Supply chain management and organizational performance: Evidence from SMEs in South Africa

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2020-10-01 DOI:10.1080/23322373.2020.1830689

W. Okoumba, C. Mafini, J. Bhadury

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The salutary impact of adopting supply chain management best practices (SCMBPs) on organizations is well documented. However, similar studies on small and medium enterprises (SMEs), especially in underdeveloped/developing economies are relatively scant in the extant literature. This is despite the well- documented role of SMEs in stimulating economic growth and competitiveness in developing economies such as South Africa. This empirical study employed a total of 407 randomly selected South African SMEs to investigate the relationships between SCMBPs, supply chain agility, risk management and supply chain performance in South African SMEs. To the best of our knowledge, this represents the most extensive empirical study on the subject undertaken for an emerging economy in Africa and the only one that studies the relationships between these supply chain issues. Structural equation modeling indicated that the adoption of SCMBPs predicted better supply chain performance. This clearly underscores the importance of SCMBPs adoption, even for SMEs in an underdeveloped/developing economy.

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供应链管理与组织绩效：来自南非中小企业的证据

摘要采用供应链管理最佳实践（SCMBP）对组织的有益影响有据可查。然而，现有文献中对中小企业，特别是欠发达/发展中经济体的中小企业的类似研究相对较少。尽管中小企业在刺激南非等发展中经济体的经济增长和竞争力方面发挥着有据可查的作用，但情况依然如此。本实证研究采用了407家随机选择的南非中小企业，调查了南非中小企业的SCMBP、供应链敏捷性、风险管理和供应链绩效之间的关系。据我们所知，这是针对非洲新兴经济体进行的最广泛的实证研究，也是唯一一项研究这些供应链问题之间关系的研究。结构方程建模表明，采用SCMBP可以预测更好的供应链绩效。这清楚地强调了采用SCMBP的重要性，即使对于欠发达/发展中经济体的中小企业也是如此。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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