Evaluation of leagility in supply chains using fuzzy logic approach

Abstract

In the changing business environment, manufacturing firms can survive by catering to the dynamic demands of the modern customers. Lean principles imply zero inventory and agile principles necessitate safety inventory to tackle volatile market conditions. The leagile paradigm is gaining importance in the contemporary scenario which includes both lean and agile principles. This article presents the conceptual model of leagility imbibed with lean and agile principles. A fuzzy logic approach has been used for the evaluation of leagility in supply chains. This article is used to compute the performance of supply chains using both lean and agile concepts as leagility supply chains using a fuzzy logic approach.

Keywords:

• leagility
• volatile markets
• fuzzy logic
• leagile supply chain

Acknowledgement

The authors are thankful to the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, India for sanctioning funds towards the execution of the project titled “Decision support system for measuring agile characteristics” (reference number 22 (0505)/10/EMR-II). The current research study forms a part of this major research project.