Cross-border and Multi-modal Cold Chain Risk Assessment: Applying FMECA on a new Thai-Laos route

What is it about?

The risk assessment using a Failure mode, effects, and criticality analysis (FMECA) methodology to identify and assess the risk factors occurring for cold supply chains and multimodal transportation using a new cross-border railway route between Thailand and Laos as a case study. The result showed that quality and safety in uncertain situations was first concerned.

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Why is it important?

Cross-border multi-modal and railway transportation often faces different risks and problems creating delays, sometimes driven by technical or administrative discontents between countries. For cold supply chains, the risks of such delays get even more important to understand and handle, due to the perishable characteristics of the goods. While some previous research has dealt with risk assessment of either cold supply chains or railway transportation, none seems to have combined those and the issue of cross-border transportation. To address this research gap, we first review related literature and identify what risks previously have been discussed in the different fields. This research also empirically explore the risks in practice at the new cross-border railway route between Thailand and Laos.

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