Achieving supply chain resilience: The contribution of logistics and supply chain capabilities
International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment
ISSN: 1759-5908
Article publication date: 14 November 2016
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the inter-relationship among dominant supply chain capabilities of collaboration, flexibility, velocity and visibility and how the same influence supply chain resilience (SCRES) and supply chain performance. Further, the aim is to explore the relationship between integrated logistics capabilities and supply chain capabilities.
Design/methodology/approach
The proposed hypotheses were tested with survey data collected from 339 supply chain professionals. The collected data were then analyzed with confirmatory factor analysis, and the proposed relationships were tested with structural equation modeling.
Findings
Integrated logistics capabilities were found to positively influence supply chain collaboration and supply chain visibility. There is a positive influence of each of collaboration, flexibility, visibility and velocity on SCRES. Further, each of these supply chain capabilities positively influences each other to a greater extent. Further, SCRES was found to have a positive influence on supply chain performance.
Research limitations/implications
Like many other cross sectional studies, this study also suffers from data collected from single respondent per firm.
Originality/value
The study is significant and holds immense importance for managers and supply chain practitioners because it has suggested them to focus on core supply chain capabilities, for example, collaboration, flexibility, visibility and visibility for developing SCRES. Along with this, it undersigned the growing importance and empirical influence of integrated logistics capabilities in developing these supply chain capabilities and also the positive influence of resilience on supply chain performance.
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Acknowledgements
The authors are indebted to Dr Vishal Mishra for his valuable suggestions and comments in the development of the research model. Vishal Mishra has done his masters in management studies from MNIT Jaipur (Rajasthan University) and his PhD in management (ICFAI University, Dehradun). His teaching interests include Business Statistics and Research Methods and his research interest’s lie in the areas of business networks, technology acceptance, ICT and financial inclusion, ICT and health care.
Citation
Mandal, S., Sarathy, R., Korasiga, V.R., Bhattacharya, S. and Dastidar, S.G. (2016), "Achieving supply chain resilience: The contribution of logistics and supply chain capabilities", International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment, Vol. 7 No. 5, pp. 544-562. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJDRBE-04-2016-0010
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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