Role of flexibility, agility and responsiveness for sustainable supply chain resilience during COVID-19. (15th August 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kazancoglu, Ipek; Ozbiltekin-Pala, Melisa; Kumar Mangla, Sachin; Kazancoglu, Yigit; Jabeen, Fauzia
• Is Part Of: Journal of cleaner production. Volume 362(2022)
• Publication Date: 2022-08-15
• Subjects: Sustainable supply chains -- Resilience -- Flexibility -- Agility -- Responsiveness -- Digital technologies; Factory and trade waste -- Management -- Periodicals; Manufactures -- Environmental aspects -- Periodicals; Déchets industriels -- Gestion -- Périodiques; Usines -- Aspect de l'environnement -- Périodiques; 628.5
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.132431
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0959-6526

Abstract

Abstract: Supply chains are gradually transforming into more global structures. To ensure sustainability and resilience in face of the problems that arise in globalizing supply chains, it is becoming an important issue today; a supply chain must be flexible, agile and responsive. Therefore, the aim of the study is to focus on resilience in sustainable global supply chains (GSC) to avoid disruptions caused by pandemics such as COVID-19; it is also conducted research on responsiveness of sustainable global supply chains during COVID-19. In this study, dynamic capability perspective and contingency theory are used to conceptualize theoretical models for COVID-19. Moreover, a partial least squares (PLS) model is used to analyse the research hypotheses with 200 responses collected from companies which have complex supply chain structures. As a novel result, the relationship between flexibility, agility and responsiveness of global supply chain is revealed. Supply chain agility is found to be directly affected by supply chain flexibility. Moreover, supply chain flexibility and supply chain agility directly affect the responsiveness of the global supply chain. In addition, the agility of the supply chain acts as a partial mediator variable in the effect of supply chain flexibility on responsiveness. Highlights: Global supply chains are more vulnerable against disruptions. . It is critical to being flexible, agile and responsiveness of supply chains. The study aims to investigate responsiveness of sustainable supply chains during COVID-19. Partial least squares model is used to data analysis in this study. As result, flexibility, agility, responsiveness directly related with each other.