scholarly journals Agricultural cooperatives participating in vegetable supply chain integration: A case study of a trinity cooperative in China

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. e0253668
Author(s):  
Lu Wang ◽  
Jianli Luo ◽  
Yuxia Liu
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Rural China ◽  
Development Stage ◽  
Supply Chain Integration ◽  
Mature Stage ◽  
Agricultural Cooperatives ◽  
Start Up ◽  
Actor Networks ◽  
The Government ◽  
Internal Integration

Supply chain integration plays an important role in the development of the vegetable industry in terms of vegetable quality, vegetable safety, and vegetable security in rural China. This paper explores how agricultural cooperatives integrate the vegetable supply chain by taking a trinity cooperative as an example in China. It explains the translation concatenation of supply chain integration for this cooperative by constructing actor networks in four development stages, including the seed stage, start-up stage, development stage, and mature stage. The findings show that supply chain integration in production cooperation, supply & sales cooperation, and credit cooperation is a useful trinity cooperative model of supply chain integration for investigating vegetable supply chain integration through internal integration and external integration. This paper suggests that cooperatives in the vegetable supply chain should facilitate close coordination among different shareholders and further improve the efficiency of supply chain integration. The government should provide training opportunities and funding to encourage cooperatives to participate in supply chain integration within the vegetable industry.

Mediating and non-linear relationships among supply chain integration dimensions

2018 ◽  
Vol 48 (7) ◽  
pp. 698-723 ◽  
Author(s):  
Macarena Sacristán-Díaz ◽  
Pedro Garrido-Vega ◽  
José Moyano-Fuentes
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Information Integration ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Financial Integration ◽  
Supply Chain Integration ◽  
External Information ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Linear Relationships ◽  
Non Linear ◽  
Internal Integration

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse the relationships between the different dimensions of supply chain integration (SCI). First, the sequence in which these dimensions should be implemented and some possible mediating effects are investigated. Then, relationships are examined more closely to observe whether they present more complex non-linear forms than those usually analysed. Design/methodology/approach Required information was gathered from a sample of 477 Spanish industrial companies (23.4 per cent response rate). PLS structural equation modelling was applied to capture non-linear relationships between SCI dimensions. Findings The results indicate that internal integration leads to external integration and that within external integration, information flow integration provides the basis for financial flow integration and physical flow integration. Thus, the results suggest the existence of a logical sequence to achieve SCI. In addition, clearly different non-linear relationships are observed between the analysed variables. Practical implications It seems that a sufficient minimum value has to be reached for internal integration to have a positive effect on external information and financial integration. In addition, a higher degree of information integration appears to facilitate financial and physical integration, although a medium degree of information integration results in a lower degree of financial integration. Therefore, managers should not expect that efforts made to increase one integration dimension will always produce the same effect on the other dimensions. Originality/value An empirical contribution is made to knowledge of the logical SCI sequence. This contribution is not only important for academia, but also for managers seeking to improve supply chain performance through integration.

scholarly journals The effect of supply chain integration on customer loyalty: The mediating roles of operational performance and customer satisfaction

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 867-876 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sudirman Zaid ◽  
Alida Palilati ◽  
Rahmat Madjid ◽  
Sarini Yusuf Abad
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Customer Loyalty ◽  
Supply Chain Integration ◽  
Operational Performance ◽  
Research Model ◽  
Top Managers ◽  
Internal Integration ◽  
Significant Direct Effect

The objective of the research is to examine the role of Supply Chain Integration (SCI) which consists of; suppliers, customers, and internal integration in building customer loyalty. This study uses data from 308 top managers of Tuna Fillets SMEs Industries in Southeast Sulawesi Province, Indonesia as respondents. The research model was analyzed by using PLS-SEM. The research found that SCI had a significant direct effect on operational performance and customer satisfaction. The research also found that operational performance and customer satisfaction had some impacts on increasing loyalty of Tuna Fillets SMEs Industries customers. The results of the analysis also provide information that operational performance and customer satisfaction can be a mediator of the influence of Supply Chain Integration.

Assessing the Impact of Supply Chain Integration on Firm Competitive Capability

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam S. Maiga
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Integration ◽  
Organizational Response ◽  
Mediation Effects ◽  
Customer Integration ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Supplier Integration ◽  
Internal Integration ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Significant Direct Effect

Firms undertake efforts to compete along multiple fronts. First, they integrate internally in order to prepare a cohesive organizational response and to ready the ground for external integration. They then seek to integrate with both customers and suppliers which can increase the breadth and depth of resource endowments. Internal and external integration are posited to improve manufacturing related competitive capability. This study examines whether internal integration and external integration impact manufacturing related competitive capability. The findings indicate significant positive effects of internal integration on both supplier and customer integration. Each supply chain integration dimension has a significant direct effect on competitive capability. Testing for mediation effects indicates that customer integration and supplier integration partially mediate the effects of internal integration on competitive capability.

