A systematic literature review to integrate lean, agile, resilient, green and sustainable paradigms in the supply chain management

TLDR

The study aims to systematically review literature to integrate lean, agile, resilient, green, and sustainable paradigms in supply chain management, addressing research questions on locating LARGS research, selection criteria, geographic distribution, industry focus, tools used, interrelations among paradigms, performance measures, and future research avenues. The review analyzed 160 relevant articles published between 1999 and 2019. The analysis identified key research issues, highlighted main findings, and proposed future research directions for LARGS paradigms in supply chains.

Abstract

Abstract The main focus of this study is to conduct a systematic literature review to integrate lean, agile, resilient, green and sustainable (LARGS) paradigms in the supply chain (SC) domain. To achieve this aim, several research questions were designed: First, how to locate LARGS research in context of SC domain? For this, it is important to understand which types of research articles should be selected for the study? Further, where such studies were conducted (geographical location)? Second, what is the focus of research in LARGS paradigm in SCs? For this, it is important to study, which types of industries or sectors have been targeted in literature? In addition, which tools and techniques have been used mostly? Third, what are the current trends in the relationships of LARGS paradigms, among themselves, and with SC performance measures? Fourth, what are the emerging issues, unexplored areas in this field, based on these what could be future research avenues in this subject domain have been proposed? A total of 160 relevant articles published during 1999–2019 were used for analysis. Based on analysis, findings are summarised, and main research issues and possible future research directions in LARGS paradigms in SCs are highlighted.