Reforming global supply chain management under pandemics: The GREAT-3Rs framework

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Xu, Xiaoyan; Sethi, Suresh P.; Chung, Sai-Ho; Choi, Tsan-Ming
• 署名单位: Hong Kong Polytechnic University; University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas; University of Liverpool
• 刊物名称: PRODUCTION AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1059-1478
• DOI: 10.1111/poms.13885
• 发表日期: 2023
• 页码: 524-546
• 关键词: covid-19; global supply chain management; GREAT-3Rs framework; operations management; Pandemics; public case studies

摘要

The recent outbreak of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has posed serious threats and challenges to global supply chain management (GSCM). To survive the crisis, it is critical to rethink the proper setting of global supply chains and reform many related operational strategies. We hence attempt to reform the GSCM from both supply and demand sides considering different pandemic stages (i.e., pre, during, and post-pandemic stages). In this research paper, we combine a careful literature review with real-world case studies to examine the impacts and specific challenges brought by the pandemic to global supply chains. We first classify the related literature from the demand and supply sides. Based on the insights obtained, we search publicly available information and report real practices of GSCM under COVID-19 in nine top global enterprises. To achieve responsiveness, resilience, and restoration (3Rs), we then propose the GREAT-3Rs framework, which shows the critical issues and measures for reforming GSCM under the three pandemic stages. In particular, the GREAT part of the framework includes five critical domains, namely, government proactive policies and measures, redesigning global supply chains, economic and financing strategies under risk, adjustment of operations, and technology adoption, to help global enterprises to survive the pandemic; 3Rs are the outputs that can be achieved after using the GREAT strategies under the three pandemic stages. Finally, we establish a future research agenda from five aspects.