Inhibitors and enablers of supply chain integration across multiple supply chain tiers: evidence from Malawi

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kizito Elijah Kanyoma ◽  
Frank Wogbe Agbola ◽  
Richard Oloruntoba
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Supply Chain Integration ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Focal Firm ◽  
Culture Of Fear ◽  
Major Supplier ◽  
Internal Integration

PurposeThis paper investigates the inhibitors and enablers of supply chain integration (SCI) across multiple tiers in the supply chains of manufacturing-based small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Malawi.Design/methodology/approachFollowing a qualitative approach, data were collected through face-to-face interviews across three supply chains, each consisting of a focal manufacturer, a major supplier and a retailer.FindingsThe research identified interpersonal relationships, supplier cost transparency and joint supply chain management (SCM) investments as key enablers of SCI. Concerning the inhibitors of SCI, the study found that a lack of external integration inhibited internal integration by acting as a source of disruption to intra-firm processes and relationships. Further, the research found weaker links between manufacturer–-retailer dyads than in manufacturer–supplier dyads, which constrained the ability to achieve multi-tier supplier–manufacture–retailer integration. The study also revealed that resource and infrastructural deficiencies, a culture of fear and intimidation within and between firms, corruption in sourcing transactions and a lack of inter-firm trust inhibited SCI.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper extends earlier evidence that internal integration is a prerequisite for external integration demonstrating that a basic level of external integration is necessary to prevent disruptions to internal integration.Originality/valueThis study is one of the few to go beyond the focal firm perspective and explore the inhibitors and enablers of SCI across multiple supply chain positions, and provides new evidence on the role of external integration in achieving internal integration.

Supply Chain Integration in the Textile and Garment Industries

2012 ◽  
pp. 47-61
Author(s):  
Ruth Banomyong
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Garment Industry ◽  
Supply Chain Integration ◽  
Dyadic Relationships ◽  
Innovation Capability ◽  
Governmental Support ◽  
Internal Integration ◽  
Integrated Supply Chain ◽  
Integration Analysis

Supply chain integration has been theoretically posited as a key requirement that enhances supply chain competitiveness and innovation. However, there has been a lack of empirical evidence related to the level of supply chain integration and its benefit. This chapter provides an illustration of the level of integration observed in the Thai textile and garment supply chain. The supply chain integration analysis was done through the use of the quick scan audit methodology and it was observed that there was no integrated supply chain in the Thai textile and garment industry. The majority of the existing textile and garment supply chain relationship in Thailand was mostly limited to internal functions within member firms with some dyadic relationships. This means that most Thai textile and garment firms are still struggling with internal integration and are still not able to integrate their respective supply chain thus affecting innovation capability of Thai textile and garment supply chain. Governmental support may be needed to develop the facilitating environment for supply chain integration.

Integration in Global Supply Chains

2011 ◽  
pp. 135-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shawnee Vickery ◽  
Cornelia Droge
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Firm Performance ◽  
Information Integration ◽  
Supply Chain Integration ◽  
Environmental Turbulence ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Joint Decision ◽  
Integration Mechanisms ◽  
Second Tier ◽  
Internal Integration

Supply chain management (SCM) demands a holistic view of the functions and processes required to bring a product or service to market. It assumes that optimization of subsystems does not necessarily lead to global optimization and that the supply chain should be strategically managed as a single entity in order to effectively and efficiently deliver the desired results. SCM requires supply chain integration, both internal integration (for example, across functions) and integration with suppliers, customers, and/or other concerned channel members. The key recurring themes characterizing integration research as applied to business processes concern connectivity and simplification. Connectivity implies seamless linkages (internally or externally) and encompasses coordination, collaboration, cooperation, and interaction. Simplification is the common manifestation of system optimization. The most important specific mechanisms for achieving integration are teams (or integration via human interaction) and IT (or information integration); these two are central to the evolution of knowledge integration into a collaborative “culture” of joint decision-making and knowledge management. The literature suggests that integration in a supply chain and firm performance are positively linked. Although a lot of research in a variety of research domains has addressed cross-functional teams or IT (internal integration) and firm performance, less work has been done on the interaction of integration mechanisms or on the impact of integration mechanisms conditional on other factors, such as environmental turbulence. Furthermore, empirical research with a holistic supply chain orientation is in its infancy. For example, neither second tier suppliers and customers nor recyclers are typically considered. The chapter concludes by suggesting several avenues for future research in global supply chain integration.

