POSTPONEMENT IN SUPPLY CHAIN RISK MANAGEMENT
While the poor response implications of supply are often not elaborated on in literature, postponement has recently been mentioned as a useful tool for managing supply risk and disruptions. To interpret this in a more complete manner, this paper has attempted to explore the role of postponement in supply chain risk management from a complexity perspective. After a review of the relevant literature, it first draws insights emerging from normal accident theory and applies them to supply chain disruptions. This is followed by the utilisation of normal accident theory to explain the role of postponement in supply chain risk management. Building on this, this paper also investigates the complexity implications of some commonly recommended measures to mitigate supply chain disruptions. The paper concludes with a summary and some suggestions for further research.
Postponement Risk management Supply chain management Normal accident theory
B. Yang Yang Y. Yang Yang
The York Management School, University of York, Heslington York YO10 5DD, UK School of Management & Business, Aberystwyth University, Ceredigion SY23 3DD, Wales
国际会议
上海
英文
1-6
2009-08-02（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）