A study of Supply Chain Disruptions in Automotive OEM context. A case study of application of framework of SAP-LAP synthesis and Force-Field Analysis in Context of a Disruption Risk Mitigation Strategy. You may get in touch for more details, critical learnings of the study.

1. Research Thesis
Supply Chain Disruptions & A Case
Study of Automotive Assembler
Pallav Vikash Chatterjee

2. Executive Summary
Indian automotive industry is at an inflection point, with experts estimate it to
cross 10 million units annually and become world’s third largest automobile
producer. However with this growth risk management in supply chain context
is important consideration for the strategic planners for an automotive
industry player. With advancement of technologies, foreign OEMs entering the
country, cost, continuity & quality concerns force the OEMs globalize their
sourcing process and engages variety of services in their supply chain
functions. With increasing geographic diversities, complex information,
complex material flow & complex payment flow lines and critically important
and technologically critical components the risk has increased multi-folds.
Recent examples of labour strike disruptions with commodities suppliers
resulting to mounting losses for OEMs or the earthquake in Japan disrupting
the global operations of automotive majors exemplify the need of robust
Supply Chain Risk Management policies & practices to be adopted by
automotive players.
In this study it is proposed to discuss and gather feedback from industry
practitioners on current state of risk management practices, their perceptions
about continuity planning and the threats of risks that they perceive. Further
we propose to conduct a detailed review of research literature from journals
and publications on the subject of business continuity planning and supply
chain risk management. Further, we propose to study a context of risk
management issue of an automotive assembler and try to apply the learnings
from the rich sources of academic literature.

3. Table of Contents
Chapter / Section Page No.
Acknowledgement 2
Executive Summary 3
Chapter 1. Indian Automotive Industry: Background 7
Industry 7
Growing global linkages 7
Government Role 8
Global scenario 9
Supply chain structure 9
Conclusion 10
Chapter 2. Supply Chain Disruptions: Automobile Industry 12
Chapter 3. Exploratory Factors of Crisis in India 14
Generic Risks 14
Pricing Risks 14
Specification Risks 17
Lead Time Risks 18
Quality Risks 19
Factors of risks 20
Chapter 4. Supply Chain Risk Management: Literature Review 23
Chapter 5. Risk Management Practices 30
Chapter 6. Framework of Risk Analysis 36
Chapter 7. Case Study – After-Market Spare Parts Business 37
SAP-LAP synthesis 40
Prevalent Situation 40
Main Actors 41
Processes 42
Learning Issues 43
Suggested Actions 44
Expected Performance 45
Self Interaction Matrices 46
Assessment Matrices 49
Cross Interaction Matrices 50
SAP-LAP Interpretations 55
Force-Field Analysis 58
Strategic Options 59
Chapter 8. Conclusions 60

4. Bibliography 64