TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the supply chain leagility proposing all supply chains are leagile with different magnitudes of leanness and agility. A new index, “Deviation from Leagility” (DFL), is introduced, aiming to optimise supply chain design and investigate the relationship between supply chain leagility and firm performance.Design/methodology/approach The partial least squares (PLS) method was employed to analyse data collected from 299 Australian firms by administering a structured questionnaire.Findings The results indicate that most companies adopt the leagile supply chain rather than the lean or pure agile design. Furthermore, better business performance is achievable when deviation from a balanced supply chain in which both aspects of leanness and agility are equally embedded is minimised.Research limitations/implications The study is limited to a number of constraints that measure leagility; further research is needed to incorporate different aspects of agility.Practical implications The findings of this study could provide a guideline for supply chain executives to improve their company’s performance by designing a more balanced leagile supply chain.Originality/value This study is unique in its in-depth empirical investigation of modelling of leagile supply chain using a new index, and also addressing: first, the current mismatch between the well-known mutually exclusive strategies (lean/agile); and second, what has later been found when the proposed models were quantitatively tested.
VL  - 31
IS  - 1
SN  - 1355-5855
DO  - 10.1108/APJML-03-2018-0099
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/APJML-03-2018-0099
AU  - Fadaki Masih
AU  - Rahman Shams
AU  - Chan Caroline
PY  - 2019
Y1  - 2019/01/01
TI  - Quantifying the degree of supply chain leagility and assessing its impact on firm performance
T2  - Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 246
EP  - 264
Y2  - 2024/09/22
ER  -