Building Resilience ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate how local supply chains prepare for and respond to the threats and opportunities presented by constitutional change, thereby building resilience.Design/methodology/approachMultiple case study analysis of 14 firms in the food sector is presented in the context of the UK’s impending exit from the European Union (Brexit). Organisations studied include farmers, processors, retailers and non-government organisations (NGOs). Data from interviews and roundtable discussions has been interpreted using the dynamic capabilities perspective, covering the sensing, seizing, and transforming stages.FindingsThe data highlights the importance of both vertical and horizontal collaboration between supply chain actors as they seek to anticipate the impact of the disruption and influence the future shape of the constitution. There is also evidence to suggest firms in possession of dynamic capabilities can innovate to build resilience and enhance their competitive position. Characteristics of the disruption posed by constitutional change are identified and contrast with those of many other threats more typically described in the literature. As a result, the process of building resilience is different.Research limitations/implicationsThe study could be extended to include post-Brexit interviews to further understand the seizing and transforming stages whilst the impact of Brexit on actors that remain within the EU could also be considered.Practical implicationsPractitioners need to work together to influence the future shape of the constitution; and they need to reconfigure their operations and supply chains where necessary to become more resilient to the threat posed by Brexit, such as by reducing their reliance on EU funding streams and trade. The study also has policy implications.Originality/valueThe first study of supply chain resilience to constitutional change and a rare empirical study of resilience across multiple supply chain tiers.

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