Development of Supply Chain Management Practices and Competitive Advantages in Manufacturing Industries: A Review

Abstract:

Supply chain management (SCM) has become a critical challenge in the current economic globalization. An efficient SCM practices not only play a significant role in operational structures that produced and distributed products but is the keystone of competitive advantages. However, most of the manufacturing industries still unable to effectively utilize resources and implement appropriate strategies on SCM practices to improve organizations profitably growth, capacity and ability. Hence, this study purpose to identify the SCM practices and competitive advantages measure in manufacturing industries in order to determine the main adoption of SCM practices. Therefore, the study will focuses on six constructs of SCM practices that recommended from previous studies for measures the critical adoption: supplier partnership strategy, customer relationship, sharing the information, information quality, postponement and lean system. In addition, it is important to analyze the relationship between SCM practices and competitive advantages that may have influenced the organization performance. Subsequently, a conceptual model of the relationship between SCM practices and competitive advantages is developed.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 606)
• Pages: 287-291
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.606.287
• Online since: August 2014
• Authors: C.H. Ping, Norhayati Zakuan*, Siti Zaleha Omain, Zuraidah Sulaiman, Muhamad Zameri Mat Saman, Mohd Shoki Md Ariff
• Keywords: Competitive Advantages, Customer Relations, Manufacturing Industry, Supplier Partnership Strategy, Supply Chain Management

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