Archives of Humanities & Social Sciences Research
ISSN: 3065-3568 | DOI: 10.64030/3065-3568
Feresane Matthew Sibeko
Even when the turbulences are quite disruptive, Nissan starting from the days of the more devastating Japan earthquakes of 2011, has remained resilient to withstand the effects of all economic unpredictabilities and shocks. Given the global supply chain management challenges that the modern global businesses experience, it is such insights that motivated this study to use systematic review as the qualitative research method to evaluate the global supply chain management approaches that Nissan uses. Through such analysis, the study aims to discern the best practices that can be adopted by the global businesses experiencing certain global supply chain management-related challenges. To recover its supply chain operations, thematic analysis of several studies indicated that Nissan adopted a recovery plan reflecting a combination of supply chain recovery strategies encompassing effective leadership, agility and flexibility, contingency planning, and profiling and prioritization. Since Japan is one of the global hotspots for earthquakes and tsunami, Nissan introduced the strategies for managing its supply chain disruptions in the way that bolsters its business continuity, survival and sustainability during a disaster. It adopted innovative operations to mitigate the impact of electricity outages. Besides emphasising suppliers’ usage of alternate sourcing, Nissan also adopted buffer stocking as compared to JIT system. Nissan introduced a more effective supply chain risk management, while also focusing on the bestselling cars, US and Chinese markets as well as continuous evaluation and improvement. Nissan had its own unique challenges, but it is still a set of such best practices that the businesses experiencing certain supply chain management challenges can explore.