The Systemic Shock of Global Supply Chains: A Case Study of Resilience in the Automotive Semiconductor Shortage

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10.2991/978-94-6239-777-4_79How to use a DOI?

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Automotive industry; Semiconductor shortage; Supply chain resilience; Risk management; Operations management; Organizational agility

Abstract

The global semiconductor shortage between 2020 and 2023 manifested as one of the most severe operational disruptions in automotive history. Rather than treating this event as a transient supply-demand imbalance, this paper examines how the crisis exposed the structural vulnerabilities of the automotive supply base and catalyzed a transition toward resilience-oriented network management. Drawing on recent literature concerning supply chain resilience, automotive manufacturing agility, and global semiconductor trade, this study develops a conceptual framework explaining the operational pivot of automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The analysis indicates that the industry’s recovery was driven by four interrelated mechanisms: structural network reconfiguration, dynamic visibility enhancement, cross-tier collaboration, and localized buffer capacity. These mechanisms actively shaped organizational resilience and long-term risk mitigation strategies. The paper contributes to the literature by distinguishing reactive agility from sustainable supply chain robustness, clarifying the necessity of continuous sub-tier visibility, and providing managerial implications for procurement strategy and inventory buffer management under persistent macroeconomic volatility.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Yifan Zhang
AU  - Chang Liu
AU  - Ying Min
AU  - Zhifei Wang
AU  - Shuo Zhang
AU  - Zhixuan Qu
AU  - Yan Zhuang
AU  - Kai Sun
AU  - Shixiao Liu
AU  - Guangxiong Ran
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/30
TI  - The Systemic Shock of Global Supply Chains: A Case Study of Resilience in the Automotive Semiconductor Shortage
BT  - Proceedings of the 2026 8th International Conference on Economic Management and Cultural Industry (ICEMCI 2026)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 782
EP  - 788
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-94-6239-777-4_79
DO  - 10.2991/978-94-6239-777-4_79
ID  - Zhang2026
ER  -