Open AccessCREATING AGILE SUPPLY CHAINS BY TADS
Author(s) -
M. BALAJI,
V. VEL MURUGAN,
N. R. ARUN KUMAR
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
latin american applied research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.123
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 1851-8796
pISSN - 0327-0793
DOI - 10.52292/j.laar.2014.464
Subject(s) - agile software development , supply chain , productivity , quality (philosophy) , business , process management , competitive advantage , order (exchange) , computer science , operations management , industrial organization , marketing , engineering , economics , philosophy , software engineering , epistemology , finance , macroeconomics
Global markets are now becoming volatile in most industries and the importance of their abilities to adapt to rapid and unexpected changes have surfaced. Modern organizations have to respond quickly to their customers’ dynamic demands without compromising on quality, productivity and cost. Achieving agility lies in de-signing agile friendly processes and thus firms need to concentrate on their supply chains and its enablers in the attempt of redressing themselves as responsive supply chains. To evaluate and improve the levels of supply chain agility, a model called Total Agile Design System (TADS) is proposed. TADS as a methodology identifies supply chain enablers and prioritize them in order to achieve supply chain agility. In this scoring model, agility index before and after implementation of TADS are measured and discussed. The results validate the proposed model and lend evidence to the current thinking of impinging on agile concepts in traditional supply chains for competitive advantage and survival.