Summarise the six tactics for managing supply shortfalls which are explained in the Sheffi, Y. (2020) - Who Gets What When Supply Chains Are Disrupted? MIT Sloan Management Review

– For each tactic in Sheffi (2020), identify a (one) complementary and/or opposing supply chain driver of competitive advantage in "Fundamentals of supply chain management twelve drivers of competitive advantage" (Mentzer, J. (2004)

– Provide at least one example of a situation (industry type/market segment/product type/supply chain configuration/geographical location/company size/etc.) where the suggested tactics and the complementary and/or opposing driver is suitable and one example where the selected strategies are not suitable. In other words, 1 tactic from Sheffi, Y. 2020 and a driver from Mentzer’s book that support/complement and/or oppose Sheffi’s (2020) suggested tactic; and provide suitability and unsuitability of each of Mentzer’s driver used in the context of industry type/market segment/product type/supply chain configuration/geographical location/company size/etc.) chosen above. Repeated for each of the six tactics and drivers selected.

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