Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
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M.A. student, Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Industrial Engineering, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
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Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Engineering, Faculty of Industrial Engineering, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Management, Imam Khomeini University of Marine Sciences, Nowshahr, Iran
Abstract
Lubricant supply chain can be considered as one of the most important supply chains in various industries. This industry is responsible for supplying one of the most strategic materials in many other industry. From manufacturing to logistics and transportation industries, they somehow need the products that are produced and offered in this industry. Therefore, the performance of these its supply chains can have a significant impact on other supply chains. Agility in lubricant supply chains is affected by several factors, with domestic origin and international origin. Analysis of these factors and their interactions can be very usefull for managers to increase agility and provide them with appropriate solutions to increase competitiveness in the market. Fuzzy Cognitive Maps (FCM) are powerful tools for analyzing cause-and-effect relationships between factors and can show their interactions by drawing a network of factors and relationships to make the analysis more accurate and comprehensive. In this paper, using a fuzzy cognitive map approach, the factors affecting the lubricant supply chain agility were analyzed. Planning and scheduling, system for identifying future needs, creating direct communications with customers, monitoring customers' voices and using their opinions in future plans, creating integrated information systems along the supply chain, creating motivational systems to increase employee participation, growth creativity, etc. can increase agility. The level and measure of interactions between agility factors are ontained as an important result of our approach.
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