How is COVID-19 altering the manufacturing landscape? A literature review of imminent challenges and management interventions.
Ann Oper Res
; : 1-33, 2021 Nov 17.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1942004
ABSTRACT
Disruption from the COVID-19 pandemic has caused major upheavals for manufacturing, and has severe implications for production networks, and the demand and supply chains underpinning manufacturing operations. This paper is the first of its kind to pull together research on both-the pandemic-related challenges and the management interventions in a manufacturing context. This systematic literature review reveals the frailty of supply chains and production networks in withstanding the pressures of lockdowns and other safety protocols, including product and workforce shortages. These, altogether, have led to closed facilities, reduced capacities, increased costs, and severe economic uncertainty for manufacturing businesses. In managing these challenges and stabilising their operations, manufacturers are urgently intervening by-investing in digital technologies, undertaking resource redistribution and repurposing, regionalizing and localizing, servitizing, and targeting policies that can help them survive in this altered economy. Based on holistic analysis of these challenges and interventions, this review proposes an extensive research agenda for future studies to pursue.
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Experimental Studies
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Prognostic study
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Reviews
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Systematic review/Meta Analysis
Language:
English
Journal:
Ann Oper Res
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
S10479-021-04397-2
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