Table 1.

Agile supply factors.

Factors	Factor dimension	Researches
Planning and reorder segmentation	- Market research and monitoring - Forecast of alternatives Suppliers	Baramichai et al., 2007 (44); Agarwal et al., 2007 (45); Tseng et al., 2011 (29); Lin et al., 2006 (46); Swafford et al., 2008 (47)
Assessment and prioritizing of suppliers for purchasing	- Quality/cost standards for supplier selection - Maintaining list of prequalified suppliers	Baramichai et al., 2007 (44)
Utilizing of IT tools (UIT)	- E-commerce - Electronic biding - RFID (Radio frequency identification)	Baramichai et al., 2007 (44); Gunasekaran et al., 2008 (6); Agarwal et al., 2007 (45); Swafford, 2003 (10)
Suppliers empowerment	- Operational information sharing - Flexible contract - Partnership with suppliers	Baramichai et al. ,2007 (44); Tseng et al., 2011 (29); Lin et al., 2006 (46)
Material quantity adjustment (for different orders)	- Order consolidation - Variety of suppliers	Baramichai et al., 2007 (44)
Process integration & performance management	- Co-managed inventory - Collaborative product design& development - Synchronous supply	Agarwal et al., 2007 (45); Christopher, 2000 (7)
Cost reduction(CR)	- Sourcing cost - Inventory cost	Qureshi et al., 2008 (48); Agarwal et al., 2007 (45); Lin et al., 2006 (46); Swafford, 2003 (10)
Delivery speed (DS) Trust development (TD) Environmental pressure	- Responsiveness rate - Reliability delivery - Trust-based relations with suppliers - Minimizing uncertainty (MU) - Political factor - Economic factors - Social factors	Agarwal et al., 2007 (45); Tseng et al., 2011 (29); Sharifi et al., 1999 (60) Agarwal et al., 2007 (45); Tseng et al., 2011 (29); Sharifi et al., 1999 (60) Agarwal et al., 2007 (45); Tseng et al., 2011 (29); Handfield et al., 2002 (49) Sharifi et al., 1999 (60); Tseng et al., 2011 (29)