Supply chain resilience analysis: a Brazilian automotive case

• Autor(a) principal: Scavarda, Luiz Felipe
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Outros Autores: Ceryno, Paula Santos, Pires, Silvio, Klingebiel, Katja
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista de Administração de Empresas
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.fgv.br/rae/article/view/49252
• topic: Supply chain resilience; Flexibility; Supply chain flexibility; Automotive industry; Case study; Resiliencia en la cadena de suministros; Flexibilidad; Flexibilidad en la cadena de suministros; Industria automotriz; Estudio de caso; Resiliência na cadeia de suprimentos; Flexibilidade; Flexibilidade na cadeia de suprimentos; Indústria automotiva; Estudo de caso

Supply chain (SC) resilience and flexibility are important research topics receiving growing attention. However, the academic literature needs empirical studies on SC resilience capable of investigating the inter-organizational components of flexibility along different tiers. Therefore, this paper analyzes the main lack of flexibilities in three Brazilian automotive SCs that limit their resilience and therefore their capacity to better support and meet the demand changes in the marketplace. A multi-tier case study approach is adopted. Research findings identify lack of flexibilities in different tiers that inhibit the SC resilience as well as manufacturing and SC flexibilities that build SC resilience. The findings also highlight that the same SC may have the flexibility to be resilient for one of its products but not for another product, what sheds new lights on the academic literature. Finally, flexible SCs should be designed to increase SC resilience to cope with mishaps as significant demand changes.