Supply Chain Integration and Organizational Success

摘要

Much has been written about the importance of managing the supply chain if global companies wish to succeed. A key aspect of such management is integrating activities within and across companies in the chain. Organizations that achieve this should be expected to have higher levels of performance. Using data from the third round of Global Manufacturing Research Group results, this study analyzed several performance measures, including year-to-year-changes, to confirm that supply chain integration does improve performance. The study also found interesting variations among countries.