Research on Collaborative Management in Supply Chain Crisis

Abstract

To survive in an unpredictable market, companies in supply chains not only need self-advancement, but also need cooperation with others. Analyzed supply chain crisis and its causes, the article explains, by using the system theory, psychology and from the aspect of business operation, the necessity of adopting collaborative management for companies facing supply chain crisis. At the end of the article, it proposes strategies of collaborative management for companies to survive supply chain crisis: to choose suppliers who have willingness to cooperate; to coordinate the values among companies; to advance the visibility of supply chains; to strengthen the cooperation of security; and to fully tap people's subjective initiatives.