OR-methods for coping with the ripple effect in supply chains during COVID-19 pandemic: Managerial insights and research implications

D Ivanov, A Dolgui - International journal of production economics, 2021 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 pandemic unveils unforeseen and unprecedented fragilities in supply chains
(SC). A primary stressor of SCs and their subsequent shocks derives from disruption …

Predicting the impacts of epidemic outbreaks on global supply chains: A simulation-based analysis on the coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19/SARS-CoV-2) case

D Ivanov - Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Epidemic outbreaks are a special case of supply chain (SC) risks which is distinctively
characterized by a long-term disruption existence, disruption propagations (ie, the ripple …

A review of robust operations management under model uncertainty

M Lu, ZJM Shen - Production and Operations Management, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Over the past two decades, there has been explosive growth in the application of robust
optimization in operations management (robust OM), fueled by both significant advances in …

Ripple effect in the supply chain network: Forward and backward disruption propagation, network health and firm vulnerability

Y Li, K Chen, S Collignon, D Ivanov - European Journal of Operational …, 2021 - Elsevier
A local disruption can propagate to forward and downward through the material flow and
eventually influence the entire supply chain network (SCN). This phenomenon of ripple …

Reconfigurable supply chain: The X-network

A Dolgui, D Ivanov, B Sokolov - International Journal of Production …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Research on supply chain (SC) digitalization, resilience, sustainability and leagility has
remarkably progressed, most of it focused on the individual contributions of these four major …

Integrated detection of disruption scenarios, the ripple effect dispersal and recovery paths in supply chains

A Pavlov, D Ivanov, F Werner, A Dolgui… - Annals of Operations …, 2022 - Springer
The studies on supply chain (SC) disruption management frequently assume the existence
of some negative scenarios and suggest ways to proactively protect and reactively recover …

'A blessing in disguise'or 'as if it wasn't hard enough already': reciprocal and aggravate vulnerabilities in the supply chain

D Ivanov - International Journal of Production Research, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
We investigate the interrelations of structural and operational vulnerabilities in the supply
chain (SC) using discrete-event simulation for a real life case study. We theorise a notion of …

Recovery from demand disruption: Two-stage financing strategy for a capital-constrained supply chain under uncertainty

Y Zhao, H Zhou, R Leus - European Journal of Operational Research, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper addresses recovery strategies for supply chain enterprises under uncertain
demand. Specifically, a bank or supplier is considered to provide financing for a capital …

A socio-economic and environmental vulnerability assessment model with causal relationships in electric power supply chains

A Vafadarnikjoo, M Tavana, K Chalvatzis… - Socio-Economic …, 2022 - Elsevier
The electric power industry is uniquely vulnerable to natural and human-made risks such as
natural disasters, climate change, and cybersecurity. This study proposes a vulnerability …

Is dual sourcing a better choice? The impact of reliability improvement and contract manufacturer encroachment

B Dong, W Tang, C Zhou, Y Ren - Transportation Research Part E: Logistics …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the strategic sourcing choice of an original equipment manufacturer
(OEM) in the presence of contract manufacturer (CM) encroachment and reliability …