Title: Paradigmatic impact of leagility supply chain integration on fragmented operational performance of construction businesses

Authors: Joseph Akam Mpuon; Samuel Etim Ndem; Ekpenyong Bassey Obo; Alfred Jalagbeyiwa Maclean Edema; Monica Peter Lebo; Sunday Isaac Eneh; Eko Hodo Anna; Geraldine Banku Mbu-Ogar

Addresses: Department of Marketing, University of Calabar, Calabar, 540221, Nigeria ' Department of Marketing, University of Calabar, Calabar, 540221, Nigeria ' Department of Business Management, University of Calabar, Calabar, 540221, Nigeria ' Department of Business Management, University of Calabar, Calabar, 540221, Nigeria ' Department of Business Management, University of Calabar, Calabar, 540221, Nigeria ' Department of Business Management, University of Calabar, Calabar, 540221, Nigeria ' Department of Marketing, University of Calabar, Calabar, 540221, Nigeria ' Department of Accounting, University of Calabar, Calabar, 540221, Nigeria

Abstract: Many studies have empirically pursued the role of the lean and agile supply chain integration thinking paradigm to improve the upstream and downstream construction supply chains without clear attention given to leagile process, leagile information and leagile knowledge integration as the leagility supply chain integration mechanism for enhancing client's satisfaction, cost performance and quality performance in construction engineering projects. This research attempts to address this gap by empirically examining the performance improvement of the above constructs in improving the efficiency and effectiveness of projects in the downstream engineering supply chains. Data were collected from 220 employees of registered firms in the Nigerian construction industry using a structured questionnaire. Descriptive and inferential statistical techniques and correlation of OLS estimation techniques were used to analyse the results. The results show that leagility supply chain integration dimensions have a significant and positive impact on fragmented operational performance of construction businesses.

Keywords: agility; construction supply chain; fragmentation; information integration; knowledge integration; leagility supply chain; process integration; supply chain management; operational performance.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBPIM.2024.142655

International Journal of Business Process Integration and Management, 2024 Vol.11 No.4, pp.259 - 286

Received: 12 Jul 2023
Accepted: 26 Mar 2024
Published online: 14 Nov 2024 *

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