Supply Chain Flexibility: Building a New Model Lummus Rhonda R.1, Duclos Leslie K.2, Vokurka Robert J.3 | Rhonda R. Lummus is an associate professor of operations management at Iowa State University. She received a Ph.D. in operations management from the University of Iowa. Her research interests include supply chain strategies and the effect of demand management strategies in the supply chain. |
| Leslie K. Duclos is an associate professor of information systems at the University of Northern Iowa. She received a Ph.D. in information systems from the University of Iowa. Her research interests include supply chain management and information systems project management. |
| Robert J. Vokurka is an associate professor of operations management at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. He received a PhD in operations management from Texas A&M University. His research interests include supply chain management, manufacturing strategy, and performance improvement. |
1Iowa State University, College of Business, 2340 Gerdin Building, Ames, IA 50011-2063. rlummus@iastate.edu 2University of Northern Iowa, College of Business Administration, Cedar Falls, IA 50614-0125. leslie.wilson@uni.edu 3College of Business, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, 6300 Ocean Drive, Corpus Christi, TX 78412. vokurka@cob.tamucc.edu Abstract Building on the flexibility classification schemes and flexibility typologies literature, and recent literature on supply chain management, a new model of flexibility is proposed: supply chain flexibility (SCF). The model specifies several important characteristics that are required within and between each node of the supply chain to improve supply chain flexibility. Implications for supply chain researchers and practitioners are discussed. Top Keywords flexibility, measurement, supply chain, theory-building. Top |