An Investigation of the Relationships Between Internal Integration, Antecedents and Functional Performance in Vietnam

2014 ◽  
pp. 78-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hieu Nguyen Thanh
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Functional Performance ◽  
Supply Chain Integration ◽  
Mediating Effects ◽  
Leader Support ◽  
Communication Conflict ◽  
Internal Integration ◽  
Flow Of Information ◽  
The Relationship

Supply chain integration has been considered to be a source of competitive advantage for firms as it improves relationships and the flow of information and resources both between internal functions in an organization and between supply chain partners. This study examines the relationship between internal integration and functional performance. It also examines the three key antecedents to internal integration: communication, leader support and conflict. A questionnaire survey is used to collect data from a sample of 152 production managers. The data are analyzed using regression. The results indicate that communication, conflict and leader support are antecedents of internal integration and also impact functional performance. Internal integration is also found to mediate the relationships between communication and leader support with functional performance, but not for the relationships between conflict and functional performance. This is also the contribution of the paper, which is the first to examine and suggest these mediating effects between communication, leader support, internal integration and functional performance.

scholarly journals The mediating effect of internal integration on the relationship between supply chain integration and operational performance: Evidence from Moroccan manufacturing companies

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Errassafi ◽  
Hassan Abbar ◽  
Zahra Benabbou
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Supply Chain Integration ◽  
Organizational Capabilities ◽  
Operational Performance ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Customer Integration ◽  
Supplier Integration ◽  
Internal Integration ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose: This paper aims to explain the direct effect of supply chain integration on operational performance of manufacturing companies and the mediating effect of internal integration on the relationship between external integration and operational performance.Design/methodology/approach: From an organizational capabilities perspective we consider internal integration as a set of intra-organizational capabilities and customer integration and supplier integration as a set of inter-organizational capabilities. In the basis of a sample of 75 Moroccan manufacturing companies, we used PLS – Structural Equation Modeling to study the direct effect of customer integration, internal integration and supplier integration on operational performance of manufacturers and to analyze the mediating effect of internal integration. Findings: The results show that customer integration, internal integration and supplier integration are all positively and significantly related to operational performance of the manufacturer and internal integration mediates relationship between costumer integration and operational performance but not relationship between supplier integration and operational performance.     Research limitations/implications: This study focuses on a set of best practices for integrating flows and business processes that industrial companies need to implement in order to create value for final consumer and show how to use internal integration practices to benefit more from external integration.Originality/value: The result of this study extends the developing body of literature on supply chain integration by analyzing the effect of interaction between internal and external integration on the operational performance towards an organizational capabilities perspective in a specific Moroccan industrial context.

scholarly journals Research on Behavior Incentives of Prefabricated Building Component Manufacturers

Information ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 284
Author(s):  
Pinbo Yao ◽  
Hongda Liu
Keyword(s):  
Incremental Cost ◽  
Evolutionary Game ◽  
Development Stage ◽  
Mature Stage ◽  
Positive Externalities ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
Material Component ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Cost

Based on the positive externalities of prefabricated buildings, this paper constructs an evolutionary game model between the government and material component vendors and analyzes the changes in the behavior of the government and component vendors in different stages of the advancement of prefabricated buildings. Based on data modeling and equation prediction analysis, it can be found that the expansion of the incremental cost of construction at the initial stage inhibits the enthusiasm of the government. Thus, the government’s incentive behavior effectively affects the behavior of component vendors, and fiscal taxation and punishment policies will promote component vendors to provide prefabricated components. In the development stage, the government’s fiscal policy influence that weakens and affects component vendors’ behavior mainly comes from the incremental costs and benefits of components. Additionally, the difference between the builder’s incremental cost and the sales revenue narrowed. At this time, the behavior prediction of both parties tends to be steady. In the mature stage, prefabricated buildings will mainly rely on market forces, and the government can gradually withdraw from the market. The cost variable tends to be lower, and it can be predicted that component vendors tend to supply components, while the government tends to restrict policies.

scholarly journals The Role of Collaboration and Integration in the Supply Chain of Construction Industry

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. 1300-1313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fazal Ali Shaikh ◽  
Muhammad Saeed Shahbaz ◽  
Saad Ud Din ◽  
Nasurullah Odhano
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Supply Chain Collaboration ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Joint Decision ◽  
Supplier Integration ◽  
The Government ◽  
Internal Integration

It has found that the construction sector of Pakistan is growing fast due to the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor but history shows that construction projects never achieves its targets. The literature revealed the major hurdles behind the construction is supply chain issues. Supply chain of construction is deficient due to lack of collaboration and integration. The aim of this study is the empirically verify the role of supply chain collaboration (information sharing, Joint decision making, and risk and reward sharing) and supply chain integration (supplier integration, internal integration, and customer integration) with performance. This is a quantitative study, a total of 350 questionnaires were distributed to registered construction firms with Pakistan Engineering Council and 221 were received and considered for analysis after purification, validity and reliability. Multiple-regression technique was applied through SPSS. This study has unique findings as all integration approaches have significant effects while collaboration is not working for the same industry. This proves that members of supply chain construction can get benefit from integration but they hesitate to share their risks, rewards, and planning to all stakeholders. This study will help managers in decision making. This study will also help the government of Pakistan and China in completing their construction projects in time and with the designated cost.

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