Designing the operational attributes and criteria for supply chain agility evaluation in national Iranian oil company case of: NISOC

Although importance of Agility in supply chain in various industries is clear due to the need to have a responsive, customer oriented, and flexible organization, Iran large oil companies do not pay enough attention to agility in their supply chains. In this article, following literature review of agile supply chain and its importance in oil industry, significant criteria and attributes for Supply Chain Agility are introduced and a conceptual model of Evaluation and measurement have been presented for National Iranian Oil Company and NISOC in particular. Research data was analyzed using qualitative research methods such as Delphi and quantitative methods such as factor analysis and structural equation modeling (SEM). The article presents main criteria and indexes for evaluating agility in supply chain in oil companies. According to the findings of our research, main attributes are agility derivers, enablers and capabilities while main processes in supply chain appear to be procurement, EDP and delivering oil and gas.