Supply chain resilience: the whole is not the sum of the parts Sá, Marcelo Martins de; Miguel, Priscila Laczynski de Souza; Brito, Renata Peregrino de ...
International journal of operations & production management,
01/2020, Letnik:
40, Številka:
1
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate how resilience at different nodes in the supply chain influences overall supply chain resilience (SCRES) during an extreme weather event.
...Design/methodology/approach
Based on 41 in-depth interviews, this qualitative study examines two Brazilian agri-food supply chains (AFSC). The interviews explored the impacts, preparedness, response and adaptation strategies adopted by farmers, processors and manufacturers during Brazil’s extreme drought of 2014–2015.
Findings
SCRES does not depend on all organizations in the supply chain but rather on the company able to reconfigure the resources to control for the disruption. In a supply chain with low interdependence among players, individual firm resilience elements might be preferable to interorganizational ones.
Research limitations/implications
This study is based on the context of AFSCs with low interdependence among players and during the experience of a climatic event. The results might not be generalizable to other sectors and phenomena.
Practical implications
Firms must evaluate their positions in supply chains and their interfirm relationships to determine which resilience strategy to invest in and rely on. Moreover, to leverage resilience at the supply chain level, firms must intensify information sharing and improve proactive resilience strategies upstream as well as downstream in the supply chain.
Originality/value
This study presents a broader perspective of resilience by comparing resilience elements at both the node and supply chain levels and by discussing their interactions and trade-offs.
Purpose This paper aims to investigate how purchasing organizations implement supplier diversity (SD) initiatives over time. Design/methodology/approach A multiple case study approach was conducted. ...Data were collected through in-depth interviews with participants from purchasing organizations, intermediary organizations and diverse suppliers. Findings The research suggests that the SD journey encompasses three different, but interrelated stages before full implementation is achieved: structuring, operation and adaptation. The findings also provide evidence that SD implementation in Brazil is highly influenced by the lack of a consistent knowledge base and the lack of legitimized intermediary organizations. Research limitations/implications Using a temporal approach to understand how different practices suggested by the literature have been managed by practitioners over time, this study contributes to the understanding of the path to effective SD implementation and how intra- and interorganizational context influences this journey. Practical implications By identifying which practices should be adopted during different phases of SD implementation and proposing ways to overcome some of the inherent challenges, managers can better plan and allocate resources for the adoption of a successful SD initiative. Social implications This research demonstrates how organizations can promote diversity and reduce social and economic inequalities by buying from diverse suppliers. Originality/value Using a temporal approach, the research empirically investigates how different purchasing organizations have implemented and managed the known practices and dealt with the challenges faced when trying to adopt SD.
Climate risk perception and media framing Brito, Renata Peregrino de; Miguel, Priscila Laczynski de Souza; Pereira, Susana Carla Farias
RAUSP Management Journal,
04/2020, Letnik:
55, Številka:
2
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Purpose
This study aims to analyze the media coverage of the impact of extreme weather events (EWE) and related risk management activities in Brazil.
Design/methodology/approach
Using a documentary ...analysis, the authors examined the media coverage of droughts and floods from 2003 to 2013 with concomitant official reports.
Findings
The results indicate that although media coverage conveys the direct impact of floods and droughts on society, it underemphasizes the importance of risk management activities. Moreover, the private sector rarely engages in risk management and mitigation activities, despite the documented supply chain disruptions.
Research limitations/implications
This study focuses solely on media coverage as provided by wide-circulation newspaper in Brazil and would benefit by being extended to all media platforms.
Practical implications
The results highlight the need for private sector involvement in risk management activities to facilitate the adaptation to climate change.
Social implications
The study reveals the deficiency of existing reports and lack of awareness regarding EWE.
Originality/value
The study contributes by focusing on climate awareness and how society can adapt to climate change, as well as how businesses can improve supply chain operations to facilitate smoother risk management.
SCM Professionals’ Competences in Brazil Reis, Manoel A. S.; Minerbo, Claudio; Miguel, Priscila L. S.
Brazilian journal of operations & production management,
01/2021, Letnik:
18, Številka:
4
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Goal: This paper aims to examine the competences required from supply chain management professionals in Brazil.
Design / Methodology / Approach: A survey with 239 professionals explored 44 different ...competences they deemed important.
Results: Competences can be grouped in eight categories, some of which updated to reflect the changes in the SCM practice. It reinforces the importance for general behavioral, technical, analytical and business competences, suggested in previous research, and provides a more granular view and emphasizes differences of technical expertise depending on the scope of the manager's function. Technology, information systems and quantitative skills are different competences required to support changes in e-commerce and digital transformations.
Limitations of the investigation: Differences among industry sectors or functions should be investigated in more detail due to respondent´s heterogeneity
Practical implications: Our study can serve as a guide when searching new talents and training SCM professionals, as it emphasizes competences common to all SCM functions and specific depending on their scope.
Originality / Value: Firms operating in service sectors generally demand higher levels of business awareness competences than the ones in manufacturing sectors. This reflects the service-dominance logic, where service is the fundamental basis of exchange and firms need to be more customer oriented.
COORDINATION IN BRAZILIAN PHARMACEUTICAL SUPPLY CHAINS Souza Miguel, Priscila Laczynski de; Reis, Manoel de Andrade e Silva
JOSCM. Journal of Operations and Supply Chain Management,
12/2014, Letnik:
7, Številka:
2
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Supply chain coordination (SCC) can be a challenge for many organizations as different firms in the same chain has different expectations and interdependencies (Arshinder & Deshmukh, 2008). Lack of ...SCC can result in the bullwhip effect and poor performance for a firm and its partners. By investigating the phenomenon in the Brazilian pharmaceutical supply chain using a qualitative research, this paper aims to understand the main issues that avoid a better integrated chain. Results of 21 interviews suggested that the lack of coordination in this environment was influenced by the network design and the history of the sector in Brazil, as well as scarce resources.DOI: 10.12660/joscmv7n2p75-90URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.12660/joscmv7n2p75-90
This paper empirically confirmed a positive relationship between Supply Chain Management (SCM) and operational performance. A measurement model of the SCM construct was developed. Operational ...performance was conceptualized using competitive priorities literature with four dimensions: cost, quality, flexibility and delivery. Structural equation modeling was used to analyze a sample of 103 companies, in Brazil. Results showed positive effects of SCM on all performance dimensions, offering further support for the cumulative capabilities perspective. We also found evidence of an operational competence construct mediating the effect of SCM on performance, supported conceptually by the resource-based and relational views of strategy.
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