Process modularity, supply chain responsiveness, and moderators: The Medecins Sans Frontieres response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: The unprecedented scale of the Covid-19 pandemic has been a challenge for health supply chains around the world. Many international humanitarian organizations have had to ensure the continuity of their already complex development programs, while addressing their supply chain disruptions linked to the pandemic. Process modularity has frequently been advocated as a strategy to mitigate such disruptions, although empirical evidence regarding its impact on supply chain responsiveness and what moderates this impact is scarce. This exploratory research uses supply chain data analysis, qualitative content analysis, interviews, and a three-round Delphi study to investigate how Doctors without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières; MSF) and its 151 missions employed process modularity during the Covid-

SUBMITTER: Saiah F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9115391 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature