New Approaches for Modeling and Evaluating Agility in Integrated Supply Chains

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Role of Time in Agile Supply Chain

Nowadays, in turbulent and violate global markets an Agile Supply Chain (ASC) network is frequently considered as a dominant competitive advantage for survival. To achieve the competitive advantage, companies must align with suppliers and customers to streamline operations, as well as agility beyond individual companies. There are many definitions and models about agile supply chain and most of them have emphasized on capabilities and enablers, and their sub attributes, as two critical factors, but regardless of time and its effect on the main attributes. This paper tries to present the role of time on predicting the agility of supply chain, by studying effect of intervention time on enablers and eventually predict the progress trend of agility in supply chain. To gain this end we use ANFIS output to assess agility and compare the effects of agile enablers in period of time on capabilities in Iran Khodro manufacture. This recognition helps managers to consider time as leverage factor and focus on this factor to enhance existent agility level and achievement the desired one

Shipbuilding 4.0 Index Approaching Supply Chain

The shipbuilding industry shows a special interest in adapting to the changes proposed by the industry 4.0. This article bets on the development of an index that indicates the current situation considering that supply chain is a key factor in any type of change, and at the same time it serves as a control tool in the implementation of improvements. The proposed indices provide a first definition of the paradigm or paradigms that best fit the supply chain in order to improve its sustainability and a second definition, regarding the key enabling technologies for Industry 4.0. The values obtained put shipbuilding on the road to industry 4.0 while suggesting categorized planning of technologies

Sustainable supply chain management towards disruption and organizational ambidexterity:A data driven analysis

Balancing sustainability and disruption of supply chains requires organizational ambidexterity. Sustainable supply chains prioritize efficiency and economies of scale and may not have sufficient redundancy to withstand disruptive events. There is a developing body of literature that attempts to reconcile these two aspects. This study gives a data-driven literature review of sustainable supply chain management trends toward ambidexterity and disruption. The critical review reveals temporal trends and geographic distribution of literature. A hybrid of data-driven analysis approach based on content and bibliometric analyses, fuzzy Delphi method, entropy weight method, and fuzzy decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory is used on 273 keywords and 22 indicators obtained based on the experts’ evaluation. The most important indicators are identified as supply chain agility, supply chain coordination, supply chain finance, supply chain flexibility, supply chain resilience, and sustainability. The regions show different tendencies compared with others. Asia and Oceania, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Africa are the regions needs improvement, while Europe and North America show distinct apprehensions on supply chain network design. The main contribution of this review is the identification of the knowledge frontier, which then leads to a discussion of prospects for future studies and practical industry implementation

Agility and Responsiveness Capabilities: Impact on Supply Chain Performance

This paper focuses on exploring the mediation role of supply chain responsiveness, supply chain agility, and supply chain performance link through a multi-disciplinary review of the relevant research. The systematic literature review aims to provide the basis for formulating a conceptual framework of the relationships. A systematic comprehensive review of the literature on supply chain agility, supply chain responsiveness, and supply chain performance was conducted. The dynamic capabilities perspective literature was also examined to identify the theoretical basis for the contribution of supply chain agility in improving supply chain performance by reconfiguring supply chain responsiveness. The supply chain agility has been mainly explored in the literature with emphasis on the dimensions of the concept. The role of the supply chain agility, as a dynamic capability, in the reconfiguration of the supply chain responsiveness is seen in its quality of operational capability and, consequently, in the improvement of the performance of the supply chain in general

The role of competitive environment and strategy in the supply chain’s agility, adaptability and alignment capabilities

This paper analyses the way that the industry’s competitive environment and the company’s strategy influence the implementation of the supply chain’s (SC’s) triple-A capabilities (agility, adaptability and alignment). Two competitive environment variables are analysed: competitive intensity of the industry and complexity of the SC. Two opposing competitive strategies are also considered: cost and differentiation

Developing Supply Chain Agility for the High-Volume and High-Variety Industry

Supply chains are under pressure to meet performance expectations under conditions in which access to the global network of suppliers and customers is fluid. Most studies accept the importance of agility to enhance performance using flexibility as a key dimension. Moreover, based on literature and empirical implications, it is essentially noticeable that there is an agreement on the need for flexibility in manufacturing to address both internal changes at the manufacturing echelon (e.g., a variation of process times) and external uncertainties (e.g., availability of ingredients, delivery schedules).However, there is a lack of adoptable metrics of manufacturing flexibility that can be used to evaluate manufacturing flexibility’s impact to enhance TH and reduce cost, both at the manufacturing echelon and the supply chain as a system as well as its impact on other echelons. Therefore, focusing on manufacturing flexibility as a competitive strategy induces a driving force for the success of the performance of supply chains. The purpose of this research is to present an applicable methodology for the evaluation of flexibility in a supply chain called Flexible Discrete Supply Chain (FDSC). The FDSC structure consists of a supplier, manufacturer, distributor, and customer as its conceptual model. Two main performance indicators – TH and cost are used to study the FDSC performance. This study utilizes four dimensions: volume, delivery, mix, and innovation (VDMI) flexibility. Quality function deployment is used to translate the dimensions of flexibility to key metrics that can be controlled in a discrete-event simulation (DES) model. The DES model is used to generate data, and for configuring VDMI metrics. The data is used for further sensitivity analysis. The developed methodology is verified and validated using data from a real case study. It is applicable to all supply chains within the FDSC criteria. This study contributes to the body of knowledge of supply chain flexibility through technical, methodical, and managerial implications. It clearly illustrated scenarios and provided guidelines for operations managers, to test among VMDI flexibility to maximize TH constrained by cost. Key directions for future research are identified

Supplier selection for smart supply chain: An adaptive fuzzy-neuro approach

In recent years, companies have experienced international changes that have occurred as a result of technological advances, market globalization, or natural disasters. So, organizations are trying to improve their performance in order to be more competitive. In other words, organizations’ competitiveness highly depends on their suppliers. At present, companies need to consider and include so-called ‘resilience’, ‘sustainability’, and ‘smartness’ in the supplier’s selection to retain a competitive advantage. In this context, the purpose of this paper is to present an intelligent decision-making model for selecting the appropriate suppliers. For doing so, a set of criteria evaluation was determined to respond to the novel era circumstances. The suggested work is helpful for academics as well as professionals as it emphasizes the importance of resilient-sustainable supplier selection in the digital era.N/