Supply Chain Resilience and Risk Management

Supply chain resilience and risk management examines how organizations anticipate, absorb, and recover from disruptions—ranging from supplier failures and geopolitical shocks to events like the COVID-19 pandemic, which exposed just how fragile tightly optimized global networks can be. Researchers study the structural complexity of supply networks, the trade-offs between efficiency and redundancy, and the organizational practices—such as business continuity planning and diversified sourcing—that help firms maintain operations under stress. A central open question is how to measure resilience before a disruption occurs, rather than only recognizing it in hindsight. Scholars are also actively debating whether the lessons of recent crises will lead to durable changes in how companies design their supply networks, or whether competitive pressures will gradually restore the lean, low-buffer configurations that proved so vulnerable.

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Keywords

Supply Chain ResilienceRisk ManagementDisruption MitigationSupply Network ComplexityOrganizational ResiliencePandemic Impact