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Roles of inventory and reserve capacity in mitigating supply chain disruption risk

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  • Florian Lücker
  • Ralf W. Seifert
  • Işık Biçer

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This research focuses on managing disruption risk in supply chains using inventory and reserve capacity under stochastic demand. While inventory can be considered as a speculative risk mitigation lever, reserve capacity can be used in a reactive fashion when a disruption occurs. We determine optimal inventory levels and reserve capacity production rates for a firm that is exposed to supply chain disruption risk. We fully characterise four main risk mitigation strategies: inventory strategy, reserve capacity strategy, mixed strategy and passive acceptance. We illustrate how the optimal risk mitigation strategy depends on product characteristics (functional versus innovative) and supply chain characteristics (agile versus efficient). This work is inspired from a risk management problem of a leading pharmaceutical company.

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  • Florian Lücker & Ralf W. Seifert & Işık Biçer, 2019. "Roles of inventory and reserve capacity in mitigating supply chain disruption risk," International Journal of Production Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 57(4), pages 1238-1249, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:tprsxx:v:57:y:2019:i:4:p:1238-1249
    DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2018.1504173
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