Application of agile methods in traditional logistics companies and logistics startups

Constructing internal audit quality evaluation index: evidence from listed companies in Jiangsu province, China

“…The DM is a group consensus technique that employs a systematic study of research, stakeholder opinions, and the judgment of experts in an area to establish an agreement after numerous rounds of discussions ( Monguet et al., 2017 ). The DM is beneficial when evidence is insufficient or limited: it depends on group members' “collective intelligence” to create better outcomes than any individual in the group could achieve on his or her own, resulting in greater content validity and reliability ( Sullivan, 2011 ; Zielskea and Held, 2021 ). In this work, we used the DM to reach an agreement on an adequate and trustworthy IAQE index comprised of major criteria and particular indicators.…”

A Framework on the Use of Agile Methods in Logistics Startups

“…To shrink the research gap, the Delphi study gathers the views of experts. In April 2020, three complementary rounds were executed to gain extensive insight into the views of 29 German panel members, who are experts in the fields of agility and logistics and mostly work as top managers, project leads or agile coaches in established logistics startups and established logistics companies [77]. The participants were interviewed on their usage of agile methods, the benefits they can realise through the use of agile methods and the challenges they face.…”

“…The answers to the individual questions were evaluated and considered from different perspectives. Cross-case analyses were also carried out, for example, comparing the answers of participants with specific roles or divided into startups and established companies [77].…”

“…These results show similarities to the results of this publication described above, where it is shown that the focus of young startups is development of business value and the increase of customer satisfaction (see Figure 5). The results of the Delphi study and the survey show that younger startups focus strongly on the development of the right product and fast product delivery [77,98]. Giardino et al (2014) characterised factors that can lead to the failure of software startups.…”

Analyzing the effect of supply chain strategies and collaboration on performance improvement using MIMIC model

“…It is because customers have gained a lot of knowledge and experiences about the products and services that they are using. This information is considered a new competitive advantage for firms [25]. Customer integration can boost supply chain agility by developing quick observation (while sharing information with the partner) and responding to market and customer demand.…”