A public-private collaboration model of supply chain resilience to unpredictable disruptions: an exploratory empirical case study of medical mask production and distribution

TY - JOUR

T1 - A public-private collaboration model of supply chain resilience to unpredictable disruptions

T2 - an exploratory empirical case study of medical mask production and distribution

AU - Li, Yung Yi

AU - Hong, I. Hsuan

AU - Yang, Shu Jung Sunny

N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

PY - 2023/2/23

Y1 - 2023/2/23

N2 - As the COVID-19 pandemic continued unabatedly, many global supply chains involved in manufacturing and distributing personal protective equipment often failed to meet surge demand due to production capacity limits. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the existing medical mask supply chain in Taiwan was decentralized, but immediately following the outbreak in 2020, the government of Taiwan established a centralized virtual company that integrated production, distribution, and sales. We use an exploratory empirical case study to gain insights into Taiwan’s innovative public-private collaboration and the relationship between collaborative activities and supply chain resilience. This paper examines how a ten-fold growth, from 1.88 million to 20 million, in the daily production of medical masks, and their equitable distribution was achieved within four months of the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The results indicate that the public-private collaboration through a government-led centralized supply chain mitigated the impacts of unpredictable disruptions, built supply chain resilience, and ensured mask availability to the public.

AB - As the COVID-19 pandemic continued unabatedly, many global supply chains involved in manufacturing and distributing personal protective equipment often failed to meet surge demand due to production capacity limits. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the existing medical mask supply chain in Taiwan was decentralized, but immediately following the outbreak in 2020, the government of Taiwan established a centralized virtual company that integrated production, distribution, and sales. We use an exploratory empirical case study to gain insights into Taiwan’s innovative public-private collaboration and the relationship between collaborative activities and supply chain resilience. This paper examines how a ten-fold growth, from 1.88 million to 20 million, in the daily production of medical masks, and their equitable distribution was achieved within four months of the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The results indicate that the public-private collaboration through a government-led centralized supply chain mitigated the impacts of unpredictable disruptions, built supply chain resilience, and ensured mask availability to the public.

KW - COVID-19 pandemic

KW - decentralized vs. centralized supply chain

KW - medical mask production

KW - Public-private collaboration

KW - supply chain resilience

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85148959698&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1080/09537287.2023.2173104

DO - 10.1080/09537287.2023.2173104

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:85148959698

SN - 0953-7287

JO - Production Planning and Control

JF - Production Planning and Control

ER -