Introduction
A combination of all risks associated with the DHL supply chain for all regions, as resolved in 2018, is called Resilience 360. Analyzing risks linked to DHL regions of operation is an essential component of customer satisfaction. As included in DHL’s 2018, its operation in Europe is associated with various risks, including but not limited to cargo theft, frequent air accidents, adverse weather, and civil unrest.
Supply Chain Risk in Europe
Cargo Theft
One of the most worrying risks affecting international freight supply chains would be cargo stealing, which seriously disrupts supply chains. To create a Bayesian network-based cargo theft risk assessment model. The TAPA IIS database was used to extract historical data on 9316 cargo theft accidents that occurred in the United Kingdom between 2009 and 2021, which was then purified (Liang et al., 2022). The results demonstrate that product category, year, location type, modus operandi (MO), and region are the most significant RIFs for the emergence of cargo theft accidents.
Air Accidents
The safest mode of transportation today is considered to be air travel. However, there has been numerous plane crashes in Europe in which many people died along with significant property damage and an increased price to the aviation industry. Supply chains were impacted by well-known events, such as the tsunami that struck Japan in 2011 (Nikolopoulos et al., 2021). The reasons why planes crash is numerous and varied. Air traffic control mistakes are one of the causes. Air traffic control mistakes account for 6%–10% of all aircraft crash accidents (Www.fibre2fashion.com, 2019). Air is the safest mode of transport but is more prone to accidents in Europe.
Weather Events
Numerous low-flow periods have affected Europe, directly affecting the environment, inland waterway navigation, and hydropower generation. Supply chains were also impacted negatively by weather events (Ionita & Nagavciuc, 2020). Records-low water levels on the Rhine River were the result of a month-long drought that occurred in the summer and autumn. Chemical and steel manufacturers in Germany, France, and the Netherlands were forced to halt deliveries and declare a force majeure situation due to the low water levels.
Civil Unrest
Civil unrest accounted for the second-highest percentage of events, at 12.9%. Take a look at the first International Workers’ Day on May 1, 1891. Through the century-ending strike waves, and finally, up until the fall of the anarcho-syndicalist Confederation General Work (CGW) in the early twentieth century. Highways, ports, border crossings, and access roads to industrial areas were all disrupted by demonstrations associated with Labor Day (May 1) and the Yellow Vests in France and Belgium (Van Remoortel, 2018). This flow of events hampered the supply chain, especially in Germany and the UK.
Conclusion
Supply chains in the modern era are weak because the use of technology is associated with issues—so-called risks. Resilience360 works to comprehend such risks and acquire a clear idea of how they affect supply chains across regions in quantifiable ways. Examples of risks include transportation delays, theft, natural disasters, bad weather, cyberattacks, and unexpected quality issues. Identifying and preventing such risk from occurring is the only strategy that DHL can employ to guarantee customers’ safety of their transported products.
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