Working definitions of supply chain resilience enablers
| Supply chain resilience enablers | Working definition |
|---|---|
| Supply chain agility (SCA) | It is the ability of supply chains to produce and deliver innovative products to their customers in a timely and cost-effective manner |
| Relationship development with trading partners (RLD) | The ability to develop networks of relationships in the supply chain by its trading partners to enhance resilience |
| Resilience infrastructure and design (RID) | The infrastructure design that incorporates readiness to enable an efficient and responsive supply chain |
| Responsiveness of supply chain partners (RSC) | The partner’s ability to modify supply chain design in order to accommodate structural changes in the market and adjust the supply network according to strategies, technologies and products |
| Supply chain resilience orientation (SCRO) | The overall supply chain management and its strategic direction that places resilience as a priority |
| Supply chain disruption preparedness (SCDP) | The ability of the supply chain to anticipate an unforeseen incident before its occurrence and prepare its management and mitigation |
| Supply chain collaboration (SCC) | The partnership process where autonomous firms work closely to plan and execute SC operations toward common goals and mutual benefits |
| Supply chain flexibility (SCF) | It is the range, mobility and uniformity, i.e. the various states a system can adopt, the ability to move from making one product to making another and the ability to perform comparably well when making any product within a specified range |
| Supply chain resilience enablers | Working definition |
|---|---|
| Supply chain agility (SCA) | It is the ability of supply chains to produce and deliver innovative products to their customers in a timely and cost-effective manner |
| Relationship development with trading partners (RLD) | The ability to develop networks of relationships in the supply chain by its trading partners to enhance resilience |
| Resilience infrastructure and design (RID) | The infrastructure design that incorporates readiness to enable an efficient and responsive supply chain |
| Responsiveness of supply chain partners (RSC) | The partner’s ability to modify supply chain design in order to accommodate structural changes in the market and adjust the supply network according to strategies, technologies and products |
| Supply chain resilience orientation (SCRO) | The overall supply chain management and its strategic direction that places resilience as a priority |
| Supply chain disruption preparedness (SCDP) | The ability of the supply chain to anticipate an unforeseen incident before its occurrence and prepare its management and mitigation |
| Supply chain collaboration (SCC) | The partnership process where autonomous firms work closely to plan and execute SC operations toward common goals and mutual benefits |
| Supply chain flexibility (SCF) | It is the range, mobility and uniformity, i.e. the various states a system can adopt, the ability to move from making one product to making another and the ability to perform comparably well when making any product within a specified range |
Source(s): Agarwal and Seth (2024)
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