Purpose

This paper aims to explore how resilience is evident in healthcare supply chains in the public sector when faced with pandemic disruption and to identify any learnings to inform recovery and future-readiness phases.

Design/methodology/approach

An exploratory case study was conducted, consisting of seven semi-structured interviews with public sector supply chain actors in the healthcare personal protective equipment supply chain. The data included document analysis.

Findings

Key findings show how specific resilience strategies such as agility, collaboration, flexibility and redundancy, contributed to supply chain resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic response. Collaboration is identified as a key mechanism for resilience with public sector networks viewed as facilitating this. Established collaborative relationships with suppliers pre-pandemic did not support increased visibility of tiers within the supply chain.

Originality/value

This is one of the first papers to provide in-depth resilience insights through an example of healthcare supply chains during the COVID-19 pandemic.

中文翻译：

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大流行中断期间的供应链弹性：来自医疗保健的证据

目的

本文旨在探讨在面临大流行中断时，公共部门的医疗保健供应链中的复原力如何明显，并确定任何经验教训，为恢复和未来准备阶段提供信息。

设计/方法/方法

进行了一项探索性案例研究，包括对医疗保健个人防护设备供应链中公共部门供应链参与者的七次半结构化访谈。数据包括文件分析。

发现

主要发现表明，在应对 COVID-19 大流行期间，敏捷性、协作性、灵活性和冗余性等具体的弹性策略如何促进供应链弹性。与被视为促进这一点的公共部门网络合作被确定为恢复能力的关键机制。在大流行前与供应商建立的合作关系不支持提高供应链内层级的可见性。

原创性/价值

这是通过 COVID-19 大流行期间医疗保健供应链的示例提供深入的弹性洞察力的首批论文之一。