Supply chain flexibility, uncertainty and firm performance: An empirical analysis of German manufacturing firms

2011 ◽  
Vol 130 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ulf Merschmann ◽  
Ulrich W. Thonemann
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Chain Flexibility ◽  
Supply Chain Flexibility

scholarly journals Supply chain management, supply chain flexibility and firm performance: an empirical investigation of agriculture companies in Indonesia

2022 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Itang, H.S. Sufyati ◽  
Asep Dadan Suganda ◽  
Shafenti Shafenti ◽  
Mochammad Fahlevi
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Partial Least Square ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Chain Flexibility ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Supply Chain Flexibility ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this research is to better understand the impact of supply chain management (SCM) and flexibility on firm performance, as well as the role of competitive advantage in mediating the model in Indonesian agriculture companies. Companies must apply supply chain management and supply chain flexibility (SCF) to boost industrial competitiveness, which impacts firm performance. To ensure that supply chain management supports the company's strategy, companies must evaluate supply chain concerns. From the literature search, researchers have not found any published studies or articles on SCM and SCF in their influence on firm performance through competitive advantage, specifically for corn companies in Indonesia. The population in this study includes agriculture companies in Indonesia. Sampling was carried out using probability sampling technique, the total population of 200 obtained a sample size of 133.333 which can be rounded up to 134 research samples. The inferential statistical method used in the data analysis of this study was the Partial Least Square Version 3 program. The study found that SCM influenced firm performance and SCF had a direct influence on firm performance. However, competitive advantage variable failed in being a mediator in SCM and SCF on firm performance.

How Does Complexity Affect the Relationship Between Supply Chain Integration and Firm Performance?

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 22-37
Author(s):  
Errassafi Mohamed ◽  
Abbar Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Supply Chain Integration ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Context Information ◽  
Chain Flexibility ◽  
Supply Chain Flexibility ◽  
Current Context ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Improve Supply Chain

Supply chain integration has become a major challenge for companies in the current context. Information sharing, and collaboration improve supply chain flexibility, tractability, and efficiency. Several studies have demonstrated, the positive and the significant relationship between supply chain integration and firm performance. Other studies have focused on the factors that affect this relationship. Supply chain complexity is a contingency factor that affects this relationship. Based on the literature review and through a confrontational approach, the authors propose a conceptual model to show how the complexity of supply chain affects the benefit of integration. Propositions are posited with suggestions for further research. Authors suggest that there are three dimensions of supply chain complexity which moderate the effect of supply chain integration on the firm performance: upstream, internal and downstream complexity; that there is a taxonomy of firm's group based on their level of each dimension of complexity and the effect of integration differs from one group to another.

scholarly journals The Role of Competitiveness as Mediator for the Relation between Supply Chain Flexibility and Firm Performance

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
La Hata Tani ◽  
Djumilah Zain ◽  
Budisantoso Wirjodirjo ◽  
Djumahir Djumahir
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Chain Flexibility ◽  
Supply Chain Flexibility

scholarly journals COMPLEXITIES IN A FLEXIBLE SUPPLY CHAIN AND THE ROLE OF KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 531-538
Author(s):  
Kittisak Jermsittiparsert ◽  
Supamit Srisawat
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Supply Chain Risk ◽  
Statistical Tool ◽  
Chain Flexibility ◽  
Knowledge Based ◽  
Supply Chain Flexibility ◽  
Supply Chain Agility ◽  
Internal Knowledge

Purpose: The current study is interested in exploring the nexus between product complexities, external and internal knowledge and supply chain flexibility of Indonesian manufacturing firms. Methodology: The study has employed the knowledge-based view to conceptualize the relationship between product complexities, external and internal knowledge and supply chain flexibility of Indonesian manufacturing firms. The complexity of manufacturing flexibility has made this concept difficult to comprehend yet delimit. To date, agreement on how to practice this concept has not yet been resolved. Employing the survey-based methodology, the SEM-PLS technique is used to test the hypothesized relationships. So, the current study has used SEM-PLS as a statistical tool to answer the research questions raised in this study and research objectives envisaged in the current study. Results: The findings of the study have provided support to the theoretical foundation and proposed hypothesis of the current study. Current study will be helpful for policymakers and practitioners in understanding the issues related to supply chain risk, supply chain integration and supply chain agility. In the author's knowledge this is among very few pioneering studies on this issue.

