Abstract

Supply chain management literature provides several frameworks aiming to identify the constructs of supply chain performance and supply chain resilience. Nevertheless, the literature lacks a framework that encompasses healthcare supply chains and its idiosyncrasies. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to propose a framework for analysing the relationships between the antecedent factors, mediators, and consequents of healthcare supply chain resilience (HCSCRes). The supply chain risk management (SCRM) literature shows a significant gap concerning a framework that comprises the particularities of SCRM applied to healthcare. In this sense, based on the importance of identifying the determinants of HCSCRes, qualitative, and exploratory research was developed through an extensive literature review. In this sense, we propose two research questions: (i) Which are the antecedents, mediators, consequents of a resilient Healthcare Supply Chain? (ii) Which are the variables that compose the constructs of a resilient healthcare supply chain? The proposed framework of this research was designed to analyse healthcare organisations, including the healthcare supply chain. To use the proposed framework in other industries (e.g. commerce, services), it is necessary to make adaptations and adjustments on the observable variables and constructs. The main contributions of the paper are twofold: (i) Show an essential theoretical value in proposing scales for the HCSCRes factors and can be useful for future quantitative approach and surveys. (ii) The literature review reveals that the set of practices and technologies known as industry 4.0 plays a major role in the theoretical framework proposed by this paper.

摘要

供应链管理文献提供了几个框架，旨在确定供应链绩效和供应链弹性的结构。然而，文献缺乏涵盖医疗保健供应链及其特性的框架。因此，本文的目的是提出一个框架，用于分析医疗保健供应链弹性 (HCSCRes) 的前因因素、中介因素和后果之间的关系。供应链风险管理 (SCRM) 文献显示，在包含 SCRM 应用于医疗保健的特殊性的框架方面存在重大差距。从这个意义上说，基于确定 HCSCRes 决定因素的重要性，通过广泛的文献综述开发了定性和探索性研究。从这个意义上讲，我们提出两个研究问题：(i) 有弹性的医疗保健供应链的前因、中介和结果是什么？(ii) 哪些变量构成了弹性医疗保健供应链的结构？本研究提出的框架旨在分析医疗保健组织，包括医疗保健供应链。要在其他行业（例如商业、服务）中使用建议的框架，有必要对可观察的变量和结构进行调整和调整。本文的主要贡献有两个：(i) 在提出 HCSCRes 因素的尺度方面显示了重要的理论价值，可用于未来的定量方法和调查。(ii) 文献综述揭示了称为工业 4 的一组实践和技术。