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Qi, B, McCauley, E, Baxter, K, Poo, MC-P and Lau, Y-Y (2025) A Manufacturing Industry Perspective on Pandemic-Induced Supply Chain Disruptions. Businesses, 5 (1).
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Abstract
This study explores the impact of COVID-19-related supply chain disruptions on manufacturing firms, focusing on external risks: demand, environmental, and supply. Our literature review reveals the general lack of comprehensive disruption plans and exposes the vulnerabilities in manufacturing firms with limited research addressing this issue. By adopting an interpretive research philosophy and a qualitative, inductive approach, our research delves into the operational challenges and adaptations implemented in the manufacturing sector during the pandemic through case studies. The findings reveal that COVID-19 significantly increased risks, causing demand surges, logistical disruptions, extended lead times, and labour shortages due to lockdowns, necessitating strategic shifts towards localised and digital supply chains in the manufacturing sector. Our study not only enriches the supply chain literature by detailing the pandemic’s effects and emphasising the need for robust disruption plans for enhanced resilience but also offers new insights into managing supply chain disruptions in crises, highlighting the necessity of strategic adaptations for future crisis preparedness across various industries.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 35 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services; 3507 Strategy, Management and Organisational Behaviour; 3509 Transportation, Logistics and Supply Chains; 46 Information and Computing Sciences; 4609 Information Systems; Coronaviruses; Emerging Infectious Diseases; Infectious Diseases; 9 Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HF Commerce > HF5001 Business H Social Sciences > HF Commerce > HF5001 Business > HF5410 Marketing. Distribution of Products |
| Divisions: | Engineering |
| Publisher: | MDPI |
| SWORD Depositor: | A Symplectic |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Mar 2025 14:29 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Mar 2025 14:30 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.3390/businesses5010008 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/25943 |
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