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Main characteristics of previous SCA literature reviews and present research

Paper	Objective	No. of papers analysed	Study data	Information sources/keywords	Main findings
Al Humdan et al. (2020)	To compare and contrast the existing SCA definitions in order to develop a comprehensive definition To extract and analyse the enablers of SCA and to explore the performance implications of SCA To explore the performance implications of SCA to understand the scope of the benefits accruing to firms that pursue SCA	56	1999–2018	Databases: Web of Science and ABI INFORM/Global Keywords: “supply chain agility”, “agile supply chain”, “supply chain leagility”, “leagile supply chain”	Development of a new definition of SCA Identification of the enablers of SCA from both proactive and reactive perspectives Discussion of performance implications of SCA
AlKahtani et al. (2019)	To establish an empirical study of published literature reviews (from 2000 to 2017) on the assessment of agile supply chains	66	2000–2017	Databases: Scopus and Web of Science Keywords: “supply chain” and agil* are used in combination with “assess” or evaluat	Descriptive analysis and content analysis Identification of gaps and issues in the field of SC assessment
Ciccullo et al. (2018)	To develop a systematic literature review addressing the integration of the lean, agile and sustainable supply chain management paradigm	73	1999–2017	Databases: Scopus and Google Scholar Keywords: “lean”, “agile”, “responsive”, “resilient”, “flexible” in combination with “sustainability”, “sustainable”, “environmental”, “green” and “social”, “supply chain” was used as a further filter in the body of the text in all the queries	Six types of integration between lean and sustainable and agile and sustainable supply chain paradigms and a set of practices to achieve each type of integration Possible reasons why the same practices can support different integration types Future research directions
Du et al. (2021)	To examine the current state of the art of SCA and identify potential research gaps	35 (20 for content analysis)	−2020	Databases: Springer, IEEE, Elsevier, Taylor, ACM and Emerald Keywords: “supply chain, SC and agility”	Factors affecting SCA Approaches to SCA discussed/employed Critical classifications in SCA Summary of research gaps and future research agendas in previous research
Fayezi et al. (2017)	To review the literature to provide an explanation of how the concepts of agility and flexibility are defined, used and developed in SCs	83	−2015	Databases: Emerald, ScienceDirect and ABI/Inform Global Proquest Keywords: “agility”, “flexibility”, “organizational agility/flexibility”, “supply chain agility/flexibility” and “supply chain responsiveness”	Identification and categorisation of SC agility and flexibility in terms of conceptual, contextual and methodological gaps Illustration of the importance of relationship management as a foundation for developing agile and flexible capabilities in SCs Provides an overview of the different research methods employed by researchers involved in SC agility and flexibility
Feizabadi et al. (2019)	To synthesise existing research across the Triple-A SC capabilities (agility, adaptability and alignment) to offer a comprehensive framework of Triple-A antecedents and consequences	120 (for the three As)	2005–2016	Journals: Journal of Business Logistics, Journal of Operations Management, Journal of Supply Chain Management and the International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management Keywords: agil, adaptab, align* and “supply chain”	A comprehensive framework of antecedents and consequences of Triple-A SCs that allows both scholars and practitioners to benchmark and prioritise Triple-A capabilities
Gligor and Holcomb (2012a)	To explore the role of logistics capabilities in achieving supply chain agility	31	1991–2010	Database: EBSCO Keywords: “manufacturing”, “firm”, “organization”, “agility” and “agile”	Conceptualisation and enablers of manufacturing, organisational and SC agility Characteristics of an agile SC that can be directly or indirectly linked to logistics capabilities
