Assessment of Agile manufacturing impact on business performance of Indian manufacturing industry: A PLS-SEM approach

Abstract

A limited number of previous studies investigated the impact of agile manufacturing on overall business performance, especially in the Indian context. The study investigates the influence of agile manufacturing attributes, namely: Leadership support, Human related issues, customer-related issues, and Information technology on business performance. The data was collected from 154 manufacturing industries and analyzed using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM). The results show a positive and significant influence of agile manufacturing attributes on the manufacturing industry's business performance.