* Starting from Need* Evolution of the Toyota Production System* Further Development* Genealogy of the Toyota Production System* The True Intention of the Ford System* Surviving the Low-Growth Period

Toyota production system : beyond large-scale production

Purpose – In the emerging disciplines of risk management and supply chain management, resilience is a relatively undefined concept. The purpose of this paper is to present an integrated perspective on resilience through an extensive review of the literature in a number of disciplines including developmental psychology and ecosystems. In addition, the paper identifies and addresses some of the current theoretical gaps in the existing research.Design/methodology/approach – Supply chain resilience has been defined by a number of disciplines. An integrative literature review is conducted in an attempt to integrate existing perspectives. This review also serves as the basis for the development of a conceptual model.Findings – The key elements of supply chain resilience and the relationships among them, the links between risks and implications for supply chain management, and the methodologies for managing these key issues are poorly understood. Implications for future research advocate testing the proposed mod...

Understanding the concept of supply chain resilience

The organizational antecedents of a firm’s supply chain agility for risk mitigation and response

[1] The atmospheric chemistry of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in urban areas results in the formation of ‘photochemical smog’, including secondary organic aerosol (SOA). State-of-the-art SOA models parameterize the results of simulation chamber experiments that bracket the conditions found in the polluted urban atmosphere. Here we show that in the real urban atmosphere reactive anthropogenic VOCs (AVOCs) produce much larger amounts of SOA than these models predict, even shortly after sunrise. Contrary to current belief, a significant fraction of the excess SOA is formed from first-generation AVOC oxidation products. Global models deem AVOCs a very minor contributor to SOA compared to biogenic VOCs (BVOCs). If our results are extrapolated to other urban areas, AVOCs could be responsible for additional 3–25 Tg yr−1 SOA production globally, and cause up to −0.1 W m−2 additional top-of-the-atmosphere radiative cooling.

Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation from Anthropogenic Air Pollution: Rapid and Higher than Expected

More than 300 papers have been published in the last 15years on the topic of green or sustainable (forward) supply chains Looking at the research methodologies employed, only 36 papers apply quantitative models This is in contrast to, for example, the neighboring field of reverse or closed-loop supply chains where several reviews on respective quantitative models have already been provided The paper summarizes research on quantitative models for forward supply chains and thereby contributes to the further substantiation of the field While different kinds of models are applied, it is evident that the social side of sustainability is not taken into account On the environmental side, life-cycle assessment based approaches and impact criteria clearly dominate On the modeling side there are three dominant approaches: equilibrium models, multi-criteria decision making and analytical hierarchy process There has been only limited empirical research so far The paper ends with suggestions for future research

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A review of modeling approaches for sustainable supply chain management

Purpose – Supply chain risk management assumes importance in the wake of organizations understanding that their risk susceptibility is dependent on other constituents of their supply chain. The purpose of this paper is to present an approach to effective supply chain risk mitigation by understanding the dynamics between various enablers that help to mitigate risk in a supply chain.Design/methodology/approach – Using interpretive structural modeling the research presents a hierarchy‐based model and the mutual relationships among the enablers of risk mitigation.Findings – The research shows that there exists a group of enablers having a high driving power and low dependence requiring maximum attention and of strategic importance while another group consists of those variables which have high dependence and are the resultant actions.Practical implications – This classification provides a useful tool to supply chain managers to differentiate between independent and dependent variables and their mutual relatio...

Supply chain risk mitigation: modeling the enablers

Purpose – A focus on supply chains is a step towards the broader adoption and development of sustainability, since the supply chain considers the product from initial processing of raw materials to delivery to the customer The purpose of this paper is to present an approach to effectively adapt sustainable practices in a supply chain by understanding the dynamics between various enablers that help to transform a supply chain into a truly sustainable entityDesign/methodology/approach – Using interpretive structural modeling, the paper presents a hierarchy‐based model and the mutual relationships among the enablers of sustainability in a supply chainFindings – The paper shows that there exists a group of enablers having a high‐driving power and low‐dependence requiring maximum attention and of strategic importance while another group consists of those variables which have high dependence and are the resultant actionsPractical implications – This paper provides a useful tool to supply chain managers to d

Sustainable supply chains: a study of interaction among the enablers

Purpose – With the emergence of the concepts of lean, agile and leagile paradigms for supply chains, organizations have little idea as to which model suits them based on the their supply chain's ability to counter risks and take on the challenges of the fast changing customer preferences. This paper aims to map supply chains on these two dimensions.Design/methodology/approach – A model is proposed by which suitable supply chain strategy can be selected based on customer sensitivity and risk alleviation competency dimension. Graph theoretic approach is applied to quantify these dimensions for three case supply chains.Findings – The proposed model was tested for three Indian SMEs clusters and suitable supply chain strategy was suggested.Research limitations/implications – It is recommended that the model be tested for those supply chains which have established themselves as lean, agile or leagile entities.Practical implications – Suggested model would help organizations to select suitable supply chain strat...

Mapping supply chains on risk and customer sensitivity dimensions

Purpose – This paper aims to identify various information risks that could impact a supply chain, and develops a conceptual framework to quantify and mitigate them.Design/methodology/approach – Graph theory has been used to quantify information risks while interpretive structural modelling (ISM) is employed to understand the interrelationships among the enablers of information risks mitigation.Findings – The research presents a classification of the enablers of information risks mitigation according to their driving power and dependence. It also presents a risk index to quantify information risks. The research suggests that management should focus on improving the high driving power enabler variables.Practical implications – The proposed risk index and the hierarchy‐based model would help to develop suitable strategies to manage information risks in supply chains.Originality/value – The major contribution of this paper lies in the development of a framework to quantify information risks and a hierarchy ba...

Mohd. Nishat Faisal

Papers

Supply chain risk mitigation: modeling the enablers

Sustainable supply chains: a study of interaction among the enablers

Mapping supply chains on risk and customer sensitivity dimensions

Information risks management in supply chains: an assessment and mitigation framework

An analytic network process model for municipal solid waste disposal options.