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Critical Success Factors for Manufacturing Industries to Mitigate the Impact of COVID-19


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1 Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi, India
2 Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
3 Indian Institute of Management Rohtak, India
4 Indian Institute of Management Indore., India
     

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This paper identifies the critical success factors for the textile sector, one of the most significant parts of the manufacturing industry, to attain sustainability post COVID-19 pandemic and the potential critical success factors from it. The paper employs techniques like expert opinion, content analysis and SWOT analysis. The ISM-MICMAC approach is used to evaluate the inter-relation between the factors and compute personalized weights that enable to prioritize the critical success factors. The findings reveal that coordination among government- local authorities-health care centers is the key critical success factor with the highest driving and the least dependence power. Personnel hygiene awareness, workforce scheduling, and shop floor hygiene norms are the most dependent critical success factors.
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Authors

Debashree Das
Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi, India
Ashok Kumar Shriwastawa
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
Patanjal Kumar
Indian Institute of Management Rohtak, India
Rajendra Baraiya
Indian Institute of Management Indore., India

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This paper identifies the critical success factors for the textile sector, one of the most significant parts of the manufacturing industry, to attain sustainability post COVID-19 pandemic and the potential critical success factors from it. The paper employs techniques like expert opinion, content analysis and SWOT analysis. The ISM-MICMAC approach is used to evaluate the inter-relation between the factors and compute personalized weights that enable to prioritize the critical success factors. The findings reveal that coordination among government- local authorities-health care centers is the key critical success factor with the highest driving and the least dependence power. Personnel hygiene awareness, workforce scheduling, and shop floor hygiene norms are the most dependent critical success factors.

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