Track: Business Management

Abstract

Many attempts have been made to study factors influencing the supply chain resilience. These studies are generally quantitative and involve rigorous statistical analyses. In This paper  we consider the supply chain resilience as a complexe adaptive system as  we describes it with an application of a systems approach known as the current reality tree of the theory of constraints not only to identify critical success factors in supply chain resilience, but also to understand causal relationships between these factors. The study was conducted in a group-based model building environment with a group of students who specialised either in supply chain management or process engineering science. The results suggest that understanding the dynamic nature of supply chain resilience result  through cause and effect relationships is critical to avoid Policy resistance and the building of futur resilient strategies.