Gligor et al. (2019)	To clarify the concepts of agility and resilience by integrating the different bodies of knowledge	100 agility-related articles 100 resilience-related articles	−2019	Databases: EBSCO, ProQuest, Science Direct, Emerald and Google Scholar Keywords: “agile” OR “agility” AND variations on “sport”, “manufacturing”, “information systems”, “organization” and “supply chain”, “resilience” OR “resilient” OR “resiliency” AND variations on “sport” “manufacturing”, “information systems”, “organization” and “supply chain”	Six major dimensions to capture the concept of SC agility and six major dimensions of SC resilience Common and distinguishing characteristics of agile and resilient SCs
Li et al. (2008)	To provide a theoretical model of SC agility and use it to develop a research framework for investigating linkages between SC agility and firm competitiveness	16	1990–2007	Database: ISI Web of Knowledge Keyword: “agility”	A review of SCA definitions and a proposal for a general definition An analysis of SCA dimensions Conceptual work-design model for SCA at three levels (strategic, operational and episodic design)
Patel and Sambasivan (2021)	To examine previous SCA papers to determine research insights, existing gaps and future research directions	126	1999–2020	Databases: Science Direct, Elsevier, Wiley Online Library, Emerald, Inderscience, Springer and Taylor and Francis Keywords: “agility”, “SCA”, “agile manufacturing”, “agility index”, “agility assessment”, “agility maximisation”, “agile supply chain barriers”, “agile supply chain enablers” and “leagility”	A review of SCA definitions and a proposal Identification of prominent SCA dimensions and approaches Literature categorisation related to modelling the enablers, agility assessment, agility implementation, leagility and agility maximisation Proposed comprehensive framework for SCA
Sharma et al. (2017)	To gain knowledge of the current state of research on SCA, specifically to have conceptual clarity and synthesise future research avenues	118	1999–2016	Databases: Emerald, Wiley, Science Direct, Taylor and Francis and Informs Keywords: “Supply Chain” AND Agil*	A review of SCA definitions and a comprehensive definition of SCA Classification and analysis of SCA papers from a strategic view and a capability view and their performance impact Proposed unified framework for SCA
Sharma et al. (2020)	To integrate lean, agile, resilient, green and sustainable paradigms in the SC domain	160	1999–2019	Databases: Scopus with Science Direct and Emerald Insight Keywords: “Lean”, “agile”, “resilient”, “green”, “supply”, “performance”, “sustainable” and “supply chain”	Analysis of lean, agile, resilient, green and sustainable paradigms in previous research Analysis of literature based on the research type, geographical location, tools/techniques used, industry/sector of application and focus
Shashi et al. (2020)	To offer a systematic review of SCA and describe the main aspects that have addressed technology within SCA with the identification of research gaps	90	1999–2017	Databases: Scopus and Web of Science Keywords: “agil*” and “supply chain”	A descriptive and analytical analysis of how technology has been addressed in SCA A nomological network of SCA research A proposed research agenda
Siddhartha. and Sachan (2016)	To analyse and synthesise models and frameworks to introduce SCA in an organisation and develop a detailed agenda to help guide future research	44	−2012	Databases: Business Source Complete and ProQuest Keywords: “agile supply chain” and “responsive supply chain”	A review of SCA definitions and characteristics An analysis of models and frameworks to implement SCA in industry
Present paper	To critically analyse and quantitatively synthesise the results of the previous empirical research on the SCA–performance relationship using an SLR and a meta-analysis	65	−2022	Databases: Scopus and Web of Science Keywords: suppl* and chain* and (agil* or Triple-A or “Triple A”)	Identification of the empirical papers focused on the SCA–performance relationship Analysis of the main characteristics of the empirical research on the topic (papers by year, journals, co-citations, etc.) Determines and groups the performance measures Analysis of SCA scales and dimensions Determines the value of the SCA–performance correlation Identifies moderation variables and quantifies moderator effects Confirms significant positive relationship between SCA and performance in an aggregate sample and in moderators Empirical analysis of the effect of moderators in the SCA–performance relationship Guidelines for the development and reporting of further studies on the topic Provides managers with quantification of effect between SCA and performance

