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Blackout and supply chains: Cross-structural ripple effect, performance, resilience and viability impact analysis

  • Increased electricity consumption along with the transformations of the energy systems and interruptions in energy supply can lead to a blackout, i.e., the total loss of power in an area (or a set of areas) of a longer duration. This disruption can be fatal for production, logistics, and retail operations. Depending on the scope of the affected areas and the blackout duration, supply chains (SC) can be impacted to different extent. In this study, we perform a simulation analysis using anyLogistix digital SC twin to identify potential impacts of blackouts on SCs for scenarios of different severity. Distinctively, we triangulate the design and evaluation of experiments with consideration of SC performance, resilience, and viability. The results allow for some generalizations. First, we conceptualize blackout as a special case of SC risks which is distinctively characterized by a simultaneous shutdown of several SC processes, disruption propagations (i.e., the ripple effect), and a danger of viability losses for entire ecosystems. Second, we demonstrate how simulation-based methodology can be used to examine and predict the impacts of blackouts, mitigation and recovery strategies. The major observation from the simulation experiments is that the dynamics of the power loss propagation across different regions, the blackout duration, simultaneous unavailability of supply and logistics along with the unpredictable customer behavior might become major factors that determine the blackout impact and influence selection of an appropriate recovery strategy. The outcomes of this research can be used by decision-makers to predict the operative and long-term impacts of blackouts on the SCs and viability and develop mitigation and recovery strategies. The paper is concluded by summarizing the most important insights and outlining future research agenda toward SC viability, reconfigurable SC, multi-structural SC dynamics, intertwined supply networks, and cross-structural ripple effects.

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Author:Dmitry Ivanov
URN:urn:nbn:de:kobv:b721-opus4-36871
URL:https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10479-022-04754-9#additional-information
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-022-04754-9
Publisher:Springer Nature
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of first Publication:2022/06/03
Publishing Institution:Hochschulbibliothek HWR Berlin
Release Date:2022/06/07
Tag:Blackout; Disruption; Power outage; Resilience; Supply chain
Issue:Annals of Operations Research (2022)
Page Number:17
Institutes:FB I - Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Open Access Publikationen (DINI-Set):open_access
Open Access Publikations financed by DEAL Project:hybrid
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International