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
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.
flexibility, measurement, supply chain, theory-building
