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changing environment will disrupt global supply
chains and thus organizations need to adapt their
supply chains in response to a changing
environment and in preparation to reduce climaterelated
risk. As the risks associated with climate
change, organizations thus establish responding
strategies for environments where supply chains
have suffered because of the complexity of supply
chains due to the expansion and networking of
global distribution.
SUMMARY OF CASES
Although the weather cannot be controlled or
sometimes even predicted, companies can take steps
to prepare for serious weather events in hopes of
limiting their impact. Since extreme weather may
increase transportation costs in all kinds of
material’s movement.
For example, Hurricane phenomena can influence
the speed of logistics movement.
While review of existing research suggests that
supply chains dependent on agriculture are most
vulnerable; everything from cultivating crops to the
transportation of finished products to the consumer
can be derailed by a storm. In recent years, events
such as the Thailand floods of 2011 and Hurricane
Sandy of 2012, Japan earthquakes in 2011, and
Russian drought in 2010 have proven the global
impact of a regional event. Trends show that the
frequency of these disastrous events is increasing
and some attribute that increase to climate change.
In order to prepare and protect themselves against
such events companies have begun taking measures
to build resilience into their supply chains. Such
efforts include diversifying suppliers, moving
towards local supply chains, mapping supply chains
to identify threats, and improving communication.
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION
If uncontrollable environmental changes occur,
opportunities to use such approaches will be lost no
matter how good the approaches are. In this study,
lean supply chain management considering climate
change presented in uncertain environments. Lean
supply chain should drive on climate change for
supply chain strategic and operations management.
As Goldstein [15] proposed that implementing a
proactive plan is the best way to prepare for the
devastating effects of severe weather and clime
change. With the increasing attention paid to
climate change that can accompany it, firms are
starting firstly to take at their own companies to
lessen the impact of such events.
Future study on lean supply chain study and climate
change will explore implications of design of lean
supply chain.
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