Hybrid Approach based on Structuralinterpretative Modeling For the Analysis of Agile Supply Chain in Maritime Domain

The international trade of goods and materials is mainly conducted by sea at the present. Marine power efficiency depends on four main areas of organization, supply chain, human resources, information and operation out of which the supply chain is of the highest significance. Meanwhile, the main issue the present study deals with is the lack of a structuralinterpretative model by which the main factors of agility for marine supply chain are defined and then the manner and extent of relation between and among the factors are analysed. Therefore, the main factors of agility for the marine supply chain are first defined through the literature of the study, Delphi Method and SPSS; then, through the algorithm of structural- interpretative modeling based on MATLAB software, the interaction of the mentioned factors are surveyed. Accordingly, the agility factors with high influence and low dependence were placed at the premier level and the ones with low influence and high dependence were placed at the last. As well, the factors which were placed between the two mentioned are of high influence and high dependence which this shows the dynamics of the factors as the outcome of the study. It is worth noting the outcome of the study could be effective in marine logistics and in improving the performance of supply chain.