A Mixed-Method Approach to Determine the Successful Factors Affecting the Criticality Level of Intermediate and Final Products on National Basis: A Case Study from Saudi Arabia

Aiman Fadil (), Paul Davis and John Geraghty
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Aiman Fadil: Faculty of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Dublin City University, D09 W6F4 Dublin, Ireland
Paul Davis: Business School, Dublin City University, D09 E432 Dublin, Ireland
John Geraghty: Faculty of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Dublin City University, D09 W6F4 Dublin, Ireland

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 7, 1-29

Abstract: COVID-19, Brexit, war, and some other similar cases will leave/have left us with a lesson that has had an impact on the supply chains of almost all product types. Countries have now recognized that some products cannot be sustained in a situation of uncertainty. This research covers the gap in understanding and identifying the successful factors affecting the criticality level of supply required of intermediate and final products (IFP) at the national level. It investigates the relationship between two factors: the casual factor supply risk (independent factor); and the impacted (dependent factors) political, economic, sociocultural, and technological (PEST) factors in terms of identifying critical products using the principle of Resource Dependency Theory (RDT). A literature review was conducted, followed by a mixed-method approach. Semi-structured interviews with 23 Saudi experts were carried out initially; then, a questionnaire was shared with 152 Saudi experts in different sectors. The qualitative study identified 30 key measurement variables for both factors, in which 19 variables were confirmed using the factor analysis (FA) technique.

Keywords: sustainable supply chain; purchasing portfolio; public procurement; resource dependence theory; national strategic reserves; criticality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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