Leveraging Innovative Logistics for Strengthening Supply Chain Resilience in the Face of Disruptions

Various disturbances can affect Supply chain (SC) networks in the dynamic global environment which comprises natural disasters and geopolitical unrest and worldwide pandemics. These disturbances caused numerous organizations to endure severe delays and stockouts together with substantial financial losses which uncovered the weaknesses of typical SC models. Research explores essential steps for upgrading SC resilience while developing new strategic logistics approaches. The research examines how innovative logistical solutions help reinforce supply chains against disruption events. Fifteen managers together with senior managers alongside senior employees from Indian smart manufacturing organizations received a survey for their participation. The survey-based approach and grey relational analysis (GRA) method established complete structural relationships between the developed logistics solutions which were subjected to ranking analysis. Research involved wide literature assessments along with knowledge from operational practices which revealed the development of key logistical strategies including AI-based predictive maintenance together with Digital twins and IoT systems for flexible transportation methods. It is alongside distributed smart warehousing and workforce flexibility for skills development through blockchain security solutions alongside digital platforms for business collaborations and reverse logistics models and agile supply chain networks designed for supplier flexibility. The study classifies Digital Platforms and Cloud-Based Collaboration (LS6) and Digital Twins and IoT (LS2) through their corresponding positions in the logistics solution list. The tested innovative logistic approaches provide manufacturers with better crisis response abilities alongside operational performance improvements. Through this study researchers and practitioners gain an opportunity to initiate proactive logistics innovation strategies during disruption times by developing operational guidelines. The purpose of this study lies in its discovery of alternative logistic solutions for manufacturing organizations to deal with SC resilience challenges and their subsequent ranking by GRA methodology.