Modeling of cloud computing enablers and its impact on supply chain of electronics Industry during Covid-19 era using DEMATEL approach
Gaurav Mishra, Pravin Kumar, Suresh Kumar Garg
Abstract. The bane of the COVID-19 pandemic has induced a worldwide lockdown that has pushed various businesses on the verge of bankruptcy and governing bodies into an emergency mode. With many infected cases globally exceeding the 511 million-mark, social distancing is the most effective method to stop this spread. Subsequently, many businesses had setbacks and found it very challenging to cope with this current evolution of working remotely. It investigates the current state of businesses using cloud technology in the electronic industry to resolve COVID-19 recessions by emailing an online questionnaire to various experts with electronics and marketing backgrounds from different areas worldwide in information and communication technology. The whole research design proceeds by finding out the challenges, then questioner development, followed by statistical analysis done by reliability analysis and factor analysis using SPSS-23 software, and lastly, prioritizing the considered enablers by using DEMATEL. The results acknowledged the influential role of cloud computing in bringing up the required growth in the electronics industry during the epidemic. We concluded that the A8—agility, flexibility, and scalability—is the most crucial cause factor and influences other enablers.
Keywords
COVID 19, Cloud Computing, SPSS, DEMATEL
Published online 3/1/2025, 12 pages
Copyright © 2025 by the author(s)
Published under license by Materials Research Forum LLC., Millersville PA, USA
Citation: Gaurav Mishra, Pravin Kumar, Suresh Kumar Garg, Modeling of cloud computing enablers and its impact on supply chain of electronics Industry during Covid-19 era using DEMATEL approach, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 49, pp 241-252, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644903438-24
The article was published as article 24 of the book Mechanical Engineering for Sustainable Development
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