2026
Simon Waibel; Ludwig Häberle; Oliver Antons; Julia Arlinghaus
Supplier resilience capabilities assessment in manufacturing companies: A systematic literature review Buchkapitel
In: Bode, Christoph; Bogaschewsky, Ronald; Buchholz, Wolfgang; Eßig, Michael; Lasch, Rainer (Hrsg.): Supply Management Research: Aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse 2026, S. 109–133, Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, 2026, ISBN: 978-3-658-52933-8.
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title = {Supplier resilience capabilities assessment in manufacturing companies: A systematic literature review},
author = {Simon Waibel and Ludwig H\"{a}berle and Oliver Antons and Julia Arlinghaus},
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abstract = {Manufacturing firms face increasing supply disruptions and geopolitical volatility, elevating the need to understand and assess supplier resilience capabilities. While supply chain resilience has been widely studied, limited guidance exists on how focal firms can evaluate suppliers' contributions to resilience. This study conducts a systematic literature review to synthesize how manufacturing companies assess supplier resilience within supplier performance assessment practices. Findings show that existing approaches are fragmented and often risk-focused rather than capability-oriented. Using the sensing, seizing, and transforming dynamic capabilities framework, the analysis identifies ten supplier resilience dimensions. These insights integrate dispersed assessment criteria into a coherent framework. The study contributes to theory by linking supplier assessment to resilience capability development and offers actionable guidance for designing resilience-oriented evaluation systems.},
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Manufacturing firms face increasing supply disruptions and geopolitical volatility, elevating the need to understand and assess supplier resilience capabilities. While supply chain resilience has been widely studied, limited guidance exists on how focal firms can evaluate suppliers' contributions to resilience. This study conducts a systematic literature review to synthesize how manufacturing companies assess supplier resilience within supplier performance assessment practices. Findings show that existing approaches are fragmented and often risk-focused rather than capability-oriented. Using the sensing, seizing, and transforming dynamic capabilities framework, the analysis identifies ten supplier resilience dimensions. These insights integrate dispersed assessment criteria into a coherent framework. The study contributes to theory by linking supplier assessment to resilience capability development and offers actionable guidance for designing resilience-oriented evaluation systems.