Identifying the exaptation potential of supply chain resilience capabilities during COVID-19: insights from Australia

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Figure 1. Types of exaptation potential for supply chain resilience capabilities, adapted from Herold et al. (2024).

Figure 2. Summary of supply chain resilience exaptation potential.

Table 1. Resilience Management Practices (RMPs), adapted from Mandal et al. (2016).

Capabilities		Description
RMPs
Supply Chain Resilience
	Preparedness for unexpected events	Indicates to what extent the supply chain was well prepared for unexpected events.
	Ability to adequately respond	Indicates to what extent the supply chain was able to adequately respond to and recover from the disruption by quickly restoring operations.
	Ability to maintain structure and function	Indicates to what extent the supply chain had the ability to maintain control over structure and function.
Supply Chain Collaboration
	Ability to work with key suppliers	Indicates to what extent the company was able to work jointly with key suppliers to address the customers‘ and supply chain challenges.
	Ability to work with key customers	Indicates to what extent the company was able to work with its key supply chain customers for mutual benefits.
	Ability to develop strategic objectives jointly with partners	Indicates to what extent the company was able to develop strategic objectives jointly with our supply chain partners to address the customers‘ and supply chain challenges.
Supply Chain Visibility
	Operations information available within company	Indicates to what extent the supply chain had the necessary information systems for monitoring, tracking and changing operations within the company’s boundaries.
	Operations information available 1st tier/Customers	Indicates to what extent the supply chain had the necessary information systems for monitoring, tracking and changing operations outside the company’s boundaries (1st tier suppliers and customers).
	Operations information available beyond 1st tier	Indicates to what extent the supply chain had the necessary information systems for monitoring, tracking and changing operations across the SC (extended as possible).
Supply Chain Flexibility
	Ability to adjust suppliers’ order quantities	Indicates to what extent the supply chain could adjust suppliers’ order quantities.
	Ability to adjust delivery time of suppliers’ order	Indicates to what extent the supply chain could adjust delivery time of suppliers’ order.
	Ability to substitute products due to shortages	Indicates to what extent the supply chain could adjust the mix of products, i.e. was able to substitute products due to shortages.
Supply Chain Velocity
	Ability to rapidly deal with threats in the environment	Indicates to what extent the supply chain could rapidly deal with threats in the business environment.
	Ability to rapidly address opportunities in the environment	Indicates to what extent the supply chain could rapidly address opportunities in the business environment.
	Ability to quickly respond to changes in the environment	Indicates to what extent the supply chain could quickly respond to changes in the business environment.

Table 2. Scores by exaptation potential type.

Capabilites		Exaptation Potential
RMPs		Ambi-dextrous	Confi-gurative	Trans-formative	Impeded	Total
Supply Chain Resilience		56%	7%	26%	11%	100%
	Preparedness for unexpected events	50%	6%	32%	12%	100%
	Ability to adequately respond	58%	7%	23%	12%	100%
	Ability to maintain structure and function	61%	7%	22%	10%	100%
Supply Chain Collaboration		67%	5%	17%	11%	100%
	Ability to work with key suppliers	69%	7%	14%	10%	100%
	Ability to work with key customers	66%	4%	20%	10%	100%
	Ability to develop strategic objectives jointly with partners	67%	5%	17%	11%	100%
Supply Chain Visibility		58%	5%	26%	11%	100%
	Operations information available within company	59%	4%	27%	10%	100%
	Operations information available 1st tier/Customers	60%	5%	25%	10%	100%
	Operations information available beyond 1st tier	57%	5%	26%	12%	100%
Supply Chain Flexibility		60%	6%	22%	12%	100%
	Ability to adjust suppliers’ order quantities	61%	7%	22%	10%	100%
	Ability to adjust delivery time of suppliers’ order	61%	5%	22%	12%	100%
	Ability to substitute products due to shortages	58%	7%	23%	12%	100%
Supply Chain Velocity		55%	7%	26%	12%	100%
	Ability to rapidly deal with threats in the environment	53%	6%	28%	13%	100%
	Ability to rapidly address opportunities in the environment	56%	5%	25%	14%	100%
	Ability to quickly respond to changes in the environment	56%	8%	25%	11%	100%
Supply Chain Capabilities Total		60%	6%	23%	11%	100%

Herold, D. M., Prataviera, L. B., & Nowicka, K. (2024). From exploitation and exploration to exaptation? A logistics service provider (LSP) perspective on building supply chain resilience capabilities during disruptions. The International Journal of Logistics Management. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJLM-02-2023-0077

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Data availability statement

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author, DMH, upon reasonable request.