Source:Ivanon, D. Tsipoulanidis, A and Schonberger, J. (2019) Global Supply Chain and Operations Management: A decision-oriented introduction into the creation of value, Springer Nature, Cham, 2nd Ed.,

Question .1

1.1 As extracted from the case study, BASF built a resilient supply chain, which is why the economic consequences of the incident were considerably smaller than expected. Considering this statement, critically discuss what resilient supply chains entail in the context of BASF and their significance in contributing to its bottom-line. Your response should make use of relevant examples.

1.2 With reference to the case study and using relevant literature, critically discuss the ripple effects of the explosion and subsequent fires at the North Harbor terminal from a supply chain context. Your response should discuss the impacts of these effects for BASF and its stakeholders.