[SOLVED] Recovering Supply Chain Operations
Nissan: Recovering Supply Chain Operations Written Case Analysis 1. Evaluate Nissan’s business continuity plan (BCP) to recover its supply chain operations. Key areas include: employee safety, protection of facilities, return to minimum acceptable service levels, work with supply chain partners to restore service, and restore operations to pre-crisis levels. 2. What do you think of Nissan’s performance in managing supply chain disruption? Key operational strategies include: stockpiling inventory, diversifying and backing-up supply, managing demand and strengthening the supply chain. 3. Discuss the resilience strategies that Nissan used to manage the crisis. Strategies include: BCP, risk mitigation, employee training, cross-national leadership, standard parts, information updates, risk assessment, cross-regional and cross-functional employees, demand management. 4. What is a “barrel” supply chain? How did this impact Nissan? Is there another supply chain structure that is a better fit to manage risk? 5. What adjustments / improvement measures should Nissan make before the next crisis?
