Abstract
Purpose – With the emergence of the concepts of lean, agile and leagile paradigms for supply chains, organizations have little idea as to which model suits them based on the their supply chain's ability to counter risks and take on the challenges of the fast changing customer preferences. This paper aims to map supply chains on these two dimensions.Design/methodology/approach – A model is proposed by which suitable supply chain strategy can be selected based on customer sensitivity and risk alleviation competency dimension. Graph theoretic approach is applied to quantify these dimensions for three case supply chains.Findings – The proposed model was tested for three Indian SMEs clusters and suitable supply chain strategy was suggested.Research limitations/implications – It is recommended that the model be tested for those supply chains which have established themselves as lean, agile or leagile entities.Practical implications – Suggested model would help organizations to select suitable supply chain strat...
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