Description
This book explores the concept of supply chain viability, which is the ability of a supply chain to adapt and thrive amid uncertainty and disruption. A viable supply chain possesses requisite variety and feedback mechanisms that allow it to respond to multiple future scenarios without knowing them in advance, ensuring both performance and persistence of purpose. The book examines fundamental questions such as how resilience and viability can be designed into supply chains and how these qualities can be leveraged to create business value. It also considers how ecosystem viability and regeneration can be achieved in a world where supply chains are deeply interconnected with nature, society, and value-creation networks. To address these questions, the book takes an interdisciplinary approach, drawing on supply chain management, industrial engineering, cybernetics and control, systems science, and biology. It offers a rich combination of foundational knowledge, practical frameworks, implementation guidelines, and philosophical reflections. At its heart, the book is about increasing business value through adaptability and equipping supply chains and ultimately society with the capabilities needed to survive and thrive in a multitude of future scenarios. This book is not about perfection; it is about purpose. If you find missing connections or structures, feel free to create them, because life is not about rigid frameworks but about meaningful adaptation. This is a book about us.
ISBN 9783032218377
