Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) Approach: A State of the Art Literature Review

The main objective of this paper is to provide an up-to-date and structured insight of the recent literature review relating to Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) and its deployment for modeling the variables of Supply Chain Management (SCM) and other related fields. The literature of ISM is examined in three ways. First, studying the concept of ISM and examining ISM as modeling technique. Second, application of ISM for modeling the supply chain Management. Third, application of ISM technique by researchers in their work for modeling in different fields. This whole literature overview provides good base and clear guidance to researchers about the ISM methodology. By using ISM methodology, researcher and industry manager can develop the model from the variables of different fields which improves the performance of these fields.