Write a report that analyses supply chain disruption and propose strategies that will enable multinational organisations to address such disruptions. You should identify a recent natural disaster, identify and analyse the effects of the disaster on businesses in that geographical region and, furthermore, propose improvement strategies. As an example, you could choose to analyse the earthquake and tsunami that occurred in Japan in March 2011. In March 2011, an earthquake measuring magnitude 8.9 struck the northeast coast of Japan, triggering a massive tsunami. This mostly affected Honshu, the main Japanese island. The tsunami led to a great loss of lives and property and did massive damage to infrastructure. Several multinational businesses with operations in Japan also suffered disruptions in their operations.
For this assignment, you should:
- Identify a similar disaster.
- Identify a business (or businesses) that was affected by the disaster.
- Analyse the impact of the disaster on their supply chain(s).
- Evaluate the response(s) of the business organisation(s).
- Propose strategies for dealing with such events in the future.