tailieunhanh - The impact of firm supply performance and lean processes on the relationship between supply chain management practices and competitive performance

The primary objective of the present paper is to explore the link between supply logistic integration, competitive performance, lean process and supply performance. | The impact of firm supply performance and lean processes on the relationship between supply chain management practices and competitive performance Uncertain Supply Chain Management 7 2019 341 350 Contents lists available at GrowingScience Uncertain Supply Chain Management homepage uscm The impact of firm supply performance and lean processes on the relationship between supply chain management practices and competitive performance Hamad Karem Hadrawia a Assistant Professor Faculty of Administration and Economics University of Kufa Najaf Governorate Iraq CHRONICLE ABSTRACT Article history The primary objective of the present paper is to explore the link between supply logistic Received February 16 2018 integration competitive performance lean process and supply performance. To achieve our Accepted July 26 2018 research objectives we develop a unique model which conceptualizes the said relationship. Available online Porter s value chain and the resource based views are used as theatrical lenses of the current July 27 2018 Keywords study using Amos software package based on a data set of 220 Iraqi manufacturing firms. Iraq Structural equation modeling SEM is employed to analyze the dataset. The findings of the Supply Chain study show that the there was a positive relationship between supply logistics and competitive Competitive Performance performance operational and supply performance and lean processes were partially mediating this relationship. The study also shows the importance of managing both internal production processes and external processes logistics and supply chain of firms operations in an integrated manner in which supply chain management acts through key internal processes to impact competitive performance. This is the first study which uncovers what happens in between the incoming materials and the end outputs delivered by firms into the market. This in between black box is important in improving our understanding of how .