...Marwah Rafiq; Jianhua Yang; Shafiul Bashar Purpose This study aims to critically investigate the presumed universal mediating role of operational efficiency between core supply chain capabilities integration, agility, adaptability and overall performance. It questions the established paradigm...

...Marisel Fernandez-Giordano; Mark Stevenson; Leopoldo Gutierrez; Javier Llorens-Montes Purpose The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to evaluate the roles of a transactive memory system and the supply network flexibility (SNF) of the firm as antecedents of a firm’s supply chain agility (FSCA...

...Andrew Fearne; Beverly Wagner; Natalie McDougall; David Loseby Purpose COVID-19 has shaken views of what is normal and what is possible, raising questions about conventional norms, ways of working and our understanding of agility. This paper aims to respond to calls for empirical research...

...Javad Feizabadi; David M. Gligor; Somayeh Alibakhshi Purpose Drawing on complementarity theory, this paper aims to examine the type and effect of interdependencies/interaction (i.e. complementarity or substitutability) between the supply chain capabilities of agility, adaptability and alignment...

... strategies Characteristics Lean Leagile Agile Eliminate waste ✓ Rapid reconfiguration ✓ Reducing demand and supply uncertainty ✓ Coping with demand and supply uncertainty ✓ Robustness ✓ High product variety ✓ Sensitivity to customer needs...

...Dara G. Schniederjans; Koray Ozpolat; Yuwen Chen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of cloud computing (CC) use on collaboration and its ultimate impact on the agility of humanitarian supply chains. Further, this paper aims to analyze the moderating role of inter...

...Ying Kei Tse; Minhao Zhang; Pervaiz Akhtar; Jill MacBryde Purpose – This paper aims to identify the antecedents of firm’s supply chain agility (SC agility) and how SC agility impacts on firm’s performance. Design/methodology/approach – Based on a comprehensive literature review...

...Richard Oloruntoba; Gyöngyi Kovács Purpose – This paper aims to provide a commentary and an overview of developments in the field of humanitarianism that could impact theoretical understanding of agility in humanitarian aid supply chains over the past decade. Design/methodology/approach...

... streams of research – such as in studies on responsiveness, agility, flexibility, efficiency and lean – without promptly recognising cross-stream contributions. This, at worst, prevents theory development. Therefore, the authors build a synthesis of literature from these streams. Grounded in the synthesis...

...David M. Gligor Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of demand management in achieving supply chain agility (SCA) through a multi-disciplinary review of the relevant research. The systematic literature review provides the basis for formulating a conceptual framework...

...Richard Wilding; Beverly Wagner; David M. Gligor; Mary C. Holcomb Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of logistics capabilities in achieving supply chain agility through a multi‐disciplinary review of the relevant research. The systematic literature review aims to provide...