Enhancing enterprise agility by deploying agile drivers, capabilities and providers

被引:120
作者
Tseng, Yi-Hong [1 ]
Lin, Ching-Torng [1 ]
机构
[1] Da Yeh Univ, Dept Informat Management, Changhua, Taiwan
关键词
Agile enterprise; Fuzzy logic; Fuzzy agility index; Operational strategy; Quality function deployment (QFD); LOGIC-BASED APPROACH; EVALUATING AGILITY; ACHIEVING AGILITY; DECISION; METHODOLOGY; SELECTION; MODEL;
D O I
10.1016/j.ins.2011.04.034
中图分类号
TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 ;
摘要
Agility is perceived as the dominant competitive vehicle for all organizations in an uncertain and ever-changing business environment. When embracing agility, important questions must be asked. What precisely is agility and how can it be measured? How can one adopt the appropriate agile enablers to develop agility? How can one effectively assist in enhancing agility? For an enterprise to achieve agility, it is critical to create an effective integrated procedure within the business that coordinates and ensures that the agility providers can satisfy the agility capabilities and cope with drivers, ultimately transforming all of these attributes into strategic competitive edges. However, the existing literature on enterprise agility has failed to sufficiently address the relevant perspectives in such analyzes. The relationship matrix in the quality function deployment (QFD) method provides an excellent tool for deploying important concepts and linking processes. This report suggests a new agility development method for dealing with the interface and alignment issues among the agility drivers, capabilities and providers using the QFD relationship matrix and fuzzy logic. A fuzzy agility index (FAI) for an enterprise composed of agility capability ratings and a total relation-weight with agility drivers was developed to measure the agility level of an enterprise. This report also describes how this robust approach has been applied to develop agility in a Taiwanese information technology (IT) product and service enterprise. This development project revealed that the proposed framework and procedures can enhance the agility of an enterprise as well as ensure a competitive edge. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码:3693 / 3708
页数:16
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