A Delphi-based risk analysis — Identifying and assessing future challenges for supply chain security in a multi-stakeholder environment

Identifying the Role of National Digital Cadastral Database (Ndcdb) in Malaysia and for Land-Based Analysis

“…Nevertheless, there are four distinct characteristics of the Delphi technique (Heiko, 2012;Rowe & Wright, 1999), which are anonymity of participants, iteration process to determine the level of consensus, controlled feedback to ensure stability in responses and statistical -group response‖ to measure agreement and stability. A type of method that adheres to these characteristics is distinguished as the Classical Delphi technique, and most researchers (Avella, 2016;Förster & von der Gracht, 2014;Kent & Saffer, 2014;Markmann, Darkow, & von der Gracht, 2013;McGeary, 2009;Skulmoski et al, 2007;Yang, 2003) agree that the method combines the qualitative and quantitative research design.…”

“…However, with the advent of ICT, panel activities and questionnaires can be communicated online and sent digitally to each participant through e-mail. Recent research was conducted to compare the result from both modes of interaction on the same issue, and the result indicates high similarity (Markmann et al, 2013;. Nonetheless, rapid turnarounds reduced operational cost and eliminating participant's mortality are among the advantages of optimising the later mode of interaction (Hanafin, 2004;McGeary, 2009).…”

“…Warth, Heiko, and Darkow (2013) highlighted four important criteria for selecting the experts in their study, which required experts to have: i) extensive knowledge and experience of the research topic; ii) willingness and commitment to participate; iii) sufficient time for panel activities; and iv) communication skills. To define a participant as an expert, some researchers added the panel selection criteria for the Delphi technique to meet the specific number of years the expert has experience and practicing in the specific study area (Kent & Saffer, 2014;Ogbeifun et al, 2016a;Paul, 2014), while others impose professional body membership or certification, and senior designation or managerial levels in the specific study domain (Förster & von der Gracht, 2014;Markmann et al, 2013).…”

“…The panel consists of experts involved directly in the decision-making process of their respective organisations. Initially, 18 potential members were carefully selected based on the 4 criterion used by previous Delphi researchers (Markmann et al, 2013;Warth et al, 2013), such as; i) number of years of job-relevant experience in their domain with 20 years as the threshold; ii) the expert's certification and accreditation to reflect their skills and knowledge; iii) current management level; and iv) labelled experts by social acclamation approach. Finally, the expert's responsibilities inside and outside of the organisation were also taken into consideration for panel selection (Avella, 2016;Markmann et al, 2013) in this study.…”

“…Initially, 18 potential members were carefully selected based on the 4 criterion used by previous Delphi researchers (Markmann et al, 2013;Warth et al, 2013), such as; i) number of years of job-relevant experience in their domain with 20 years as the threshold; ii) the expert's certification and accreditation to reflect their skills and knowledge; iii) current management level; and iv) labelled experts by social acclamation approach. Finally, the expert's responsibilities inside and outside of the organisation were also taken into consideration for panel selection (Avella, 2016;Markmann et al, 2013) in this study. The final totaled panel size throughout the Delphi process was 14 which can be summarized in three major groups: policy makers, interest group and stakeholders who are distinguished by individuals' professional experience as a specialist in Malaysia of either in the land, cadastre or GIS domain.…”