Supply chain lessons from the catastrophic natural disaster in Japan

YoungWon Park, Paul Hong and James Jungbae Roh

Business Horizons, 2013, vol. 56, issue 1, 75-85

Abstract: While supply chain management has been approached from a variety of perspectives, the role of the global supply chain as a mechanism to overcome severe supply chain disruptions has not been explored adequately. This article discusses the ways in which Japanese manufacturing firms have responded to the recent earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster. Based on case studies of Japanese manufacturing firms, this article presents a discussion of the supply chain restoration process after severe natural disasters and humanitarian disruptions, and reflects on supply chain lessons in terms of disaster planning and recovery responses. The critical capabilities of supply chain information design, portability, and dispersion are discussed.

Keywords: Global supply chain; Supply chain design information; Business continuity planning; Supply chain portability; Supply chain dispersion; Japanese manufacturing; Supply chain restoration process; Fukushima earthquake (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.bushor.2012.09.008

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