Purpose – The purpose of this study is to provide an efficient index system for evaluating leanness extent of the organizational supply chain. In today’s competitive global marketplace, the concept of lean manufacturing has gained vital consciousness to all manufacturing sectors, their...

Purpose – The concept of agile supply chain (ASC) has become increasingly important as means of achieving a competitive edge in turbulent business environments. An ASC is a dynamic alliance of member enterprises, the adaptation of which is likely to introduce velocity, responsiveness and...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a simulation modelling framework to examine the behaviour of a serial make-to-stock (MTS) manufacturing system under the influence of various uncertainties. Further, the study analyses effect of propagation uncertainties from lower to upper...