Supply chain immune system: concept, framework, and applications

Srinivasan, Ramakrishnan S.; Tew, Jeffrey D.

doi:10.1080/13675567.2017.1324834

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“…For example, flexible supply base (Tarei et al, 2020) could also be seen as strategic (vendor managed) inventory. Further, the SCRMS partly overlap in some circumstances; for example, establishing a strategic stock based on demand forecasts (Tarei et al, 2020) or scenarios (Srinivasan and Jeffrey, 2017) could be seen as speculation. Finally, our review illustrates the increasing importance of collaboration.…”

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Supply chain risk management strategies in normal and abnormal times: policymakers' role in reducing generic medicine shortages

Ahlqvist

Dube²,

Jahre³

et al. 2022

IJPDLM

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PurposeThis paper links supply chain risk management to medicine supply chains to explore the role of policymakers in employing supply chain risk management strategies (SCRMS) to reduce generic medicine shortages.Design/methodology/approachUsing secondary data supplemented with primary data, the authors map and compare seven countries' SCRMS for handling shortage risks in their paracetamol supply chains before and during the first two waves of the COVID-19 pandemic.FindingsConsistent with recent research, the study finds that policymakers had implemented few SCRMS specifically for responding to disruptions caused by COVID-19. However, shortages were largely avoided since multiple strategies for coping with business-as-usual disruptions had been implemented prior to the pandemic. The authors did find that SCRMS implemented during COVID-19 were not always aligned with those implemented pre-pandemic. The authors also found that policymakers played both direct and indirect roles.Research limitations/implicationsCombining longitudinal secondary data with interviews sheds light on how, regardless of the level of preparedness during normal times, SCRMS can be leveraged to avert shortages in abnormal times. However, the problem is highly complex, which warrants further research.Practical implicationsSupply chain professionals and policymakers in the healthcare sector can use the findings when developing preparedness and response plans.Social implicationsThe insights developed can help policymakers improve the availability of high-volume generic medicines in (ab)normal times.Originality/valueThe authors contribute to prior SCRM research in two ways. First, the authors operationalize SCRMS in the medicine supply chain context in (ab)normal times, thereby opening avenues for future research on SCRM in this context. Second, the authors develop insights on the role policymakers play and how they directly implement and indirectly influence the adoption of SCRMS. Based on the study findings, the authors develop a framework that captures the diverse roles of policymakers in SCRM.

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Supply chain risk management strategies in normal and abnormal times: policymakers' role in reducing generic medicine shortages

Ahlqvist

Dube²,

Jahre³

et al. 2022

IJPDLM

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“…shareholder) remains, but the metaphor introduces wider obligations to the general public, to future generations, to other species, and to the natural world” (Audebrand, 2010, p. 421) [3]. OM studies in the second research stream also draw on several source domains, including the immune system (Srinivasan and Tew, 2017), anorexia (Radnor and Boaden, 2004) and blood cells (Sodero, 2019). Similarly, the sustainable and environmentally destructive nature of organizations’ modi operandi has been described through various analogies, such as viewing firms as psychopaths pursuing private gain while rendering public pain (Morgan, 2011).…”

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“…Further, despite the rich analogical imagery used across the OM/SCM field (Srinivasan and Tew, 2017; Radnor and Boaden, 2004), few studies explore the relationship between analogies and SSCM (see the Appendix; Stream 2). To some extent, this shortcoming stems from a relative lack of theoretical forays into analogies’ role in advancing OM/SCM theory, and SSCM theory even more, as our review revealed no meaningful work concerned with analogies’ theory-building role in advancing this important field (see the Appendix; Stream 1).…”

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“…Analogical reasoning involves the transfer of information from a well-known phenomenon or domain (the source domain) to a relatively unfamiliar phenomenon or domain (the target domain) (Tsoukas, 1991; Ketokivi et al , 2017; Oswick et al , 2002). As an example, the human immune system can serve as a source domain for learning about and improving supply chain risk management (Srinivasan and Tew, 2017). In this paper, we develop guidelines for the development of novel analogies.…”

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Analogical reasoning guidelines: a review and application to sustainable supply chains

Gruner

Power

2020

SCM

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Purpose This paper aims to review analogical reasoning work to distil and apply procedural guidelines that aid theoreticians to develop novel analogies. Design/methodology/approach The authors reviewed 189 studies from 1980 to 2020 to identify analogical reasoning guidelines. Findings Results revealed four procedural steps for the introduction of novel analogies: target and source domain selection; domain image mapping; relevance assessment; and proposition drafting. […] shallow lakes constitute the source domain and sustainable supply chain management represents the target domain. Research limitations/implications The identified procedural guidelines can help future scholars to develop novel analogies with rigor and structure. The paper provides an agenda for new research that addresses gaps in current studies that reason by analogy. Originality/value This paper distils and applies analogical reasoning guidelines for the development of novel analogies, extending and complementing much existing theorizing on reasoning by analogy. Additionally, disjointed and fragmented research findings are synthesized to yield a comprehensive understanding of analogical reasoning, which can serve as a foundation for future theorizing in sustainable supply chain management and beyond.

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“…Those can be prospective strategies to enhance SCR (Rajesh and Ravi 2015 ). Inspired by the biological immune system Srinivasan and Tew ( 2017 ) present a SCRM framework that can be adapted to SCR.…”

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A responsiveness metric for the design and planning of resilient supply chains

Ribeiro

Barbosa‐Póvoa

2022

Ann Oper Res

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Supply Chain Management is in constant evolution, and Supply Chain Resilience (SCR) appears as a recent offspring result of changes in how companies do business. Research efforts on the topic have led to a focus on the basic concepts of SCR, leaving a relevant research gap on the modelling and quantification of the SCR behaviour. In fact, there is not yet a consensus on SCR metrics or on how to quantify SCR. Most SCR models fail to incorporate relevant characteristics of the supply chain’s performance, as are the impacts perceived by downstream customers. This work addresses such gaps, and a new resilient SC metric is proposed, which is incorporated into a developed optimisation model, where economic and responsiveness objectives are maximised when designing and planning resilient SC considering all SC entities. The model is applied to a case study that shows that decision-makers should avoid adopting universal strategies when managing their SC and instead should define the best plan for their SC operation. The impacts perceived by downstream customers are analysed. Moreover, it can be concluded that there is a correlation between the SC performance and the new SCR metric, easing the process of designing and planning the SC when resilience concerns are at stake.

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Supply chain immune system: concept, framework, and applications

Cited by 4 publications

References 34 publications

Supply chain risk management strategies in normal and abnormal times: policymakers' role in reducing generic medicine shortages

Supply chain risk management strategies in normal and abnormal times: policymakers' role in reducing generic medicine shortages

Analogical reasoning guidelines: a review and application to sustainable supply chains

A responsiveness metric for the design and planning of resilient supply chains

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