Title: Fuzzy data envelopment analysis for measuring agility performance of supply chains

Authors: Amir-Reza Abtahi, Kaveh Khalili-Damghani

Addresses: Department of Industrial Management, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Postal Box 6479-14155, Haft-Peikar Alley, Nezami Ganjavi Ave., Tavanir St., Tehran, Iran. ' Department of Industrial Management, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Postal Box 6479-14155, Haft-Peikar Alley, Nezami Ganjavi Ave., Tavanir St., Tehran, Iran

Abstract: A conceptual model including capabilities and enablers of agility has been proposed for agility levels in agile supply chain (ASC). Then, a fuzzy data envelopment analysis (FDEA) has been proposed to measure the efficiency of transformation process in which a supply chain transforms enablers of agility into capabilities of agility. Proposed FDEA resulted in interesting reduction of computational efforts. Finally, a Monte Carlo simulation process has been supplied to rank the interval efficiency scores. Controlled simulated illustrative instance has been designed to address the ability of proposed procedure as a robust and straightforward tool.

Keywords: agile supply chains; supply chain modelling; fuzzy DEA; data envelopment analysis; FDEA modelling; efficiency measurement; supply chain management; SCM; Monte Carlo simulation; agility performance; performance measurement.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMOM.2011.039530

International Journal of Modelling in Operations Management, 2011 Vol.1 No.3, pp.263 - 288

Published online: 14 Jan 2015 *

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