An ISM Approach to Model and Analyze Agility of a Supply Chain: A Case of Fashion Industry

Abstract

Changing customer and business requirements force manufacturers to develop agility in order to be competitive. Agility refers to the skill to respond to unexpected needs of the market. This paper presents the essence of agile supply chain (ASC) and contributes to the existing literature on ASC by highlighting the various parameters that affect the agility of an ASC. More specifically, this paper aims at deriving an interrelationship among these parameters with the help of interpretive structural modeling. It also answers an important research question that is, what precisely is agility and how it can be measured in the form of an agility index, using a tool called comprehensive agility measurement tool. Moreover, the importance of agility as a tool to survive in the volatile market as the new dimension of this particular research domain has been discussed.