A study of the Indonesian trucking business: Survival framework for land transport during the Covid-19 pandemic

Trucking occupies the largest Indonesian transportation market share, making this sector a crucial contributor to the Indonesian supply chain. Any problem in freight transportation impacts the entire supply chain. This study explores how trucking companies were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and what factors contributed to their resilience. A total of 190 Indonesian trucking companies were involved in this research. This study demonstrates that trucking companies' performance was significantly affected by both the COVID-19 pandemic and companies' resilience. Their resilience was affected by various factors, including the adoption of digital technologies, strength of financial resources, risk and business continuity management, and relationships with customers. Even though financial resource management directly affected company performance, the effect was more significant when company resilience was a mediating factor between financial resources management and company performance. Hence, survival frameworks and managerial action should emphasize these factors to enhance company resilience and performance. However, successful application of this in the trucking industry still requires further exploration. © 2022 Elsevier Ltd

Does Size Matter for Enhancing Company Resilience and Performance of Indonesian Trucking Company during COVID-19 Pandemic?

It is not clear whether or not the size of a company affects its survival during the COVID-19 pandemic. This research will address the issue of size and its contribution to company resilience and performance by looking at factors affecting resilience such as financial resources management, innovation and digitalisation technology, resilient leadership, risk and business continuity management. We focus specifically on the trucking sector. Both factors and its indicator were determined through an in-depth literature review and then transformed into questionnaires, distributed to Indonesian trucking companies and then validated through statistical analysis using PLS-SEM. This study found that different resilience factors significantly contributed to company resilience, and the size does matter in terms of achieving resilience in facing COVID-19 disruption. © 2022 ACM.

Impact of Covid-19 on the Sierra Leone Brewery Limited Supply Chain

After the outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in late December 2019, many supply chains (SCs) and industries around the world have been greatly affected by the impacts of the virus. Measures such as closure of international airports, seaports, land borders, nationwide lockdown, social distancing, quarantine measures, and work-from-home have impacted many production firms and consumers around the globe. The overall objective of the research is aimed at assessing the impact of the covid-19 lockdowns and social distancing measures on the SC of the Sierra Leone Brewery Limited (SLBL) located in Sierra Leone, West Africa. The study gives insights into the understanding of SC in relation to the covid-19 pandemic by uncovering key issues of the covid-19 measures to the normal operations of the company that provides a baseline for the company in decision making should there be such an unforeseen disruption to its SC. The research adopted a case study qualitative research method, administering open-ended questionnaires to identify the key problems caused by the covid-19 measures. The research identified six (6) key problems from the responses of participants and proposes improvement initiatives by the use of the quality function deployment (QFD) framework. © IEOM Society International.