Identifying and Ranking Factors Affecting Supply Chain Agility in Strategic Organizations (Case Study: Navy of the Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran)

Organizations today face an unprecedented level of competitive change and challenge that is constantly increasing. The models, methods, and tools used in the past to manage change are valuable tools, but they are not enough to help the organization keep up with internal and external change. One of the newest organizational forms to deal with these changes is the agility of the organization's supply chain. In this regard, the strategic navy of the army in order to achieve its missions and goals aims to develop an agile supply chain in its extensive naval operations. The purpose of this study is to identify and rank the factors affecting supply chain agility in Ndaja. This research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive in terms of implementation method. In order to collect information in this research in two phases and interview tools and questionnaires have been used. The statistical population in the first phase of the research is the major commanders and elites in the field of supply chain in the Navy and the qualitative research method (Foundation Data Research) has been used. In the second phase, preparedness experts in the areas and bases of this force are considered. T-test and Friedman test were used to analyze the data. The results showed that the six dimensions of process integration, flexibility, sensitivity, improving the level of responsiveness, meeting the need regardless of the volume of need and adapting to fluctuations are effective on supply chain agility .