The Impact of Green Attributes From Suppliers on Supply Chain Performance

2019 ◽  
pp. 1216-1232
Author(s):  
Jose Roberto Mendoza Fong ◽  
Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz ◽  
Aidé Aracely Maldonado-Macías ◽  
Cuauhtémoc Sánchez Ramírez ◽  
Valeria Martínez Loya

Nowadays, green supplier selection (GSS) is one of the most important activities for companies. Therefore, this research aims to demonstrate the relationship that exists between GSS and the marketing benefits of companies. The chapter proposes a structural equation model that integrates three latent variables. The two independent latent variables concern preproduction green attributes and process green attributes, and they are associated with a dependent latent variable: marketing indexes. Thus, three hypotheses are proposed to relate these latent variables. To validate such hypotheses, a survey is administered to 253 middle and senior managers from the manufacturing industry of Ciudad Juárez. Similarly, a descriptive analysis of the sample and the items is carried out. Results show direct and positive effects among the analyzed variables. However, the highest impact is caused by preproduction green attributes over production process green attributes.

Author(s):  
Jose Roberto Mendoza Fong ◽  
Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz ◽  
Aidé Aracely Maldonado-Macías ◽  
Cuauhtémoc Sánchez Ramírez ◽  
Valeria Martínez Loya

Nowadays, green supplier selection (GSS) is one of the most important activities for companies. Therefore, this research aims to demonstrate the relationship that exists between GSS and the marketing benefits of companies. The chapter proposes a structural equation model that integrates three latent variables. The two independent latent variables concern preproduction green attributes and process green attributes, and they are associated with a dependent latent variable: marketing indexes. Thus, three hypotheses are proposed to relate these latent variables. To validate such hypotheses, a survey is administered to 253 middle and senior managers from the manufacturing industry of Ciudad Juárez. Similarly, a descriptive analysis of the sample and the items is carried out. Results show direct and positive effects among the analyzed variables. However, the highest impact is caused by preproduction green attributes over production process green attributes.


Author(s):  
Carlos A Talamantes-Padilla ◽  
Jorge Luis. García-Alcaráz ◽  
Aide A. Maldonado-Macías ◽  
Giner Alor-Hernández ◽  
Cuauhtemoc Sánchéz-Ramírez ◽  
...  

In this chapter, four latent variables will be analyzed to measure the impact of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) on the integration, flexibility and performance of Supply Chain (SC). The aim of the exposition is to provide greater understanding for those responsible of the supply chain, and focus efforts on clear objectives. These clear objectives should help those responsible for the supply chain achieve a better performance within organizations. The information analyzed was obtained from a questionnaire provided to 284 managers in companies located in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The results were used to generate a structural equation model in order to learn the relationships between variables. We have postulated six hypotheses regarding the direct, indirect and total effects. The results indicate that there is no direct relationship between ICT integration and SC performance, but an indirect relationship through mediating variables as SC Integration and Flexibility exists.


Author(s):  
José Roberto Mendoza Fong ◽  
Jorge Luis García-Alcaraz ◽  
Cuauhtemoc Sánchez Ramírez ◽  
Giner Alor-Hernández

Supplier selection process is one of the daily activities of purchasing departments in the maquiladora industries, but traditionally the attributes analyzed are those that can be quantified, ignoring others because its impact on the production process or on the company's revenues is unknown. This article presents a structural equation model in which three latent variables associated with administrative attributes are integrated, the benefits obtained along production process and marketing, where three hypotheses which relate them are exposed. The information is derived from a survey of 253 managers who works in maquiladoras in Mexico, thus a descriptive analysis of the sample and the items are obtained. The hypotheses were validated according to a structural equation model and the results indicate that there is a direct and positive effect between the variables analyzed, but the most interesting due to its size, is between the profits made by the production process and the marketing benefits.


Author(s):  
Yinan Yang ◽  
Yingying Meng ◽  
Pengtao Dong

This paper explores and tests the impact of health and security on the participation of Chinese older people using data from the China Longitudinal Ageing Social Survey (CLASS) in 2014. Based on the framework of Active Ageing, the exogenous latent variables “health” and “security” are assumed to directly affect the endogenous latent variable “participation”, and indirectly affect it via mediating the function of “willingness”. The estimation results of the structural equation model show that health has a significant positive impact, while security has a significant negative impact on participation. In addition, health and security can significantly enhance the willingness of older people to participate. After the opposite effects of health and security are offset, their net effect on participation is generally negative. According to these empirical results, this paper concludes that the optimization of health coupled with the moderation of security level is more beneficial for promoting the participation of older people.


Author(s):  
Carlos A Talamantes-Padilla ◽  
Jorge Luis. García-Alcaráz ◽  
Aide A. Maldonado-Macías ◽  
Giner Alor-Hernández ◽  
Cuauhtemoc Sánchéz-Ramírez ◽  
...  

In this chapter, four latent variables will be analyzed to measure the impact of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) on the integration, flexibility and performance of Supply Chain (SC). The aim of the exposition is to provide greater understanding for those responsible of the supply chain, and focus efforts on clear objectives. These clear objectives should help those responsible for the supply chain achieve a better performance within organizations. The information analyzed was obtained from a questionnaire provided to 284 managers in companies located in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. The results were used to generate a structural equation model in order to learn the relationships between variables. We have postulated six hypotheses regarding the direct, indirect and total effects. The results indicate that there is no direct relationship between ICT integration and SC performance, but an indirect relationship through mediating variables as SC Integration and Flexibility exists.


2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 1153 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Díaz-Reza ◽  
Jorge García-Alcaraz ◽  
Liliana Avelar-Sosa ◽  
José Mendoza-Fong ◽  
Juan Sáenz Diez-Muro ◽  
...  

