An Ability to Survive Disruptions: Findings from Three Finnish Manufacturing Companies’ Supply Challenges during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Being multinational and complex, global supply chains may be extremely vulnerable to sudden crises, such as the recent COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to issues related to the health and lives of people, the pandemic has also had negative impacts on supply chains, and many companies dependent on...
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author | Pasi Rönkkö Aleksi Isopoussu Jukka Majava Osmo Kauppila |
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description | Being multinational and complex, global supply chains may be extremely
vulnerable to sudden crises, such as the recent COVID-19 pandemic. In
addition to issues related to the health and lives of people, the pandemic
has also had negative impacts on supply chains, and many companies dependent
on them have been struggling. The ability to recover from disruptions
is called resilience. In this study, the resilience of supply chains
is evaluated by studying three globally operating Finnish B2B manufacturing
companies during the COVID-19 pandemic. The empirical research
was conducted by interviewing the companies’ supply chain and purchasing
operations representatives, analysing the results and comparing the results
to the literature.As a result, essential methods to survive during crises
and increase the resilience of supply chains were discovered. The results
can be utilised in preparing for future crises |
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spelling | doaj.art-52fbcae8cf514ca79e59aced18f0f40c2022-12-21T18:41:51ZengUniversity of PrimorskaManaging Global Transitions1581-63111854-69352021-06-0119210512610.26493/1854-6935.19.105-126An Ability to Survive Disruptions: Findings from Three Finnish Manufacturing Companies’ Supply Challenges during the COVID-19 PandemicPasi Rönkkö0Aleksi Isopoussu1Jukka Majava2Osmo Kauppila3University of Oulu, FinlandUniversity of Oulu, FinlandUniversity of Oulu, FinlandUniversity of Oulu, FinlandBeing multinational and complex, global supply chains may be extremely vulnerable to sudden crises, such as the recent COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to issues related to the health and lives of people, the pandemic has also had negative impacts on supply chains, and many companies dependent on them have been struggling. The ability to recover from disruptions is called resilience. In this study, the resilience of supply chains is evaluated by studying three globally operating Finnish B2B manufacturing companies during the COVID-19 pandemic. The empirical research was conducted by interviewing the companies’ supply chain and purchasing operations representatives, analysing the results and comparing the results to the literature.As a result, essential methods to survive during crises and increase the resilience of supply chains were discovered. The results can be utilised in preparing for future criseshttps://www.hippocampus.si/ISSN/1854-6935/19.105-126.pdfresiliencesupply chainsdisruptionglobal crises |
spellingShingle | Pasi Rönkkö Aleksi Isopoussu Jukka Majava Osmo Kauppila An Ability to Survive Disruptions: Findings from Three Finnish Manufacturing Companies’ Supply Challenges during the COVID-19 Pandemic Managing Global Transitions resilience supply chains disruption global crises |
title | An Ability to Survive Disruptions: Findings from Three Finnish Manufacturing Companies’ Supply Challenges during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_full | An Ability to Survive Disruptions: Findings from Three Finnish Manufacturing Companies’ Supply Challenges during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_fullStr | An Ability to Survive Disruptions: Findings from Three Finnish Manufacturing Companies’ Supply Challenges during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_full_unstemmed | An Ability to Survive Disruptions: Findings from Three Finnish Manufacturing Companies’ Supply Challenges during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_short | An Ability to Survive Disruptions: Findings from Three Finnish Manufacturing Companies’ Supply Challenges during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
title_sort | ability to survive disruptions findings from three finnish manufacturing companies supply challenges during the covid 19 pandemic |
topic | resilience supply chains disruption global crises |
url | https://www.hippocampus.si/ISSN/1854-6935/19.105-126.pdf |
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