Disruptions in sourcing and distribution practices of supply chains due to COVID-19 pandemic: a sustainability paradigm

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Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing Pub Date : 2021-11-19 DOI:10.1108/jgoss-02-2021-0020

Vishal S. Sharma, Amrinder Singh, S. Rai

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Purpose The present research paper is an attempt to study how COVID-19 can affect the global sourcing practices of various supply chain intermediaries across the demand chain. This study aims to explore and is an attempt to understand the overall impact of COVID-19 on the sustainable operations of the firm such as sourcing, procurement, economic performance, social responsibility, consumption and distributions. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a quantitative technique using data collected from 708 respondents. Structural equation modeling (SEM) has been applied to test the proposed model and hypothesis. Findings The findings of the study suggest that sourcing practices, distribution and sustainability considerations of manufacturers, suppliers, distributors and retailers are affected by COVID-19 to a great extent but the pandemic has also led to making supply chain intermediaries understand the changing dynamics of the business scenario which can help them in their own strategic and business evolution. Research limitations/implications The current disruptions throughout global delivery chains caused by COVID-19 affect badly, the already poor-performing supply chains. Hence, the present study provides fresh insight on how organizations can limit the ill effects of COVID-19 by safeguarding some of their key sustainable operations in a post-pandemic business scenario. Originality/value The present study takes into consideration how core supply functions such as sourcing, distribution and manufacturing and various sustainable operations are disrupted by pandemic and its after-effects. This knowledge base can help business organizations to mitigate such problems/disruptions in the future.

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目的本研究论文试图研究新冠肺炎如何影响需求链上各种供应链中介机构的全球采购实践。本研究旨在探索并试图了解新冠肺炎对企业可持续运营的总体影响，如采购、采购、经济绩效、社会责任、消费和分配。设计/方法论/方法本研究采用定量技术，使用从708名受访者收集的数据。结构方程模型（SEM）已被应用于验证所提出的模型和假设。研究结果表明，制造商、供应商、，分销商和零售商在很大程度上受到新冠肺炎的影响，但疫情也使供应链中介机构了解商业场景的变化动态，这有助于他们自己的战略和业务发展。研究局限性/影响目前新冠肺炎导致的全球供应链中断严重影响了已经表现不佳的供应链。因此，本研究提供了新的见解，说明组织如何在疫情后的商业场景中通过保护其一些关键的可持续运营来限制新冠肺炎的不良影响。独创性/价值本研究考虑了采购、分销和制造等核心供应功能以及各种可持续运营如何被疫情及其后遗症所破坏。该知识库可以帮助商业组织在未来减少此类问题/中断。

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing aims to foster and lead the international debate on global operations and strategic sourcing. It provides a central, authoritative and independent forum for the critical evaluation and dissemination of research and development, applications, processes and current practices relating to sourcing strategically for products, services, competences and resources on a global scale and to designing, implementing and managing the resulting global operations. Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing places a strong emphasis on applied research with relevant implications for both knowledge and practice. Also, the journal aims to facilitate the exchange of ideas and opinions on research projects and issues. As such, on top of a standard section publishing scientific articles, there will be two additional sections: "The Industry ViewPoint": in this section, industrial practitioners from around the world will be invited (max 2 contributions per issue) to present their point of view on a relevant subject area. This is intended to give the journal not just an academic focus, but a practical focus as well. In this way, we intend to reflect a trend that has characterised the past few decades, where interests and initiatives in research, academia and industry have been more and more converging to the point of collaborative relationships being a common practice. "Research Updates - Executive Summaries". In this section, researchers around the world will be given the opportunity to present their research projects in the area of global sourcing and outsourcing by means of an executive summary of their project. This will increase awareness of the on-going research projects in the area and it will attract interest from industry.