The present research proposes a structural equation model to integrate four latent variables: managerial commitment, preventive maintenance, total productive maintenance, and productivity benefits. In addition, these variables are related through six research hypotheses that are validated using collected data from 368 surveys administered in the Mexican manufacturing industry. Consequently, the model is evaluated using partial least squares. The results show that managerial commitment is critical to achieve productivity benefits, while preventive maintenance is indispensable to total preventive maintenance. These results may encourage company managers to focus on managerial commitment and implement preventive maintenance programs to guarantee the success of total productive maintenance.


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 504-516
Author(s):  
Akram Abdulsamad ◽  
Noor Azman ALI ◽  
Anuar Shah Bali Mahomed ◽  
Haslinda Hashim ◽  
Abdulwahab Jandab ◽  
...  

This study examines the direct effect of the three main components of the market orientation on the organizational performance of SMEs in Yemen. Four variables are used in the research, are competitor orientation, customer orientation, and inter-functional coordination, as the exogenous latent variables, whereas organizational performance, as the endogenous latent variable. The quantitative approach is applied in this study with causal and descriptive research. The single-sector method is adopted, is the food and beverage sector, by using random sample sampling, the sample size was 640 managers/owners. only 459 samples were valid to conduct the analysis by using the Structural Equation Model (SEM) in SmartPLS Software version 3.0. The findings of the study reveal that the three main components of the market orientation have a positive and significant impact on SMEs' organizational performance. However, the effect size of customer orientation on organizational performance was more than competitor orientation and inter-functional coordination.


2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 134-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank Niklas ◽  
Wolfgang Schneider

Mathematical competencies are important not only for academic achievement at school, but also for several professions later in life. Although plenty of research has focused on the development of linguistic competencies and the impact of learning environments in families, mathematics has mostly been neglected so far. However, a few initial studies indicate that the mathematical learning environment in families, the so-called “Home Numeracy Environment” (HNE), is important for the development of mathematical abilities. The present longitudinal study was carried out from kindergarten until the end of Grade 1, using a sample of about 600 children. Results show the impact of family-related mathematical activities, such as playing dice or number games, on the development of mathematical competencies. The positive effects remained even after intelligence had been controlled for. Moreover, HNE was not only a significant predictor of mathematical abilities at the end of kindergarten, but it also influenced the further development of mathematical competencies above and beyond its initial impact. Results are shown in a structural equation model, and are discussed with regard to their practical implications. Zusammenfassung Mathematische Kompetenzen sind nicht nur für schulischen Erfolg, sondern auch später für viele Berufe wichtig. Während zahlreiche Untersuchungen zur sprachlichen Kompetenzentwicklung und deren Zusammenhang mit der familiären Lernumwelt vorliegen, wurde der Bereich Mathematik bislang nur randständig untersucht. Dabei weisen ersten Studien auf die Bedeutsamkeit der mathematischen Lernumwelt in Familien, der sogenannten „Home Numeracy Environment“ (HNE), für die mathematische Kompetenzentwicklung hin. Befunde der vorliegenden Längsschnittstudie mit etwa 600 Kindern vom Kindergarten bis Ende der ersten Klasse zeigen den Einfluss mathematischer Aktivitäten der Eltern wie z.B. Würfel- oder Zahlenspiele auf die mathematischen Fähigkeiten der Kinder. Die positiven Effekte bleiben auch unter Kontrolle der Intelligenz der Kinder bestehen. Weiterhin sagt die HNE nicht nur die mathematischen Kompetenzen beim Schuleintritt vorher, sondern beeinflusst darüber hinaus auch die weitere mathematische Kompetenzentwicklung. Die Befunde werden in einem Strukturgleichungsmodell dargestellt und hinsichtlich ihrer praktischen Implikationen diskutiert.


2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 1116
Author(s):  
Ricko Achmadi Putra ◽  
Hartoyo Hartoyo ◽  
Megawati Simanjuntak

This journal examines the relationship between perception of product quality, perception of service quality, perception of Customer Loyalty Program on retail customer behavior, and sales volumes of cement products. This study examines three different cement brands, namely cement XYZ with the largest market share, cement PQR which is the main competitor, as well as cement ABC, a newcomer cement brand which is strong enough to enter the Indonesian cement market. The research is focused on the building material retailers with 100 respondents. The data collection will be done by survey through direct interview by using questionnaires. The analysis of this research uses descriptive analysis, analysis by ANOVA and also inferential analysis by using Structural Equation Model (SEM). The results of this study indicate that from the factors that influence the attitudes of retail customers of the three variables tested, only one dominant factor which influences the attitude of retail customers, which is the perception of the product quality. The results of this research also show that the perception of product quality also affects sale volume significantly, the greater the perception of the quality of cement products, the greater the volume of sales generated by the retail customer.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven M. Boker ◽  
Timo von Oertzen ◽  
Andreas Markus Brandmaier

A general method is introduced in which variables that are products of other variables in the context of a structural equation model (SEM) can be decomposed into the sources of variance due to the multiplicands. The result is a new category of SEM which we call a Multiplicative Reticular Action Model (XRAM). XRAM can include interactions between latent variables, multilevel random coefficients, latent variable moderators, and novel constructs such as factors of paths and twin genetic decomposition of multilevel random coefficients. The method relies on an assumption that all variance sources in a model can be decomposed into linear combinations of independent normal standardized variables. Although the distribution of a variable that is an outcome of multiplication between other variables is not normal, the assumption is that it can be decomposed into sources that are normal if one takes into account the non-normality induced by the multiplication. The method is applied to an example to show how in a special case it is equivalent to known unbiased and efficient estimators in the statistical literature. Two simulations are presented that demonstrate the precision of the approximation and implement the method to estimate parameters in a multilevel autoregressive framework.


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