Research On The Influencing Factors And Configuration Effect Of Supply Chain Resilience

In recent years,various uncertain,unstable and unpredictable events have increased significantly,bringing great impact to the supply chain that "a slight move in one part may affect the overall situation",and the supply chain vulnerability and disruption risk are becoming more obvious.How to build a resilient supply chain has become common concern for the academic,industrial,and governmental sectors.To achieve this goal,the study of factors influencing supply chain resilience has become one of the key issues.However,the current research on the influencing factors of supply chain resilience is mainly from the perspective of qualitative analysis,based on case studies and phenomenon descriptions.Some scholars use mathematical modeling to carry out research.Empirical research on the influencing factors of supply chain resilience is still rare.Moreover,most studies focus on the independent effects of different influencing factors,and lack of studies on the combined effects of multiple factors behind supply chain resilience from a holistic perspective.From the perspective of single and multiple configurations,this study constructs research models for the influencing factors of supply chain resilience.Based on 622 valid samples of enterprises,this study applies structural equation model(SEM)and fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis(fsQCA)for empirical analysis.In the first stage,this study uses the structural equation model(SEM)to analyze the single influence on the supply chain resilience of five factors,namely flexibility,agility,reconfiguration,visibility and supply chain cooperation,In the second stage,this paper uses fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis(fcQCA)to further study the combined effects of these different factors on supply chain resilience,attempting to answer the questions such as "Which factors affect the supply chain resilience?","How does the combination of these factors affect the supply chain resilience?",and "How can enterprises use their own resources to build resilient supply chains?".The research shows that:(1)Flexibility,agility,reconfiguration,visibility and supply chain cooperation can have positive impacts on supply chain resilience.(2)High flexibility,high agility,high reconfiguration,high visibility and strong cooperative relationship cannot be the necessary conditions for high supply chain resilience alone.(3)There are three driving configurations for high supply chain resilience,namely,high agility configuration consisting of agility*reconfiguration*supply chain cooperation,high visibility configuration consisting of～flexibility*reconfiguration*visibility*supply chain cooperation,and agile visual dual configuration consisting of～f1exibility*agility*visibility*supply chain cooperation and flexibility*agility*visibility*reconfiguration.The high supply chain resilience is the synergy of multiple factors,and the effective combination of various factors promotes the supply chain resilience in the way of "different paths lead to the same goal".This research systematically discusses the influencing factors of supply chain resilience,which can provide theoretical guidance and managerial insights for enterprises to improve supply chain resilience.