Research issues in agile supply chain management

Mathiyalakan, Sathasivam

doi:10.1504/ijasm.2006.010939

Cited by 7 publications

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“…The literature argues that supply chain agility can influence an organization's success and prosperity (Baramichai et al . ; Mathiyalakan ; Qrunfleh and Tarafdar ; Swafford et al . ).…”

Section: Organizational and Supply Chain Agilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…network efficiencies) that are involved in developing and maintaining agility among multiple organizational interests (van Hoek et al 2001). The literature argues that supply chain agility can influence an organization's success and prosperity (Baramichai et al 2007;Mathiyalakan 2006;Qrunfleh and Tarafdar 2013;Swafford et al 2006). For example, information technology integration and flexibility in an organization's internal functions have been shown to act as the precursors of supply chain agility through increased processing and operational management efficiencies (Swafford et al 2006(Swafford et al , 2008.…”

Section: Supply Chain Agilitymentioning

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Understanding and Development of Supply Chain Agility and Flexibility: A Structured Literature Review

Fayezi

Zutshi

O’Loughlin

2016

Int J Management Reviews

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This paper provides a review of the literature while contributing to academic understanding of the concepts of agility and flexibility within the supply chain. The research identified 83 peer‐reviewed articles through a structured review technique, which is based on a three‐stage refinement process. Data reduction procedures using codification, sentence strings and a review of keywords, title, abstract and conclusion were used in the search. The papers identified focused on organizational and supply chain agility and flexibility. The acknowledged gaps in understanding and development of agility and flexibility in supply chains were identified and categorized in terms of conceptual, contextual and methodological gaps. Subsequent to the gap analysis, this paper argues that effective relationship integration with key partners is a fundamental mechanism for mitigating the problem of control dissipation, which has hindered academic understanding with respect to development and application of agile and flexible capabilities in supply chains. The findings in this paper will help academics to gain a better understanding and to develop the concepts of supply chain agility and flexibility. In addition, the findings indicate that supply chain stakeholders need to address the issue of relationship integration when undertaking, or participating in agility and flexibility development programmes, so as to maximize supply chain performance. The paper concludes by highlighting implications for managers and researchers, and proposes a number of areas for future investigation.

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“…The literature argues that supply chain agility can influence an organization's success and prosperity (Baramichai et al . ; Mathiyalakan ; Qrunfleh and Tarafdar ; Swafford et al . ).…”

Section: Organizational and Supply Chain Agilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Supply Chain Agilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Understanding and Development of Supply Chain Agility and Flexibility: A Structured Literature Review

Fayezi

Zutshi

O’Loughlin

2016

Int J Management Reviews

187

205

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“…As a result, supply chain agility is quickly becoming a major field of academic research (Charles et al, 2010). Fayezi et al (2017) provide a contemporary and comprehensive literature review of supply chain agility and the related concept of flexibility, noting the literature argues that supply chain agility can influence an organization's success and prosperity (Baramichai et al, 2007;Mathiyalakan, 2006;Qrunfleh and Tarafdar, 2013;Swafford et al, 2006;Fayezi et al, 2017). Even more applicable to the idea of connecting information processing and agility, studies highlight that information technology integration and flexibility in an organization's internal functions have been shown to act as the precursors of supply chain agility through increased processing and operational management efficiencies (Swafford et al, 2006(Swafford et al, , 2008Fayezi et al, 2017).…”

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Transforming information into supply chain agility: an agility adaptation typology

Russell

Swanson

2019

IJLM

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the mediators that occupy the gap between information processing theory and supply chain agility. In today’s Mach speed business environment, managers often install new technology and expect an agile supply chain when they press<Enter>. This study reveals the naivety of such an approach, which has allowed new technology to be governed by old processes. Design/methodology/approach This work takes a qualitative approach to the dynamic conditions surrounding information processing and its connection to supply chain agility through the assessment of 60 exemplar cases. The situational conditions that have created the divide between information processing and supply chain agility are studied. Findings The agility adaptation typology (AAT) defining three types of adaptations and their mediating constructs is presented. Type 1: information processing, is generally an exercise in synchronization that can be used to support assimilation. Type 2: demand sensing, is where companies are able to incorporate real-time data into everyday processes to better understand demand and move toward a real-time environment. Type 3: supply chain agility, requires fundamentally new thinking in the areas of transformation, mindset and culture. Originality/value This work describes the reality of today’s struggle to achieve supply chain agility, providing guidelines and testable propositions, and at the same time, avoids “ivory tower prescriptions,” which exclude the real world details from the research process (Meredith, 1993). By including the messy real world details, while difficult to understand and explain, the authors are able to make strides in the AAT toward theory that explains and guides the manager’s everyday reality with all of its messy real world details.

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“…According to Naylor et al, agility means the use of market knowledge to take advantage of profitable opportunities in a rapidly changing market. The supply chain agility is a concept that aims to boost the ability of a manufacture or service system to respond to customer demand more quickly [11].…”

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Prioritize the Dimensions of Agile Hospital Supply Chain with Combination of Interpretive Structural Modeling and Analytic Network Process

Mahalleh

Mehregan²,

Yousefzadeh³

2022

CJHR

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Background: Hospital supply chain management (SCM) agility requires finding the main and effective dimensions, prioritizing, communicating between them and analyzing these dimensions in relation to each other. Objective: The purpose of this study was to identify different dimensions of the hospital SCM agility, proposing a model of the hospital SCM agility and determining the relationships between dimensions of agility, and prioritizing, analyzing, and interpreting dimensions of the hospital SCM agility. Materials & Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed on the physicians, nurses and staff working at public hospitals affiliated to Guilan University of Medical Sciences. Delphi technique was used to determine the dimensions of agility, interpretive-structural modeling approach was used for analysis. Network analysis was used to prioritize the dimensions of agility Results:‌ In the literature review 16 dimensions of agility were identified. The final model of agile supply chain management has 8 levels; cost reduction placed at the highest level and organizational leadership commitment was at the lowest level. Cost reduction dimensions were the highest priority and organizational culture was the lowest priority in the final network analysis. Conclusion: Agile supply chain management has very important and complex elements. Neglecting to monitor their changes can cause irreparable and profound damage to the medical sector. Interpretive-structural approach and network analysis create a constructive and effective method to model, analyze, and prioritize the dimensions of agile supply chain management.

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Research issues in agile supply chain management

Cited by 7 publications

References 3 publications

Understanding and Development of Supply Chain Agility and Flexibility: A Structured Literature Review

Understanding and Development of Supply Chain Agility and Flexibility: A Structured Literature Review

Transforming information into supply chain agility: an agility adaptation typology

Prioritize the Dimensions of Agile Hospital Supply Chain with Combination of Interpretive Structural Modeling and Analytic Network Process

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