Journal
PRODUCTION PLANNING & CONTROL
Volume 26, Issue 8, Pages 637-653Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/09537287.2014.955895
Keywords
supply risk; technological uncertainty; modularity-based practices; inconsistent mediation
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While previous published studies have evaluated the drivers of supply disruptions, only a few have empirically investigated the role of manufacturing postponement enablers as mitigating practices. This work explores the complex interaction between supply disruptions (i.e. supplier failure, purchase unavailability), risk conditions (i.e. antecedents that positively influence the probability and severity of supply disruptions) and manufacturing postponement enablers (i.e. product and process modularity). Specifically, we aim at understanding when' manufacturing postponement enablers should be adopted the most and if' their adoption can fully mitigate the effect risk conditions exert on supply disruptions' probability and severity. To achieve our objective, we developed a conceptual model, and we tested it using survey data from 54 Italian manufacturing companies. The results show that supply market difficulty and technological uncertainty imply a higher probability and severity of disruptions associated with supplier failure and purchase unavailability. Most importantly, we provide evidence of the role played by product and process modularity in fully mitigating the effect of technological uncertainty on supply disruptions.
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