Affiliation:
1. Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, India
2. College of Engineering, Anna University, Chennai, India
Abstract
The automobile and the semiconductor industries are two prominent sectors that operate in the twenty-first century. The use of semiconductors in automobiles has been on the rise since the early 2000s, as they are used for various sub-systems that aid in the optimization of everything from the primary functionalities of the vehicles to the secondary features. There have been significant disruptions in the past that have rattled the supply chain network linking these two industries. One such recent disruption that affected the two industries, and the relationship between them, was the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused production and sales in both industries to drop significantly. This paper attempts to use the SAM (specify, assess, and mitigate) framework along with data collected from dominant Indian companies in these industries during the pandemic, to analyze the potential for disruption within these industries and derive strategies that can be employed to minimize the effect of such disruptions in the future.