COVID- 19: outcomes for Global Supply Chains

Fonseca Luis Miguel () and Azevedo Américo Lopes
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Fonseca Luis Miguel: Centre for Research & Development in Mechanical Engineering (CIDEM), School of Engineering of Porto (ISEP), Polytechnic of Porto, 4249-015Porto
Azevedo Américo Lopes: Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; Inesc TEC, Campus da FEUP, 4200-465Porto, Portugal

Management & Marketing, 2020, vol. 15, issue s1, 424-438

Abstract: The COVID-19 crisis exposed the vulnerability and poor resilience of the global supply chains. The objective of this research is to reflect on the possible impacts of the Coronavirus crisis in the global supply chains and provide some recommendations to overcome the present situation, offering suggestions for future research: (1) What are the contingency factors affecting Supply Chains in the complex COVID-19 operating environment? (2) How do these factors affect post-COVID-19 operating performance? After a contextualization of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis and its impacts, theoretical background on Supply Chains and Supply Chain Management are presented, and a summary of the main scenarios for the post-COVID-19 crisis are discussed. The propositions regarding the contingency factors and their impact on the Supply Chain operating performance in post-COVID-19 suggest that successful companies will focus on creating a new kind of operational performance and minimize risks. To that end, companies will aim to improve their operations’ resilience (ability to resist, hold on, and recover from shocks) and accelerate the end-to-end digital transformation. Consumers will have to adapt to the contact-free economy, less low-cost supply chains, and put additional emphasis on service levels. Governments will reinforce the focus in the health sector supply chain and increase spending in the health and social care sectors. Furthermore, the longer, the more concentrated, the less transparent, and the more price sensitivity is the supply chain, the more challenging the adaptation to the new pos pandemic realities. Suggestions for future research are also provided.

Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Lean; Just in time; Performance; COVID-19; crisis; research propositions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.2478/mmcks-2020-0025

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