Adaptacyjność łańcuchów dostaw we współczesnej gospodarce. Studium na przykładzie produktów leczniczych i wyrobów medycznych
Adaptability of Supply Chains in the Modern Economy. A Study on the Example of Medicinal Products and Devices

Author(s): Agnieszka Bukowska-Piestrzyńska, Jakub Doński‑Lesiuk, Tomasz Adam Karkowski, Urszula Motowidlak
Subject(s): Economy, Business Economy / Management, Transport / Logistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
Keywords: supply chains;supply chain management;reconfiguration;Adaptability;medicinal products and medical devices
Summary/Abstract: The book deals with the important and current subject of the effectiveness of the creation and functioning of Supply Chains in a changing, uncertain reality. It presents the results of analyzes on increasing the adaptability of supply chains. The authors focus on finding answers to the main research question of building resilience while maintaining operational efficiency and cost-effectiveness on the one hand, and on the other hand, being prepared for turmoil in the long term. Importantly, it is not about another possible wave of a pandemic, but about natural disasters, climate change, cyberattacks or limited access to certain resources that affect the efficiency of supply chains supporting all socio-economic processes.The research results are presented in four chapters and they concern:• Epistemological considerations aimed at examining the evolution of supply chains in conditions of disruptions and shaping the main pillars of chain adaptability in a turbulent environment,• Economic aspects of adaptability of supply chains along with its vulnerability determined shaped externally (e.g. due to the political factor),• Improvement of supply chains in the pharmaceutical industry, in the context of an increase in adaptive relations in the face of increasing instability of the environment,• Legal conditions governing the functioning of adaptive supply chains of medicinal products, including vaccines against COVID-19 and the issue of the risk of interference with active substances.The research should be of interest not only to universities and science institutions, but also managers responsible for the functioning of supply chains, healthcare entities and medical units servicing deliveries, as well as people interested in Logistics, Transport and Innovation.

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