Paper	Objective	No. of papers analysed	Study data	Information sources/keywords	Main findings
Al Humdan et al. (2020)	To compare and contrast the existing SCA definitions in order to develop a comprehensive definitionTo extract and analyse the enablers of SCA and to explore the performance implications of SCATo explore the performance implications of SCA to understand the scope of the benefits accruing to firms that pursue SCA	56	1999–2018	Databases: Web of Science and ABI INFORM/GlobalKeywords: “supply chain agility”, “agile supply chain”, “supply chain leagility”, “leagile supply chain”	Development of a new definition of SCAIdentification of the enablers of SCA from both proactive and reactive perspectivesDiscussion of performance implications of SCA
AlKahtani et al. (2019)	To establish an empirical study of published literature reviews (from 2000 to 2017) on the assessment of agile supply chains	66	2000–2017	Databases: Scopus and Web of ScienceKeywords: “supply chain” and agil* are used in combination with “assess” or evaluat	Descriptive analysis and content analysisIdentification of gaps and issues in the field of SC assessment
Ciccullo et al. (2018)	To develop a systematic literature review addressing the integration of the lean, agile and sustainable supply chain management paradigm	73	1999–2017	Databases: Scopus and Google ScholarKeywords: “lean”, “agile”, “responsive”,“resilient”, “flexible” in combination with “sustainability”, “sustainable”, “environmental”, “green” and “social”, “supply chain” was used as a further filter in the body of the text in all the queries	Six types of integration between lean and sustainable and agile and sustainable supply chain paradigms and a set of practices to achieve each type of integrationPossible reasons why the same practices can support different integration typesFuture research directions
Du et al. (2021)	To examine the current state of the art of SCA and identify potential research gaps	35 (20 for content analysis)	−2020	Databases: Springer, IEEE, Elsevier, Taylor, ACM and EmeraldKeywords: “supply chain, SC and agility”	Factors affecting SCAApproaches to SCA discussed/employedCritical classifications in SCASummary of research gaps and future research agendas in previous research
Fayezi et al. (2017)	To review the literature to provide an explanation of how the concepts of agility and flexibility are defined, used and developed in SCs	83	−2015	Databases: Emerald, ScienceDirect and ABI/Inform Global ProquestKeywords: “agility”, “flexibility”, “organizational agility/flexibility”, “supply chain agility/flexibility” and “supply chain responsiveness”	Identification and categorisation of SC agility and flexibility in terms of conceptual, contextual and methodological gapsIllustration of the importance of relationship management as a foundation for developing agile and flexible capabilities in SCsProvides an overview of the different research methods employed by researchers involved in SC agility and flexibility
Feizabadi et al. (2019)	To synthesise existing research across the Triple-A SC capabilities (agility, adaptability and alignment) to offer a comprehensive framework of Triple-A antecedents and consequences	120 (for the three As)	2005–2016	Journals: Journal of Business Logistics, Journal of Operations Management, Journal of Supply Chain Management and the International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics ManagementKeywords: agil, adaptab, align* and “supply chain”	A comprehensive framework of antecedents and consequences of Triple-A SCs that allows both scholars and practitioners to benchmark and prioritise Triple-A capabilities
Gligor and Holcomb (2012a)	To explore the role of logistics capabilities in achieving supply chain agility	31	1991–2010	Database: EBSCOKeywords: “manufacturing”, “firm”, “organization”, “agility” and “agile”	Conceptualisation and enablers of manufacturing, organisational and SC agilityCharacteristics of an agile SC that can be directly or indirectly linked to logistics capabilities
