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An Assessment of Supply Chain Resilience in Catastrophic Events: A Case of South Africa

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Advances in Manufacturing, Production Management and Process Control (AHFE 2021)

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The objectives of this study are to explore the effects of disruption events on the manufacturing supply chain and investigate the strategies to minimise the impact of disruption events. A survey of professionals involved in supply chain and have dealt with disruptions in the supply chain was carried out with the aid of a well-structured questionnaire. A mean item score was carried out and the findings from the analysis of the effect of catastrophic events to manufacturing supply chain revealed death and injuries. Furthermore, Creation of risk management that include top leadership and strong integration/teamwork, using information technology are the main strategies to minimise the impacts of catastrophic events on manufacturing supply chain. The study recommended that organisations in the manufacturing industry can use the strategies to minimise the impact of future catastrophic events on Manufacturing supply chain for creating resilient manufacturing industry.

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  1. Department of Quality and Operations Management, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Ifije Ohiomah & Nita Sukdeo

  2. CIDB Centre of Excellence, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa

    Clinton Aigbavboa

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  1. Poznan University of Technology, Poznan, Poland

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  2. Faculty of Engineering Management, Poznan University, Poznan, Poland

    Beata Mrugalska

  3. University of Central Florida, Cocoa Beach, FL, USA

    Waldemar Karwowski

  4. Lincoln School of Design, University of Lincoln, LINCOLN, UK

    Emilio Rossi

  5. Department of Architecture, University of Chieti-Pescara, Pescara, Pescara, Italy

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Ohiomah, I., Sukdeo, N., Aigbavboa, C. (2021). An Assessment of Supply Chain Resilience in Catastrophic Events: A Case of South Africa. In: Trzcielinski, S., Mrugalska, B., Karwowski, W., Rossi, E., Di Nicolantonio, M. (eds) Advances in Manufacturing, Production Management and Process Control. AHFE 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 274. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80462-6_28

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