TY - JOUR
T1 - Identification of Critical Factors and Their Interrelationships to Design Agile Supply Chain
T2 - Special Focus to Oil and Gas Industries
AU - Piya, Sujan
AU - Shamsuzzoha, Ahm
AU - Khadem, Mohammad
AU - Al-Hinai, Nasr
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020, Global Institute of Flexible Systems Management.
PY - 2020/9/1
Y1 - 2020/9/1
N2 - This research identifies the critical factors that drive agile supply chain management, especially to oil and gas industries. An extensive literature review and questionnaire survey was conducted within the oil and gas industries supply chain to identify the critical factors. Besides, several brainstorming sessions were held with the experts in the oil and gas industries supply chain to know the contextual relationship between the identified factors. Furthermore, with the help of a total interpretive structural modeling tool, a digraph was developed to analyze the relationships between the identified factors. From the analysis, out of the twelve identified factors, top management commitment, strategic alignment, competency of management and integration of information technology were found to be the main drivers to offer an agile supply chain. On the other hand, factors such as government regulations, transportation and logistics flexibility and production planning fell under the category of dependent factors.
AB - This research identifies the critical factors that drive agile supply chain management, especially to oil and gas industries. An extensive literature review and questionnaire survey was conducted within the oil and gas industries supply chain to identify the critical factors. Besides, several brainstorming sessions were held with the experts in the oil and gas industries supply chain to know the contextual relationship between the identified factors. Furthermore, with the help of a total interpretive structural modeling tool, a digraph was developed to analyze the relationships between the identified factors. From the analysis, out of the twelve identified factors, top management commitment, strategic alignment, competency of management and integration of information technology were found to be the main drivers to offer an agile supply chain. On the other hand, factors such as government regulations, transportation and logistics flexibility and production planning fell under the category of dependent factors.
KW - Agility
KW - Oil and gas industries
KW - Supply chain
KW - Total interpretive structural modeling
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U2 - 10.1007/s40171-020-00247-5
DO - 10.1007/s40171-020-00247-5
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85087644398
SN - 0972-2696
VL - 21
SP - 263
EP - 281
JO - Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management
JF - Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management
IS - 3
ER -