The Impact of Supply Chain Integration on Performance: Evidence from the UK Food Sector

Supply chain Integration has emerged as a major field of interest over the years that involve the strategic alignment of functions and processes within an organization. However, there have been major debates regarding the true design of the kinds of integration that would lead to performance of supp...

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Published inProcedia manufacturing Vol. 11; pp. 814 - 821
Main Authors Kumar, Vikas, Chibuzo, Esinaulo Nwakama, Garza-Reyes, Jose Arturo, Kumari, Archana, Rocha-Lona, Luis, Lopez-Torres, Gabriela Citlalli
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier B.V 2017
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Information sharing
Supply chain integration
supply chain performance
UK food sector
supply chain performance
UK food sector
Supply chain integration
Information sharing
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Summary:Supply chain Integration has emerged as a major field of interest over the years that involve the strategic alignment of functions and processes within an organization. However, there have been major debates regarding the true design of the kinds of integration that would lead to performance of supply chains. This study develops a conceptual framework from the literature and defines four constructs of integration (customer, supplier, internal, and information integration) to see how this would lead to improved supply chain performance (such as production flexibility, inventory turns, order fulfillment rate, total logistics costs, and operational performance).
ISSN:2351-9789
2351-9789
DOI:10.1016/j.promfg.2017.07.183