Systematic literature review on the supply chain agility for manufacturer and consumer

Abstract

For a company to survive in the long run, it is necessary to attract enough customers to generate profitability. Since the high uncertainty in organizations requires a more rapid response to customers’ needs, agility is a critical success factor for today’s manufacturing enterprise. To be competitive, enterprises must integrate their supply chains more effectively and forge close memberships with customers and suppliers more quickly. Therefore, the current study attempts to understand how supply chain agility has evolved. We have used a systematic literature review approach to examine the current state of the art and identify potential research gaps. It has indicated how companies can form and preserve competitive advantages in turbulent environments between manufacturers and consumers. From the outcomes, it can be observed that the developed supply chain agility has positive impacts on the sales of companies, velocity to market, profitability, market share and consumers’ satisfaction. Also, the investigations showed that the supply chain agility management needs persistent planning. Allotment of the resources to the agility aspects’ improvement might help companies increase the influence of such investments. Our investigation highlights the tactics for better readiness to attain supply chain agility that is the central part of electronic firms' competency in an emerging market.

Scientific procedures and rationales for systematic literature reviews (SPAR‐4‐SLR)

“…Du et al. 's (2021) review on supply chain agility using the PRISMA protocol and 35 articles from 21 CABS AJG‐ranked journals highlights the changes in consumer requirements, competition, marketplace, society, and technology, and how companies can respond to these changes to develop supply chain agility, which can create or preserve competitive advantages and produce positive impacts on consumer satisfaction, market share, profitability, sales, and velocity to market.…”

Designing an Agile Closed-Loop Supply Chain with Environmental Aspects Using a Novel Multiobjective Metaheuristic Algorithm

“…ey used Red Deer Algorithm (RDA) to optimize this model. Du et al [17] presented a systematic literature review on supply chain agility. In this study, the evolution of the concept of the agile supply chain has been investigated, and a systematic literature review approach has been used to understand the research gap.…”

A Systematic Literature Review Protocol for the analysis of practices, measurement instruments and contextual factors inherent to Supply Chain Agility

“…The concept, in its various forms, is now acknowledged as a winning strategy for growth if not a fundamental one for survival in certain business environments (Ismail and Sharifi, 2006). Defined as a supply chain's capability to adapt or respond in a speedy manner to a changing market place environment (Swafford et al, 2005), and aimed to respond quickly to the unique needs of customers and markets, mastering change and uncertainty, leveraging the impact of the people, and enrich customers (Yusuf et al,2004), SCA helps firms to overcome all types of changes that exists in the business environment, such as, market volatility, intense competition, changes in customer's requirements, accelerating technological change, and changes in social factors (Lin et al, 2006;Du et al, 2021), resulting in more differentiation and increased profitability (Um, 2016).…”

“…The driver behind agility in manufacturing was the need to find a revolutionary way of manufacturing products while being able to manage uncertainties, and product introduction time to achieve responsiveness, innovation, superior quality, maximization of profit, and to satisfy the ever-increasing customer demand (Potdar et al, 2017). As the concept of agility evolved and was introduced to supply chains, researchers have classified the drivers behind agility in the supply chain in five broad areas including market volatility, intense competition, changes in customer requirements, accelerating technological change, and change in social factors (Lin et al, 2006;Du et al, 2021). It was also suggested that SCA is one of the most important strategies needed to face these changes with its objectives of establishing a Seamless Supply Chain (SSC) in which all players think and act as one, ensuring end customer satisfaction, having the ability to respond quickly and efficiently to a volatile marketplace (Mason and Towill, 1999;Power et al, 2001;Du et al, 2021), enriching customers and employees (Lin et al, 2006), anticipating uncertainties (Baramichai et al, 2006), reducing inventory, and integrating with suppliers more effectively (Faisal et al, 2007).…”