Title: Investigating the link between supply chain management practices and supply chain performance in food processing industry

Authors: Sunildro L.S. Akoijam; Thokchom Suranjoy Singh

Addresses: Department of Management, North-Eastern Hill University, Tura Campus, Tura, Meghalaya, 794002, India ' Department of Management, North-Eastern Hill University, Tura Campus, Tura, Meghalaya, 794002, India

Abstract: The paper examines the relationship between supply chain management practices (SCMPs) and supply chain performance (SCP) in food processing industry. Data were collected from 45 food processing units in India. For analysing SCMP construct, five variables: strategic supplier partnership (SSP), customer relationship (CR), information sharing (IS), information quality (IQ) and postponement (POS) were considered for the study. Correlation was used to analyse the relationship between SCMP and SCP in the food processing industry. The study found that there is a significant relationship between SSP and SCP but no significant relationship between CR, IS, IQ and POS and SCP in the food processing industry. The finding is new as it is the first study that examines the relationship between SCMP and SCP in the food processing industry. The study will be of immense benefit to the food processing industry for improving SCMP thereby enhancing the SCP.

Keywords: supply chain management practices; SCMPs; food processing industry; supply chain performance; SCP; strategic supplier partnership; SSP; customer relationship; information sharing; information quality; postponement.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBEX.2024.141641

International Journal of Business Excellence, 2024 Vol.34 No.2, pp.226 - 243

Received: 03 Oct 2020
Accepted: 25 May 2021
Published online: 30 Sep 2024 *

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