Read the case study below and answer the questions that follow. The Impact of Political Protests on Business Continuity Most companies know to prepare a supply chain for resilience in the face of severe weather events and natural disasters, however, an increasingly disruptive phenomenon to business continuity are medium- and large-scale political protests. Over the past months, waves of political protests have wracked Hong Kong. Ranging in size from millions of people surrounding the Legislative Council to tens of thousands of demonstrators marching through shopping areas and rail stations, these political protests disrupted business continuity within and through Hong Kong. The protests, centered around an extradition bill that would allow for some arrested to be extradited for trial in mainland China, has shutdown railway stations, clogged traffic throughout the city, and resulted in hundreds of shop and business closures. The Hong Kong protests were also marked by numerous incidents of vandalism and violence as demonstrators graffitied government buildings and clashed with police officials, who had to deploy tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse crowds. As the protests ebb and wane in Hong Kong, companies must consider the day-to-day situation on the ground when determining business activities within or through the city. Companies within Hong Kong are also concerned about the safety and convenience of their employees and must acclimate to any changes to the situation on the ground. Political protests, asides disrupting traffic and day-to-day commerce, can also create vulnerabilities for shippers and logistics firms. In Haiti, political protests are relatively commonplace since early February, typically focused in Port-au-Prince, but spanning cities countrywide. During flare-ups of these protests, demonstrators will typically blockade roads, creating opportunities for thieves to steal from transiting cargo trucks or worse, attack truck drivers. The issue has become so widespread that truck drivers from the Dominican Republic will refuse to travel into Haiti while protests are ongoing or without additional safety measures due to a heightened fear of hijackings. In Honduras, political protests over the past months have resulted in numerous strikes of public workers as well as mass demonstrations throughout the capital city of Tegucigalpa. During the June demonstrations in Honduras, cargo truckers went on strike, blocking roadways within the capital, and created a fuel shortage in parts of the city. Earlier in the month, 30 shipping containers belonging to an American-subsidiary fruit company were set ablaze and burned, causing the company to temporarily pause production. Even more recently, in late June, the protests in Honduras turned violent as the national military was deployed after an escalation that left two people dead. The unpredictability of these political protests requires a wide range of planning to effectively counteract any disruptions to business continuity. Effective business continuity planning spans not only severe weather and internal labour protests or strikes, it also incorporates other difficult-to-predict disruptions to business continuity such as road closures, suspensions of business activity, and the presence of police action, all of which can take place during a political protest. Companies must be mindful of the security and safety of the employees throughout a supply chain and be able to adapt and adjust to accommodate any threats to said safety and security as well as any possible delays to business activities.

QUESTION 1 In the context of the case study, critically discuss Trade-offs,Functional Silos,Bullwhip effect as the challenges and disruptions facing supply chain managers in times of uncertainty. Use relevant examples to justify your discussion. (10 Marks)

Trade-offs

Functional Silos

Bullwhip

Please do not give me the below answer , read the question PLEASE , I SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED WHAT NEEDS TO BE DISCUSSED, please read the question.

What are the given challenges and disruptions facing supply chain managers in the above case? Please discuss the challenges under :

Trade-offs

Functional Silos

Bullwhip

Please I DO NOT want below response PLEASE, I specifically aske under the above 3 as challenges and disruptions

Supply chain managers encounter different sought of challenges which again depends upon the type of business they are doing and the kind of environment in which they are working and accordingly they have to implement their strategies which can help them in managing their supply chain and achieve long term business goals.

Let us now look at some of the challenges and disruptions to supply chain in the above case.

1.Weather and Internal labour protests has led to shutdown of railway stations,clogged traffic in the city which resulted in closure of hundreds of shops.

2.Difficult to predict disruptions to business which includes road closures,suspensions of business activities,etc.

Let us take an example from the above.

It was mentioned above that during the june demonstrations, many cargo truckers went on strike, there was a fuel shortage in different parts of the city.

Also earlier in the month it mentioned that about 30 shipping containers of a fruit company got affected due to the situation which caused company to pause its production on temporary basis.

Conclusion

Supply chain managers face different types of business challenges and disruptions no matter whatever business they are into.

But in the conditions which were mentioned above in the case study, Supply chain managers and their companies have to take steps for the safety of their employees and create a suitable supply chain network which does not get affected by things which are beyond the control of the business.