scholarly journals Supply Chain Integration and Flexibility and Its Impact on Business Performance

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdul Samed Muntaka ◽  
Ashraf Haruna ◽  
Henry Kofi Mensah
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Functional Integration ◽  
Supply Chain Integration ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Chain Flexibility ◽  
Supply Chain Flexibility

This study explores the significance of integration and flexibility as critical determinants of business performance by examining the connection amongst supply chain integration and flexibility on the one hand and business performance on the other.  Using mainly a cross-sectional approach, structured questionnaire was used to collect responses from two hundred and fifty-five employees drawn registered companies in the Kumasi Metropolis and analyzed with the help of Pearson’s correlation and structural equation modeling (SEM). Three elements of supply chain integration (company integration with suppliers, cross functional integration within a company and company integration with customers) and three elements of supply chain flexibility (adaptability, alignment and agility) were subjected to analysis. The results indicate that supply chain integration and supply chain flexibility exhibit significant correlation with firm performance. Supply chain integration and supply chain flexibility have high correlation with ‘financial performance’ followed by ‘logistic performance’ and then ‘operational performance’. Also, the results demonstrate that four supply chain integration surrogates; ‘production data integration’, ‘going after customers for feedback’, ‘periodic connection with customers’ and ‘real time search of inventory’ and two supply chain flexibility proxies specifically ‘technology’ and ‘supply network strategies’ are crucial as they exhibit the most noteworthy influence on firm performance. Results of this study offer remarkable demonstrations of the effects of integration and flexibility in enhancing performance of businesses and greater attention must be paid to those proxies of supply chain integration and flexibility that exhibited the most significant impact on firm’s performance.

Supply chain flexibility and firm performance

2005 ◽  
Vol 25 (7) ◽  
pp. 681-700 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angel Martínez Sánchez ◽  
Manuela Pérez Pérez
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Chain Flexibility ◽  
Supply Chain Flexibility

The impact of ambidexterity on supply chain flexibility fit

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 433-452 ◽  
Author(s):  
Araceli Rojo ◽  
Javier Llorens-Montes ◽  
Maria Nieves Perez-Arostegui
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Measurement Instrument ◽  
Optimal Level ◽  
Structural Equations ◽  
Chain Flexibility ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Supply Chain Flexibility ◽  
New Instrument ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze whether supply chain (SC) ambidexterity improves supply chain flexibility (SCF) and its impact on SC competence and firm performance. A new measurement instrument for SCF is proposed that takes into account the demands of the environment: SCF fit. Design/methodology/approach A theoretical model is developed to examine the relationships proposed. The hypotheses are tested with data from 302 manufacturing firms using a structural equations model methodology. Findings The results show that SC ambidexterity helps to achieve the optimal level of SCF and that supply chain management (SCM) is important to firm performance. Research limitations/implications This paper makes three contributions to the SCM literature: first, it develops the conceptual definition of SC ambidexterity and studies its effects at the SC level; second, it develops a new instrument to measure SCF known as SCF fit; third, it studies both the impact of SCF fit on SC competence and the importance of SC in firm performance. Practical implications This paper develops a measurement instrument that permits managers to diagnose the level of SCF and the correspondence/gap between current and optimal levels and to establish comparisons between different SC. It also indicates the importance of SCM for firm performance and the need to consider the SC as a whole. Originality/value This is one of the first studies to analyze ambidexterity in an organizational network like the SC. It shows that exploitation practices do not jeopardize SCF as long as they are accompanied by exploration practices. That is, high levels of exploration and exploitation are compatible in the SC and lead to the optimal level of SCF.

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