Resilient Supply Chain Management in Manufacturing Sector - A Qualitative Study

Abstract

This study acknowledges that today’s business environment is dynamic and prone to unanticipated changes. The study aims to understand the implications of such disruptions in the supply chain especially in manufacturing sector. The main goal is to understand the challenges faced and the versatile practices followed to stay resistant to such dynamic environment. The study also focuses on the new practices businesses adopt to form resilient supply chain. Qualitative approach was done to capture the rich essence of the subject matter. The study used focus groups and in-depth interviews as techniques and interviewed members from different nodal points of a supply chain including manufacturers, logistic service providers and mid players in logistics. As a result, it was found out that Multinational companies are well equipped, and they have much better mitigation plans while small scale and mid-scale players need to work more on resiliency instead of just surviving the situations.