MILITARY MANAGEMENT QUARTERLY

MILITARY MANAGEMENT QUARTERLY

Providing an Interpretative Structural Model of Resilient Supply Chain in Iran's Defense Industries

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Akbar Rahimi 1
Abbas Raad 2
Akbar Alamtabriz 3
Alireza Motameni 4
1 PhD Candidate in Management, Shahid Beheshti University (Corresponding Author, rahimi_akr@Yahoo.com)
2 Assistant Professor in Management, Shahid Beheshti University
3 Professor in Management, Shahid Beheshti University
4 Associate Professor in Management, Shahid Beheshti University
Abstract
Given the importance of the supply chain for gaining competitive advantage, competition between organizations is said to have been replaced by competition between supply chains. Therefore, supply chain Effective management is a key factor in the success of the organization. Disruptions as the outcome of unexpected events are an inseparable part of the supply chain of today's organizations operating in conditions of uncertainty. A resiliency approach in supply chain management has been introduced to deal with these unexpected events in the supply chain and to improve it quickly and return it to its original state before the occurrence of the event. The role of defense products in enhancing deterrence against military threats, well shows up the importance and necessity of applying a resilient approach to supply chain management of defense industries. In this paper, with the aim of developing a defense industry supply chain resonance model, we first identified the most important supply chain resilience practices, then classified them using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, and then, using interpretive structural modeling (ISM) provides a model that illustrates the relationship between these actions. The power of driving and dependence of practices are also analyzed using the MICMAC technique. The results of the research show that out of a total of 37 practices introduced in the previous research for the resilient supply chain, 19 practices are effective in the resilient supply chain of defense industries. It consists of 5 categories and includes: Relationship with the suppliers, Flexibility, Agility, Redundancy and Security. Relationship with the suppliers as the most basic and most driving practice and Agility, Redundancy and Security are the most dependent practices of the defense industries resilient supply chain. Therefore, managers first of all should focus on effectively communicating with suppliers in order to enhance supply chain resilience.
Keywords
Supply Chain
Resilient Approach
Interpretative Structural Modeling
Defense Industries
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