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Understanding Supply Chain Resilience

Resilience is at the heart of current supply chain management thinking, and understanding the concept, and where to invest in resilience, can lead to supply chains that quickly respond to and recover from costly disruptions.

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By Steven A. Melnyk, David J. Closs, Stanley E. Gri�s, Christopher W. Zobel, and John R. Macdonald November 20, 2015

When Boeing announced plans to assemble the 787 Dreamliner in late 2003, it introduced a new concept to the assembly of a commercial aircraft.

Instead of building the plane from the ground up, subcontractors from around the globe would deliver completed subassemblies to Boeing’s factory in Everett, Wash. for final assembly.

While the approach was intended to create a leaner manufacturing process, development of the new aircraft was beset by numerous supply chain related disruptions - events that interrupt the flow of products and information between raw materials, production, and the end customer.

One of those disruptions occurred just last January 2013, when the Dreamliner was grounded by the FAA due to overheating of its new lithium-ion battery.

As a result, Boeing needed to slow production of this innovative aircraft until it determined the source of the

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