Developing a causal model of factors influencingsupply chain resilience

Factors such as political issues, demand fluctuations, technological changes, financialinstability, natural disasters, and more importantly the competitive environment of the business,increase the uncertainty and risks in the supply chain. Management of such risks, namely,resilient supply chain, is one of the current challenges of organizations. Therefore, organizationsneed to design and understand the dynamics of factors affecting supply chain resiliency toformulate sustainability strategies. In this research, by investigating related literature, the relatedcomponents of the resilient supply chain and balanced scorecard have been identified to map thecauses and effects of resilient supply chain with the Meta-synthesis approach, which have beenconfirmed by experts. The results were categorized into three categories and ten dimensions with83 codes. Finally, by the help of the results and the relationships between them, the causal modelof the factors influencing resilient supply chain has been developed. The diagram prepared inthis research provides an overview for supply chain managers by considering the dynamics ofparameters affecting policy making. Effective key components to reduce recovery time andincrease resilience have been identified based on field studies, which have highlighted theimportance of risk management in resilience through supply chain agility, reengineering,integration and flexibility which is strengthened by investing in the development oforganization's growth and learning.