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Abstract Details

Title: How to Manage Supply Chain Disruption: A Resilience Model

Author(s) : Nermine Atteya

A decades-long focus on supply chain optimization to minimize costs, reduce inventories, and drive up asset utilization has removed buffers and flexibility to absorb disruptions, COVID-19 illustrates that many companies are not fully aware of the vulnerability of their supply chain relationships to global shocks & disruption. Supply Chain disruption touched every single aspect in our daily lives starting from our food supply up to medications and medical necessities. Now, there is an imperative for a new responsive supply chain model.