Business continuity management as a key enabler of supply chain resilience: a conceptual paper

This paper provides a conceptual analysis of the role of business continuity management (BCM) as a key enabler of supply chain resilience (SCRE). Through an analysis of the extant literature, the authors show how BCM can facilitate and enhance key constructs that are directly linked to SCRE. The results show that the existing BCM lifecycle – already widely used in the industry – has the potential to play a decisive role in boosting agility, flexibility, velocity, visibility, and collaboration, as well as response and recovery capabilities.