The concept of resilience is multidisciplinary, arousing interest from both natural and social scientists. In physics
and engineering, resilience is the ability of a material to return to its original form after being bent, compressed, or
stretched. In other words, it is the ability of having an elastic behaviour (Pytel and Kiusalaas 2003). In the supply
chain literature, the idea of resilience has only recently emerged, and is essentially defined as ‘‘the ability of a system
to return to its original state or move to a new, more desirable state after being disturbed’’ (Christopher and
Peck 2004).