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Manufacturing and Supply Chain Flexibility: Building an Integrative Conceptual Model Through Systematic Literature Review and Bibliometric Analysis

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The purpose of this study is twofold: first, to establish the current themes on the topic of manufacturing and supply chain flexibility (MSCF), assess their level of maturity in relation to each other, identify the emerging ones and reflect on how they can inform each other, and second, to develop a conceptual model of MSCF that links different themes connect and highlight future research opportunities. The study builds on a sample of 222 articles published from 1996 to 2018 in international, peer-reviewed journals. The analysis of the sample involves two complementary approaches: the co-word technique to identify the thematic clusters as well as their relative standing and a critical reflection on the papers to explain the intellectual content of these thematic clusters. The results of the co-word analysis show that MSCF is a dynamic topic with a rich and complex structure that comprises five thematic clusters. The value chain, capability and volatility clusters showed research topics that were taking a central role in the discussion on MSCF but were not mature yet. The SC purchasing practices and SC planning clusters involved work that was more focused and could be considered more mature. These clusters were then integrated in a framework that built on the competence–capability perspective and identified the major structural and infrastructural elements of MSCF as well as its antecedents and consequences. This paper proposes an integrative framework helping managers keep track the various decisions they need to make to increase flexibility from the viewpoint of the entire value chain.

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Notes

  1. Bullwhip effect: “the progressive increasing of upstream production variability caused by demand variability at the retail level in the chain” (Pereira 2010, p. 6358).

  2. This perspective conceptualized SCF as an internal competence, i.e. what the organization excels at the leads to the external capability of agility, which is the organization’s ability to use its resources and processes to effectively respond to its environment dynamic needs.

  3. Measures employed have a wide range of indicators from logistics, flexibility or delivery performance to overall firm performance.

  4. It considers the complexity arising due to the way in which customer interacts with multiple identical suppliers (Simangunsong et al. 2012).

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Pérez-Pérez, M., Kocabasoglu-Hillmer, C., Serrano-Bedia, A.M. et al. Manufacturing and Supply Chain Flexibility: Building an Integrative Conceptual Model Through Systematic Literature Review and Bibliometric Analysis. Glob J Flex Syst Manag 20 (Suppl 1), 1–23 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40171-019-00221-w

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