Supply Chain Collaboration and Disruption Mitigation Capability

Today´s market is characterized by high levels of uncertainty and turbulence. Outsourcing and globalization have created longer and more complex supply chains, which are more vulnerable to business disruptions. Thus it is critical for firms to enhance supply chain disruption mitigation capabilities. This research investigates the impact of supply chain collaboration on disruption mitigation capability. Through the use of the structural equation modeling technique, it is shown that supply chain integration has direct influence on the disruption warning and recovery capability, supply chain visibility has direct influence on disruption warning capability, and disruption warning capability has a strong influence on recovery capability.