Title: New organisational competences for supply chain management: a study in the Indian context

Authors: Sajeev Abraham George, Narayan Rangaraj

Addresses: MHSS College of Engineering, 8, Saboo Siddik Polytechnic Road, Byculla, Mumbai 400008, India. ' Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Indian Institute of Technology, Powai, Mumbai, India

Abstract: This paper tries to investigate the issue of the development of organisational competences for increased business performance in the Supply Chain Management (SCM) environment. We propose Information Technology (IT) and innovation competences as the two new drivers for development of supply chain management capabilities to a manufacturing firm in addition to traditional purchasing, production and marketing competences. A survey-based study was conducted with the help of data collected from a sample of top-level managers from the Indian manufacturing industry. The results provide empirical evidence to the construct and the positive impact of these competences on business performance in the Indian context. We maintain, based on our findings, that development of IT and innovation competences are critical success factors in a firm|s position in the marketplace in a supply chain environment.

Keywords: empirical research; scale development; structural equation modelling; confirmatory factor analysis; organisational competences; supply chain management; SCM; innovation; information technology; India; business performance; manufacturing; value chain management.

DOI: 10.1504/IJVCM.2007.013301

International Journal of Value Chain Management, 2007 Vol.1 No.3, pp.205 - 222

Published online: 20 Apr 2007 *

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