Gligor et al. (2019)	To clarify the concepts of agility and resilience by integrating the different bodies of knowledge	100 agility-related articles100 resilience-related articles	−2019	Databases: EBSCO, ProQuest, Science Direct, Emerald and Google ScholarKeywords: “agile” OR “agility” AND variations on “sport”, “manufacturing”, “information systems”, “organization” and “supply chain”, “resilience” OR “resilient” OR “resiliency” AND variations on “sport” “manufacturing”, “information systems”, “organization” and “supply chain”	Six major dimensions to capture the concept of SC agility and six major dimensions of SC resilienceCommon and distinguishing characteristics of agile and resilient SCs
Li et al. (2008)	To provide a theoretical model of SC agility and use it to develop a research framework for investigating linkages between SC agility and firm competitiveness	16	1990–2007	Database: ISI Web of KnowledgeKeyword: “agility”	A review of SCA definitions and a proposal for a general definitionAn analysis of SCA dimensionsConceptual work-design model for SCA at three levels (strategic, operational and episodic design)
Patel and Sambasivan (2021)	To examine previous SCA papers to determine research insights, existing gaps and future research directions	126	1999–2020	Databases: Science Direct, Elsevier, Wiley Online Library, Emerald, Inderscience, Springer and Taylor and FrancisKeywords: “agility”, “SCA”, “agile manufacturing”, “agility index”, “agility assessment”, “agility maximisation”, “agile supply chain barriers”, “agile supply chain enablers” and “leagility”	A review of SCA definitions and a proposalIdentification of prominent SCA dimensions and approachesLiterature categorisation related to modelling the enablers, agility assessment, agility implementation, leagility and agility maximisationProposed comprehensive framework for SCA
Sharma et al. (2017)	To gain knowledge of the current state of research on SCA, specifically to have conceptual clarity and synthesise future research avenues	118	1999–2016	Databases: Emerald, Wiley, Science Direct, Taylor and Francis and InformsKeywords: “Supply Chain” AND Agil*	A review of SCA definitions and a comprehensive definition of SCAClassification and analysis of SCA papers from a strategic view and a capability view and their performance impactProposed unified framework for SCA
Sharma et al. (2020)	To integrate lean, agile, resilient, green and sustainable paradigms in the SC domain	160	1999–2019	Databases: Scopus with Science Direct and Emerald InsightKeywords: “Lean”, “agile”, “resilient”, “green”, “supply”, “performance”, “sustainable” and “supply chain”	Analysis of lean, agile, resilient, green and sustainable paradigms in previous researchAnalysis of literature based on the research type, geographical location, tools/techniques used, industry/sector of application and focus
Shashi et al. (2020)	To offer a systematic review of SCA and describe the main aspects that have addressed technology within SCA with the identification of research gaps	90	1999–2017	Databases: Scopus and Web of ScienceKeywords: “agil*” and “supply chain”	A descriptive and analytical analysis of how technology has been addressed in SCAA nomological network of SCA researchA proposed research agenda
Siddhartha. and Sachan (2016)	To analyse and synthesise models and frameworks to introduce SCA in an organisation and develop a detailed agenda to help guide future research	44	−2012	Databases: Business Source Complete and ProQuestKeywords: “agile supply chain” and “responsive supply chain”	A review of SCA definitions and characteristicsAn analysis of models and frameworks to implement SCA in industry
Present paper	To critically analyse and quantitatively synthesise the results of the previous empirical research on the SCA–performance relationship using an SLR and a meta-analysis	65	−2022	Databases: Scopus and Web of ScienceKeywords: suppl* and chain* and (agil* or Triple-A or “Triple A”)	Identification of the empirical papers focused on the SCA–performance relationshipAnalysis of the main characteristics of the empirical research on the topic (papers by year, journals, co-citations, etc.)Determines and groups the performance measuresAnalysis of SCA scales and dimensionsDetermines the value of the SCA–performance correlationIdentifies moderation variables and quantifies moderator effectsConfirms significant positive relationship between SCA and performance in an aggregate sample and in moderatorsEmpirical analysis of the effect of moderators in the SCA–performance relationshipGuidelines for the development and reporting of further studies on the topicProvides managers with quantification of effect between SCA and performance