The effectiveness of strategies for improving supply chain resilience: A comparative assessment

Öz

Geopolitical tensions, pandemics, natural disasters, and global trade disputes disrupt supply chains, creating significant challenges for firms. The increased frequency of such events has elevated supply chain resilience from an operational agenda item to a strategic priority for businesses. Although this trend has led to a growing body of resilience strategies in the literature, the number of studies that quantitatively compare their relative effectiveness remains limited. This study aims to contribute to filling this gap in the literature by comparatively analyzing the effectiveness of strategies that promise to enhance supply chain resilience under Türkiye's conditions. For this purpose, prominent strategies from the literature were first compiled, and six were selected for evaluation. Subsequently, to determine the relative effectiveness of the selected strategies, the judgments of four experienced supply chain experts were analyzed using the Best-Worst Method (BWM). The evaluation results indicated that agility ranked first as the most effective strategy, followed by diversification and collaboration strategies. Redundancy strategy, on the other hand, ranked last among the evaluated strategies.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Supply Chain Resilience
• Supply Chain Resilience Strategies
• Best-Worst Method

Etik Beyan

This study was conducted with the approval of the Scientific Research Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Social and Humanities Sciences at Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University.

Tedarik zinciri dayanıklılığını geliştirmeye yönelik stratejilerin etkinliği: Karşılaştırmalı bir değerlendirme

Öz

Jeopolitik gerilimler, salgın hastalıklar, doğal afetler ve küresel ticaret anlaşmazlıkları tedarik zincirlerinin akışını bozarak önemli aksaklıklara neden olmaktadır. Günümüzde bu tür olayların sıklığının artması, tedarik zincirinin dayanıklılığını operasyonel bir gündem maddesi olmaktan çıkararak işletmeler için stratejik bir öncelik haline getirmiştir. Bu eğilim, literatürde dayanıklılığı artırmaya yönelik çok sayıda stratejinin önerilmesine yol açmış olsa da bu stratejilerin göreceli etkinliğini nicel olarak karşılaştıran çalışmalar sınırlı düzeydedir. Bu çalışma, tedarik zinciri dayanıklılığını artırmayı vaat eden stratejilerin Türkiye koşullarındaki etkinliğini göreceli bir şekilde analiz ederek literatürdeki bu boşluğun doldurulmasına katkı sağlamayı amaçlamaktadır. Bu amaç doğrultusunda ilk olarak literatürde öne çıkan stratejiler derlenmiş ve değerlendirme işleminde kullanılmak üzere altı strateji seçilmiştir. Ardından seçilen stratejilerin göreceli etkinliğini belirlemek amacıyla deneyimli dört tedarik zinciri uzmanının yargıları En İyi-En Kötü Yöntemi (BWM) kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Değerlendirme sonuçlarında çeviklik en etkili strateji olarak ilk sırada yer alırken, bu stratejiyi çeşitlendirme ve iş birliği stratejileri izlemiştir. Yedeklik stratejisi ise değerlendirilen stratejiler arasında en az etkili strateji olarak son sırada yer almıştır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Tedarik Zinciri Dayanıklılığı
• Tedarik Zinciri Dayanıklılık Stratejileri
• En İyi-En Kötü Yöntemi

Etik Beyan

Bu araştırma, Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat Üniversitesi Sosyal ve Beşeri Bilimler Alanı Bilimsel Araştırma Etik Kurulu’nun onayı ile gerçekleştirilmiştir.

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