Determinants of sourcing decision of supply chain: an application in Iranian SMES

Q3 Business, Management and Accounting

International Journal of Business Performance and Supply Chain Modelling Pub Date : 2020-10-02 DOI:10.1504/ijbpscm.2020.10032575

Y. V. Alroaia, M. Sotoudeh

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Abstract

Outsourcing is one of the most popular business strategies in the globalisation era. Outsourcing can bring considerable benefits to organisations. However, if outsourcing decisions are not wisely made and the factors influencing the decision on outsourcing are not carefully considered, this could incur irreparable damage to organisation. This study seeks to identify and rank the factors affecting the outsourcing from the strategic perspective in the supply chain of small and medium manufacturing enterprises. In this study, after determining the factors influencing the strategic outsourcing decisions based on the literature, seven major factors were evaluated. In this approach, the estimation of the parameters using factor analysis was conducted to determine the most important sub-indices. Then, due to the multidimensional nature of the factors, the analytic hierarchy process technique was used for the weighting of the factors and the fuzzy additive ratio assessment technique was used for ranking the sub-criteria influencing the decisions of strategic outsourcing. The results showed that the quality is the most important factor and the management agent has the least importance.

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International Journal of Business Performance and Supply Chain Modelling Business, Management and Accounting-Business and International Management

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期刊介绍： IJBPSCM covers original, high-quality and cutting-edge research on all aspects of supply chain modelling, aiming at bridging the gap between theory and practice with applications analysing the real situation to improve business performance. Topics covered include Business performance modelling, strategy Vendor/supplier selection, supplier development, purchasing management Supply chain management (SCM), green supply chain modelling Reverse logistics, closed loop/knowledge-based supply chains, 3PL/4PL Sustainable/quality based/agile/leagile/intelligent SCM Supply chain performance/optimisation/risk/decision making/support systems AI, information sharing in SCM, systems approach to SCM Coordinated/global/flexible SCM, risk mitigation strategies Stochastic supply chain games IT-enabled SCM, fuzzy modelling, data mining Supply chain network management, modelling/simulation, implementation Training/education, information security, RFID Supply chain analysis, transportation decisions, vehicle routing, bullwhip effect Logistics in disaster management Cross-country comparison.