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Catastrophe insurance and flexible planning for supply chain disruption management: a stochastic simulation case study

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2023.2176179

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Supply chain risk management; operational plan; stochastic programming; catastrophe insurance; disruption

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Catastrophe-related insurance is an effective tool for global corporations to reduce economic losses caused by high impact events. This study explores the impact of purchasing catastrophe insurance on supply chain operational planning, finding that it may be optimal for supply chains to scrap redundant products in catastrophes.
Catastrophe-related insurance (e.g. business interruption insurance) is an effective financing tool for global corporations to reduce economic losses caused by high impact events. Flexible operational planning is an often-used tool enabling rapid adjustment of operational plans for reducing catastrophe-related damage costs. The interaction between catastrophe insurance and flexible operations planning has rarely been studied. In this paper, we develop a stochastic programming model for a multi-echelon global supply chain network that we solve to investigate the impact of purchasing catastrophe insurance on supply chain operational planning in a catastrophe-prone environment. Computational simulations are developed for evaluating solution quality and measuring catastrophe-related damage costs. We find that it may be optimal for supply chains to scrap redundant products in catastrophes when customer demand falls below the expected level. Purchasing catastrophe insurance may encourage supply chains to scrap more products, which results in more catastrophe-related damages. From analysing supply chain costs, catastrophe-related damage costs, and operational plans, we find that a higher compensation rate of catastrophe insurance triggers more production activities being planned at the vulnerable node just before the vulnerable time period, especially for low residual value products. Finally, we give managerial insights to help reduce unnecessary damages in catastrophes.

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