Applications of Leagility in Manufacturing and Service Industries

Leagility is a new paradigm which combines both lean and agile concepts together. The aim of current study is to constitute a vast literature of leagility in manufacturing and service sectors categorizing the existing studies and to explore the limitations and future research directions. There are 40 research articles selected for this study and classified based on year, research methods, publisher, journal and application on leagility. Then the identification of limitations and future research directions from the articles are reviewed. The finding suggests that leagility is explored more in supply chain and it requirements to be looked into other sectors. The theoretical background is made by developing more conceptual models, frameworks and empirical testing in manufacturing, automobile, healthcare and Information Technology (IT). The validation of the models has been examined by real-time case studies. The reader can understand that leagility is applied mainly in supply chain as decoupling point and emerging concept in market. For researcher, it would have a widespread of ideas for research.

[1]  S. Sharma,et al.  Lean, agile and leagile healthcare management – A case of chronic care , 2019 .

[2]  K. Jayakrishna,et al.  Modelling the metrics of leagile supply chain and leagility evaluation , 2018 .

[3]  F. Khoshalhan,et al.  Readiness assessment of leagility supply chain based on fuzzy cognitive maps and interpretive structural modeling: a case study , 2018 .

[4]  S. Devadasan,et al.  Supply chain performance measurement: a future research agenda for acquiring competitiveness through the implementation of leagile manufacturing paradigm , 2018 .

[5]  A. Shahin,et al.  An integrated approach for prioritizing lean and agile production factors based on costs of quality with a case study in the home appliance industry , 2018 .

[6]  V Raja Sreedharan,et al.  A Systematic Literature Review of Lean Six Sigma in Different Industries , 2016 .

[7]  Saurav Datta,et al.  A fuzzy embedded leagility assessment module in supply chain , 2016 .

[8]  Masoud Rahiminezhad Galankashi,et al.  Assessment of hybrid Lean-Agile (Leagile) supply chain strategies , 2016 .

[9]  Arnab Banerjee,et al.  A contemporary TOC innovative thinking process in the backdrop of leagile supply chain , 2016, J. Enterp. Inf. Manag..

[10]  Martin Christopher,et al.  Achieving supply chain ‘Leagility’ through a project management orientation , 2016 .

[11]  Arnab Banerjee,et al.  Information technology enabled process re-engineering for supply chain leagility , 2015, Int. J. Inf. Technol. Manag..

[12]  Arnab Banerjee,et al.  Leagility index in supply chain - part-II: case applications, benchmarking and comparative analysis , 2015 .

[13]  Siba Sankar Mahapatra,et al.  Evaluation of leanness, agility and leagility for supply chain of automotive industries , 2015 .

[14]  Jafar Razmi,et al.  A hybrid fuzzy bi-objective delivery planning model for leagile e-tailing under uncertainty , 2015 .

[15]  Mohamed Mohamed Naim,et al.  The development of a lean, agile and leagile supply network taxonomy based on differing types of flexibility , 2014 .

[16]  Siba Sankar Mahapatra,et al.  Interrelationship of capabilities/enablers for lean, agile and leagile manufacturing: an ISM approach , 2013 .

[17]  D. V. Ramana,et al.  Evaluation of performance metrics of leagile supply chain through fuzzy MCDM , 2013 .

[18]  Sadat Haj,et al.  Modeling the metrics of lean, agile, and leagility: An AHP-based approach , 2013 .

[19]  S. Vinodh,et al.  Evaluation of leagility in supply chains using fuzzy logic approach , 2013 .

[20]  Gunjan Soni,et al.  Evaluating reliability and validity of lean, agile and leagile supply chain constructs in Indian manufacturing industry , 2012 .

[21]  Matthieu Lauras,et al.  A decision support system for optimising the order fulfilment process , 2012 .

[22]  Oisín Cawley,et al.  "Leagile" software development: An experience report analysis of the application of lean approaches in agile software development , 2012, J. Syst. Softw..

[23]  S. Vinodh,et al.  Determination of Leagile Supply Chain Index Using Fuzzy ANP Approach , 2012 .

[24]  Danuta Kisperska-Moroń,et al.  Improving supply chain performance to satisfy final customers: "Leagile" experiences of a polish distributor , 2011 .

[25]  Arash Shahin,et al.  Designing an integrative model of leagile production and analyzing its influence on the quality of auto parts based on Six Sigma approach with a case study in a manufacturing company , 2011 .

[26]  M. Naim,et al.  On leanness, agility and leagile supply chains , 2011 .

[27]  Yu-Ying Huang,et al.  How to achieve leagility: A case study of a personal computer original equipment manufacturer in Taiwan , 2010 .

[28]  Sanjay Kumar Shukla,et al.  A leagile inventory-location model: formulation and its optimisation , 2010 .

[29]  Fariborz Rahimnia,et al.  Supply chain leagility in professional services: how to apply decoupling point concept in healthcare delivery system , 2010 .

[30]  Pavel Castka,et al.  Benchmarking leagility in mass services , 2009 .

[31]  Felix T.S. Chan,et al.  Performance optimization of a leagility inspired supply chain model: a CFGTSA algorithm based approach , 2009 .

[32]  Ruth Banomyong,et al.  Implementing leagility in reverse logistics channels , 2008 .

[33]  R. Krishnamurthy,et al.  Leagile manufacturing: a proposed corporate infrastructure , 2007 .

[34]  Manoj Kumar Tiwari,et al.  Modeling the metrics of lean, agile and leagile supply chain: An ANP-based approach , 2006, Eur. J. Oper. Res..

[35]  Enver Yücesan,et al.  Transshipments: An emerging inventory recourse to achieve supply chain leagility , 2002 .

[36]  Denis Royston Towill,et al.  Lean, agile or leagile? Matching your supply chain to the marketplace , 2000 .

[37]  D. Towill,et al.  Engineering the leagile supply chain , 2000 .

[38]  Danny Berry,et al.  Leagility: Integrating the lean and agile manufacturing paradigms in the total supply chain , 1999 .

[39]  M. Mirabi,et al.  Ranking of Leagility Factors Based on Job Satisfaction through a Combinatory Model of Fuzzy TOPSIS and AHP (Case Study: M.R.I Hospital, Shiraz, Iran) , 2018 .

[40]  A. Banerjee,et al.  Modeling a Leagility Index for Supply Chain Sustenance , 2017 .

[41]  A. Noorul Haq,et al.  Analysis of enablers for the implementation of leagile supply chain management using an integrated fuzzy QFD approach , 2017, J. Intell. Manuf..