TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose It remains unclear how environmental scanning (ES) can generate firm performance through supply chain management (SCM) practices. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of ES on operational performance through supply chain integration (SCI) and supply chain responsiveness (SCR).Design/methodology/approach The scanning–interpretation–action–performance (SIAP) model and organization information processing theory (OIPT) are used to explain the ES–SCI–SCR–performance (S–I–A–P) relationships, which were tested by structural equation modeling of survey data of 329 manufacturing firms in China.Findings The results indicate that ES has a significant positive effect on SCI and SCR. SCI is significantly and positively related to SCR. SCR partially mediates the relationship between ES and operational performance, and fully mediates the relationship between SCI and operational performance.Practical implications Supply chain managers should collaborate with senior executives to obtain signals from ES activities, as input for building SCI and SCR and use SCI as a joint interpretation mechanism of ES signals for developing SCR to reap operational advantages in the rapidly changing business environment.Originality/value Strategic management academics and practitioners have explicitly emphasized the importance of ES in developing strategic plans but are unsure about the role of SCM in creating operational advantages through ES. Using the SIAP model, this study theorizes and demonstrates how SCI and SCR transform signals from ES into operational performance. In doing so, a more precise application of OIPT is explicated in the supply chain context.
VL  - 39
IS  - 5
SN  - 0144-3577
DO  - 10.1108/IJOPM-07-2018-0395
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOPM-07-2018-0395
AU  - Yu Wantao
AU  - Chavez Roberto
AU  - Jacobs Mark
AU  - Wong Chee Yew
AU  - Yuan Chunlin
PY  - 2019
Y1  - 2019/01/01
TI  - Environmental scanning, supply chain integration, responsiveness, and operational performance: An integrative framework from an organizational information processing theory perspective
T2  - International Journal of Operations & Production Management
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 787
EP  - 814
Y2  - 2024/09/19
ER  -