Ripple effect in supply chains: a systematic literature review protocol

Abstract

Recently, supply chains had to cope with various exogenic disruptions. These disruptions are resulting in cascading failures that are spreading across all the supply networks, a phenomenon called the Ripple. Analyzing this phenomenon is the goal of this protocol. To do so, this paper aims to describe the structural steps of the protocol used to carry out an upcoming systematic literature review. Furthermore, the planned work on the way to the final literature review is defined. Therefore, research questions, for a qualitative argumentation with the ripple effect are phrased. The aim is to find out how resilient supply chain networks react on the ripple effect, how the effects of the exogenic shocks can be measured to compare supply chain networks, and which simulation techniques are appropriate to justify and quantify the results. Furthermore, the target quantitative bibliometric analyze patterns are defined and a brief conclusion is capturing achievments and stating out next steps.