Towards a theory of supply chain management: the constructs and measurements

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Towards a theory of supply chain management: the constructs and measurements

Injazz J. Chen¹, Antony Paulraj²•Institutions (2)

Cleveland State University¹, College of Business Administration²

01 Apr 2004-Journal of Operations Management (Elsevier)-Vol. 22, Iss: 2, pp 119-150

TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify and consolidate various supply chain initiatives and factors to develop key SCM constructs conducive to advancing the field and synthesize the large, fragmented body of work dispersed across many disciplines.

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About: This article is published in Journal of Operations Management.The article was published on 2004-04-01. It has received 2290 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Supply chain & Supply chain management.

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Abstract: The 2008 crash has left all the established economic doctrines - equilibrium models, real business cycles, disequilibria models - in disarray. Part of the problem is due to Smith’s "veil of ignorance": individuals unknowingly pursue society’s interest and, as a result, have no clue as to the macroeconomic effects of their actions: witness the Keynes and Leontief multipliers, the concept of value added, fiat money, Engel’s law and technical progress, to name but a few of the macrofoundations of microeconomics. A good viewpoint to take bearings anew lies in comparing the post-Great Depression institutions with those emerging from Thatcher and Reagan’s economic policies: deregulation, exogenous vs. endoge- nous money, shadow banking vs. Volcker’s Rule. Very simply, the banks, whose lending determined deposits after Roosevelt, and were a public service became private enterprises whose deposits determine lending. These underlay the great moderation preceding 2006, and the subsequent crash.

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The impact of supply chain integration on performance: A contingency and configuration approach

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Barbara B. Flynn¹, Baofeng Huo², Baofeng Huo³, Xiande Zhao³•Institutions (3)

Indiana University¹, Xi'an Jiaotong University², The Chinese University of Hong Kong³

01 Jan 2010-Journal of Operations Management

TL;DR: The findings of both the contingency and configuration approach indicated that SCI was related to both operational and business performance, and indicated that internal and customer integration were more strongly related to improving performance than supplier integration.

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...While Chen and Paulraj (2004a) argued that financial performance should be the main measure of SC performance because of the shareholder profit motive, others have described the limitations of relying solely on financial measures of performance (Dixon et al., 1990; Eccles and Pyburn, 1992; Hall,…...
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...The x2 difference demonstrated discriminant validity (Bagozzi et al., 1991; Chen and Paulraj, 2004b; O’Leary-Kelly and Vokurka, 1998)....
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The impact of supply chain management practices on competitive advantage and organizational performance

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Suhong Li¹, Bhanu S. Ragu-Nathan², T. S. Ragu-Nathan², S. Subba Rao²•Institutions (2)

Bryant University¹, College of Business Administration²

01 Apr 2006-Omega-international Journal of Management Science

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors conceptualized and developed five dimensions of SCM practice (strategic supplier partnership, customer relationship, level of information sharing, quality information sharing and postponement) and tested the relationships between SCM practices, competitive advantage, and organizational performance.

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Abstract: Effective supply chain management (SCM) has become a potentially valuable way of securing competitive advantage and improving organizational performance since competition is no longer between organizations, but among supply chains. This research conceptualizes and develops five dimensions of SCM practice (strategic supplier partnership, customer relationship, level of information sharing, quality of information sharing, and postponement) and tests the relationships between SCM practices, competitive advantage, and organizational performance. Data for the study were collected from 196 organizations and the relationships proposed in the framework were tested using structural equation modeling. The results indicate that higher levels of SCM practice can lead to enhanced competitive advantage and improved organizational performance. Also, competitive advantage can have a direct, positive impact on organizational performance.

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...Chen and Paulraj [31] use supplier base reduction, long-term relationship, communication, cross-functional teams and supplier involvement to measure buyer–supplier relationships....
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...Other factors, such as geographical proximity, JIT/lean capability [4], cross-functional teams, logistics integration [31], agreed vision and goals, and agreed supply chain leadership [34] are also identified in the literature....
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...Topics such as supplier selection, supplier involvement, and manufacturing performance[24,25], the influence of supplier alliances on the organization[26], success factors in strategic supplier alliances [27,28], supplier management orientation and supplier/buyer performance[29], the role of relationships with suppliers in improving supplier responsiveness [30], and the antecedence and consequences of buyer–supplier relationship [31] have been researched on the supplier side....
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Supply chain collaboration: Impact on collaborative advantage and firm performance

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Mei Cao¹, Qingyu Zhang²•Institutions (2)

University of Wisconsin–Superior¹, Arkansas State University²

01 Mar 2011-Journal of Operations Management

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored the nature of supply chain collaboration and explore its impact on firm performance based on a paradigm of collaborative advantage and found that collaborative advantage is an intermediate variable that enables supply chain partners to achieve synergies and create superior performance.

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Environmental management and manufacturing performance: The role of collaboration in the supply chain

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Stephan Vachon¹, Robert D. Klassen²•Institutions (2)

HEC Montréal¹, University of Western Ontario²

01 Feb 2008-International Journal of Production Economics

TL;DR: In this article, the impact of environmental collaborative activities on manufacturing performance was examined using a survey of North American manufacturers, and it was found that the benefits of collaborative green practices with suppliers were broadest, while collaboration with customers yielded mixed outcomes.

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...Juxtaposed with RBV, further theoretical development based on the relational view of the firm (Dyer and Singh, 1998) has contributed to the emergence of the collaborative paradigm in the supply chain literature (Chen and Paulraj, 2004)....
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...First, based on the four criteria for defining a strategic resource (RBV), collaborative is expected to offer a competitive advantage, as these activities are difficult to replicates and socially complex....
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...The application of RBV within operations management is sparse but can provide important insights (Amundson, 1998; St. John et al., 2001)....
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...An environmental management strategy founded on strategic resources that exhibit the properties proposed by the RBV can theoretically create a sustained competitive advantage (Russo and Fouts, 1997; Sharma and Vredenburg, 1998)....
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...This basis draws heavily on the resource-based view of the firm (RBV) (Barney, 1991) and recent research applying it within operations management (Schroeder et al., 2002)....
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...The framework also draws on the “relational view” of interorganizational competitive advantage (Dyer and Singh, 1998) in contrast to the “resource-based view” (RBV) of the firm (e.g., Barney, 1991, Teece et al., 1997)....
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