“…This current study confirms the theory or suggestions proposed by the Stevens who suggested that firms should concentrate on internal integration and extend it to their customers and suppliers (Stevens, 1989). Furthermore, the study confirms the findings of (Stank, Crum and Arango, 1999;Stank et al, 2001;Scannell, Vickery and Droge, 2000;Prajogo and Olhager, 2012;Droge, Jayaram and Vickery, 2004;Rosenweig, Roth and Dean Jr., 2003;Stank, Daugherty and Autry, 1999;Narasimhan and Kim, 2002;Dyer, Cho and Chu, 1998;Groves and Valsamakis, 1998;Jayaram and Tan, 2010;Afshan, 2013;Marquez, Bianchi and Gupta, 2004;Vaart and Donk, 2008;Vickery et al, 2003;Lee et al, 2007;Schoenrr and Swink, 2011;Fabbe-Costes and Jahre, 2008;Wang et al, 2003;Vargas et al, 2008) who had similar findings as that of this research.…”