Supply chain resilience: a benchmarking model for vulnerability and capability assessment in the automotive industry
Benchmarking: An International Journal
ISSN: 1463-5771
Article publication date: 13 June 2020
Issue publication date: 22 July 2020
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to evaluate two supply chain resilience key elements of vulnerability and capability in the automotive industry.
Design/methodology/approach
We propose a fuzzy approach for statistical hypothesis testing and analyze two research hypotheses by synthesizing the results of a questionnaire given to 44 companies in the Iranian automotive industry.
Findings
The results indicate that the automotive industry in Iran should: (1) resist five elements of vulnerability, i.e. “external pressures,” “sensitivity,” “connectivity,” “supplier/customer disruptions,” and “resource limits,” and (2) embrace nine elements of capability, i.e. “flexibility in order fulfillment,” “capacity,” “efficiency,” “visibility,” “adaptability,” “recovery,” “dispersion,” “organization,” “market position” and “security” to achieve greater resiliency elasticity in the supply chain.
Originality/value
This is the first study on the supply chain resilience vulnerabilities and capabilities in the Iranian automotive industry.
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Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank the anonymous reviewers and the editor for their insightful comments and suggestions. Dr. Madjid Tavana is grateful for the partial support he received from the Czech Science Foundation (GAČR 19-13946S) for this research.
Citation
Kaviani, M.A., Tavana, M., Kowsari, F. and Rezapour, R. (2020), "Supply chain resilience: a benchmarking model for vulnerability and capability assessment in the automotive industry", Benchmarking: An International Journal, Vol. 27 No. 6, pp. 1929-1949. https://doi.org/10.1108/BIJ-01-2020-0049
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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