Framework

Efficiency versus resilience lens

The question it answers

When redesigning a supply chain after a disruption, should an operations manager favour a concentrated, low-cost chain or a dispersed, local one that withstands shocks better?

Origin
Hobbs, 2021; Ponomarov and Holcomb, 2009
Diagram type
Comparison table
Level of analysis
Industry
Topics
Supply chain & operationsChange management
Delivery lorry pulling a chain of linked glass boxes, icon for supply chain

Sources

References

Listed A–Z by author surname, Harvard style. A source with a DOI links to https://doi.org/…; one without links to its page or says plainly that it has no DOI.

  1. Hobbs, J.E. (2021) ‘Food supply chain resilience and the COVID-19 pandemic: what have we learned?’, Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 69(2), pp. 189–196.doi:10.1111/cjag.12279Source page
  2. Ponomarov, S.Y. and Holcomb, M.C. (2009) ‘Understanding the concept of supply chain resilience’, The International Journal of Logistics Management, 20(1), pp. 124–143.doi:10.1108/09574090910954873Source page