The aim of this paper is to identify the core attributes supply chain agility within fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry. Despite operating in type environment characterised by high levels complexity, dynamism and uncertainty that purported help companies address, FMCG industry has not received specific attention researchers. Moreover, study contributes literature responding calls for re...

This study examines the potential of RFID technology to increase the agility of supply-chain e-commerce systems by mitigating the bullwhip effect. The bullwhip effect is a supply-chain phenomenon that reveals a lack of business agility characterized by the amplification of inventory variance. This study employs an experiment involving a modified Beer Distribution Game to simulate an RFID-enable...

Th e research propose s a structural equation model (SEM) that integrates four latent variables: human resources skills, fl exibility, agility, and the economic supply chain (SC) performance for wineries that together include fi fteen observed variables. Th e data was obtained from 64 surveys applied to managers in the wineries in La Rioja, Spain. Direct, the indirect and total eff ects are ana...

Firms make large investments in enterprise IT systems expecting positive impacts to their supply chain operations. Yet, though systems facilitate the responsibilities of multiple stakeholders, their success is not determined merely by its adoption. This study shows how management innovation is developed to affect operational agility of a firm. The model suggests that operational agility in supp...

Our research is directed towards agile supply chains enabling enterprises to quickly respond to individual customer demand. From this perspective, agility encompasses three dimensions of adaptivity: space, time, and economy. Supply chain agility can be achieved by exploiting the most fundamental resource of any enterprise: knowledge. Studying supply chains, we regard all their tiers, participan...

The authors introduce a disruption management framework that incorporates both the probability of disruption and the predictability of consequences. The resulting model prescribes one of four supply chain strategies: flexibility, risk and loss mitigation, agility, and resilience. Managers can leverage the presented framework within a comprehensive supply chain risk management process to develop...

The efficiency and agility of its supply chain is vital to the commercial success of any product. Sharing strategic and tactical information effectively within the supply chain is often a key factor in achieving this goal. This paper proposes a framework to identify strategic, tactical decisions and information. The framework is used to conduct a sector based analysis of the Rapid Manufacturing...