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Understanding systemic disruption from the Covid-19-induced semiconductor shortage for the auto industry
Vinay Ramani1, Debabrata Ghosh2, ManMohan S Sodhi3
1Department of Industrial & Management Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, India.
Abstract:
Covid-19 has allowed us to study systemic disruptions that impact entire industries. This paper explores how disruptions start, propagate, and continue over time by examining the semiconductor chip shortage faced by the auto industry during the years following Covid-19 in 2020. First, we carried out a thematic analysis of 209 pertinent newspaper articles. The analysis resulted in a thematic model of such disruptions with the interplay of various factors leading to the prolonged disruption to the auto sector. Second, we present the results from a stylized supply chain planning model run at different times to show how disruptions propagate to the auto and other sectors, causing systemic shortages. Overall, we contribute to the supply chain risk literature by focusing on system disruptions impacting entire industries versus normal disruptions affecting a particular company's supply chain.
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