%0 Conference Paper %B Proceedings of the 2007 Industrial Engineering Research Conference %D 2007 %T Designing principles to create resilient Supply Chains %A Carvalho, H. %A Cruz-Machado, V. %C Nashville, USA %P 186–191 %X

This paper explores the designing principles to create resilient Supply Chains ({SC)} with the ability to return, rapidly, to the initial stage or to an improved one after a disturbance occurrence. Supply chain disturbances and failure modes are identified and discussed. The concept of resilience applied to {SCs} is defined and explored; a conceptual {SC} Resilience Index and a {SC} Resilience Indicator are proposed. A framework for the design of resilient supply chains is introduced, identifying main {SC} characteristic that can be modified to increase {SC} resilience and to mitigate its inherent vulnerability. An exploratory simulation study is presented to test the design of alternative {SC} scenarios.

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