Title: Amplifiers of Supply Chain Disruptions: A Managerial Framework for Reducing the Impact of Disruption to the Supply Chain | SCM | Supply Chain Resource Cooperative (SCRC) | North Carolina State UniversitySupply Chain Resource Cooperative | NC State University
Headings: Amplifiers of Supply Chain Disruptions: A Managerial Framework for Reducing the Impact of Disruption to the Supply Chain
Amplifiers of Supply Chain Disruptions: A Managerial Framework for Reducing the Impact of Disruption to the Supply Chain
Amplifiers of Supply Chain Disruptions
The extent to which a firm relies on global sources of supply
The complexity of the product or process
Table 1 – Global Sourcing Amplifiers of Disruption
Table 2 – Product / Process Complexity Amplifiers of Disruption

Content: The reason attributable to this shortage (and the resulting loss of market share capture)?: a sole sourced supplier in China who was plating the oven grill! The supplier had been outsourced from their first tier supplier, and it had taken the manufacturer several weeks to discover the source of the capacity shortage. When they finally discovered the source of the parts shortage, they discovered that the supplier was working three shifts, and was unable to produce enough grills, thereby causing a major bottleneck. By the time a second supplier was located and qualified, the competition had established a toe-hold in the market and was already taking market share. * A large pharmaceutical company noted that most disruptions were related to the complexity of design in artwork for package inserts. The company ships drugs to every country in the world, and must stay current of regulations in every locale. As government regulatory requirements in each country change regarding drugs and requirements for publishing patient pamphlets, entire shipments must be stopped and scrapped if the artwork is not current. All of the artwork was created manually, with no digital libraries available to provide a central repository of data information. * At a nuclear facility, the complexity of the process is a major issue.