Purpose: This research develops a supplier risk assessment methodology for measuring, tracking, and analyzing supplier and part specific risk over time for an automotive manufacturer.Design/Methodology: Supply chain risk literature is analyzed and used in conjunction with interviews from the...

When a disruption occurs in a firm, its effects are often felt throughout the supply chain. As supply chains expand globally and companies pursue velocity and efficiency, the probability of disruptions propagating throughout a chain grows. In this paper, we employ a qualitative, grounded theory...

Through the development and usage of an agent-based model, this paper investigates firms' adaptive strategies against disruptions in a supply chain network. Viewing supply chain networks as complex adaptive systems (CAS), we first construct and analyze a real-world supply chain network among...