Optimizing Supply Chain Resilience in the Indian Construction Industry: Strategies and Challenges
Authors
Agrawal, Aditya
Issue Date
2025
Degree
Master of Science in Supply Chain Management
Publisher
Dublin Business School
Rights holder
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Abstract
Construction industry in India has significant significance in the economy but it involves many risks owing to long and complicated supply chain. Such risks are worse off by natural disasters, fluctuations in regulations, restricted funding, and technological fluctuations. This study aims at establishing measures that can enhance supply chain resilience (SCR) in medium sized construction firms in India. With a quantitative research paradigm, data was generated from structured questionnaires from the supply chain respondents and the data was analysed in terms of resilience practices and challenges. Management techniques such as supplier diversification, technology, inventory and stakeholder management have been found to minimize disruption of supply chain. However, constraints like inadequate funding, scarcity of expert staff and suboptimal leverage of technology slows down the realization of these strategies. The study implies the necessity of finding local strategies for development, including regional supplier networks and cheap technologies.