Rokicki, T.; Bórawski, P.; Bełdycka-Bórawska, A. Disruptions in the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Supply Chains of the Automotive Industry as Crucial for the Polish Economy. Sustainability2024, 16, 269.
Rokicki, T.; Bórawski, P.; Bełdycka-Bórawska, A. Disruptions in the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Supply Chains of the Automotive Industry as Crucial for the Polish Economy. Sustainability 2024, 16, 269.
Rokicki, T.; Bórawski, P.; Bełdycka-Bórawska, A. Disruptions in the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Supply Chains of the Automotive Industry as Crucial for the Polish Economy. Sustainability2024, 16, 269.
Rokicki, T.; Bórawski, P.; Bełdycka-Bórawska, A. Disruptions in the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Supply Chains of the Automotive Industry as Crucial for the Polish Economy. Sustainability 2024, 16, 269.
Abstract
The purpose of this article is to present the COVID-19 pandemic disruptions occurring in the supply chain of automotive companies, taking into account the type of business. The specific objectives are: to identify and characterise the types of enterprises operating in automotive supply chains, to identify changes during the pandemic in automotive enterprises, depending on the type of activity, to show disruptions in automotive supply chains and ways to counteract these disadvantages depending on the type of activity. Automotive enterprises operating in Poland were selected for the study purposefully. A random selection method was used to select 500 automotive companies for the study. The data sources were surveys conducted in June 2023 among 500 enterprises in the form of a face-to-face telephone interview. Automotive companies experienced supply chain disruptions, regardless of the type of business. Most often, these were caused by lockdowns and official closures, low stocks of materials and products, and problems with employees. There was no difference by type of business. Disruptions were most often short-lived, up to 1 year. Companies countered disruptions by using mostly operational measures, which were short-lived. Only a small percentage of operators made strategic decisions and countered disruptions over a longer period. The scale of these actions was greater among manufacturers than among dealers and car service companies.
Keywords
automotive industry; changes in supply chains; counteracting the effects of COVID-19; operational and strategic decisions to abandon Asian suppliers
Subject
Business, Economics and Management, Business and Management
Copyright:
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