Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 ,Department of Management Science, Yazd University, Yazd, IRAN.
2 yazd uni.
Abstract
Supply chain management by choosing, combining and implementing lean and agile approaches is one of the fundamental challenges of managers due to the conflicts and different strategies of each and on the other hand their synergy. The current research has been carried out with the aim of developing a system for choosing lean and agile approaches in the supply chain, and it consists of two stages. In the qualitative stage, with the approach of content analysis and review of literature and research background, factors influencing the selection of agile and lean approaches have been collected. The process of data collection and coding has been carried out in a zigzag manner and at the same time until reaching theoretical saturation. Finally, these codes are classified in 17 groups and in 4 general levels of environmental factors, organization-related factors, product-related factors, and performance factors. In the quantitative stage and using the system dynamics method, using the factors obtained from the first stage and the strategies of lean and agile approaches, a model has been presented to evaluate the performance and choose the appropriate strategies in different conditions. By using the system dynamics of cause and effect models and state-flow drawn and model evaluation test, structure evaluation and sensitivity analysis have also been done to verify the validity of the model. Finally, different scenarios have been simulated and analyzed in this model. The presented dynamic model is able to examine specific strategies of lean and agile approaches in different conditions and finally provide certain degrees of lean and agility. The information required for modeling and simulating the model has been collected from the Yazd Tire Industry Complex.
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