An empirical study of the relationships among strategy, flexibility, and performance in the supply chain context : a path analysis approach

Fantazy, Kamel

doi:10.22215/etd/2007-06476

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“…A similar approach was taken in Agostini and Nosella (2019), who measured the level of adoption of industry 4.0 technologies (including Additive Manufacturing). Also, two auxiliary question (Chou et al, 2017) 21 items affecting postponement flexibility, production flexibility, and sourcing flexibility (Fantazy, 2007;Fantazy et al, 2009;Liao, 2008;Sanchez and Perez, 2005), one of the most frequently used SCF dimensions in previous papers (Manders et al, 2017); and 27 items affecting supplier-oriented performance, customer-oriented performance, cost-containment performance, time-based performance, and reliability performance (Banomyong and Supatn, 2011;Baofeng, 2012;Beamon, 1999;Lee et al, 2007;Li et al, 2006;Liao et al, 2010), selected SCP dimensions (Table 2). The measures for SCF and SCP constructs are based on self-reported data, as the nature of the research instrument used assumes anonymity to respondents (Jobber, and O`Reilly, 1996).…”

Section: Survey Design and Instrumentationmentioning

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The effect of additive manufacturing adoption on supply chain flexibility and performance: An empirical analysis from the automotive industry

Delić

Eyers

2020

International Journal of Production Economics

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Section: Survey Design and Instrumentationmentioning

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The effect of additive manufacturing adoption on supply chain flexibility and performance: An empirical analysis from the automotive industry

Delić

Eyers

2020

International Journal of Production Economics

238

118

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“…It is also possible for the members of the supply chain to adopt a more passive strategy that involves simply following in the path of other competitors. Fantazy (2007) studied 175 SMEs manufacturers across 18 competitive strategic priorities and revealed three main supply chain strategy types, which the authors labelled Innovative strategy (INS), Customer-oriented strategy (COS), and Follower (FOS) strategy. The INS tends to be the earliest to enter the new market or adopt the new technology to achieve its competitive advantage.…”

Section: Supply Chain Strategymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The FOS usually follows other firms' examples and usually focuses on tight cost control to achieve low cost production. This research study employs the classification proposed by Fantazy (2007) for two reasons. First, reviewing supply chain literature, this is the only proposed framework empirically developed for the supply chain context.…”

Section: Supply Chain Strategymentioning

confidence: 99%

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An empirical study of the relationships among strategy, flexibility, and performance in the supply chain context

Fantazy

Kumar

2009

Supply Chain Management: An International Journal

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PurposeThe purpose of this research is to examine the relationships among strategy, flexibility, and performance in the supply chain context.Design/methodology/approachThe research is based on a quantitative approach using a questionnaire survey and personal interviews from a total of 175 small and medium‐sized Canadian manufacturing companies. The identified constructs have been utilized to test a theoretical model using the path analysis technique.FindingsFirst, the findings provide evidence of direct effects of strategy on flexibility and flexibility on performance. Second, innovative strategy firms must invest time and resources in developing new product and delivery flexibility; while customer‐oriented strategy firms are required to invest heavily in developing sourcing, product, and delivery flexibility and follower strategy firms need no investment in any specific type of flexibility. Third, results demonstrated that Canadian manufacturers must reconsider how they use information technology to enhance information systems flexibility and improve overall performance.Research limitations/implicationsThe measures of flexibility and strategy dimensions used to rate the supply chain organizations are a possible limitation of the research study.Practical implicationsManagers need to think seriously about which type of flexibility they implement and that they should not increase all dimensions of flexibility in their power; some dimensions of flexibility may not significantly contribute to the overall performance. Considering that small and medium‐sized enterprises have limited resources, it is important for managers to carefully assess their strategic needs before getting involved in any flexibility program; otherwise the result can be competitively negative.Originality/valueNo empirical study was found in the supply chain literature that specifically investigates the relationships among strategy, flexibility and performance in the supply chain context; the paper fills an important gap in the supply chain literature.

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“…If there were any problems, we would make follow-ups immediately at the point of pickup. Out of the 600 invitations, we collected 241 valid questionnaires, with a response rate of 40.17%, which was considered satisfactory given the previous experience with B2B surveys of a similar nature (Fantazy, Kumar, & Kumar, 2009;Liao et al, 2010;Wang & Wei, 2007;Zhang et al, 2005). 1.…”

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Understanding sustainable development flexibility: An information perspective

Qian

Zhang

2021

Bus Strat Env

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Although flexibility has been considered critical in responding to uncertainty in a business environment, few studies have explored firms' flexibility in sustainable development. To understand the nature of firms that can respond better to uncertainty in their sustainable development practices, this study defines sustainable development flexibility and investigates the mechanism underlying its formation. The study proposes a conceptual framework on the interactions of managers' environmental attitude and cognitive style, as well as firms' information integration on sustainable development flexibility. A questionnaire survey was developed to test the corresponding hypotheses, and 241 valid responses were received from middleand top-level managers in Chinese firms. The results show that (a) the higher the manager's environmental attitude, the higher the firm's information integration and greater sustainable supply chain flexibility, and (b) the more intuitive the manager's cognitive style, the greater the impact of environmental attitude on sustainable development flexibility.

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An empirical study of the relationships among strategy, flexibility, and performance in the supply chain context : a path analysis approach

Cited by 4 publications

References 103 publications

The effect of additive manufacturing adoption on supply chain flexibility and performance: An empirical analysis from the automotive industry

The effect of additive manufacturing adoption on supply chain flexibility and performance: An empirical analysis from the automotive industry

An empirical study of the relationships among strategy, flexibility, and performance in the supply chain context

Understanding sustainable development flexibility: An information perspective

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