Developing a Supply Chain Agility Model and Analysis of its Effects on Supply Chain Performance

This study seeks to investigate the supply chain agility in healthcare and provides relevent model. Furthermore, the research studies the effectiveness of supply chain dimensions (enablers of agility and supply chain agility) on the supply chain performance. The statistical population of this research consists of the top and middle managers in active hospitals in the field of medical science universities affiliated to the Ministry of Health and Medical Education in Tehran, and the required data is collected from 218 subjects based on the designed questionnaire. The obtained data is analyzed by exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis as well as the path analysis. The research findings indicate a positive and significant impact of enablers of agility on the supply chain agility and performance. Moreover, the results indicate that the enablers of agility have significant and positive impact on the chain performance through creating the supply chain agility.