Title: Orientation-performance modelling for supply chain organisations ecosystem

Authors: Raja Roy; Soma Roychowdhury

Addresses: Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management, Management House, College Square West, Kolkata, 700073, India ' Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management, Management House, College Square West, Kolkata, 700073, India

Abstract: The supply chain issues, and their attributes are derived from the supply chain organisation (SCO) ecosystem. The SCO's strategic and operational issue attributes from the weakness-rationality limits-risk-dissatisfaction (WRRD) model influence the firm's performance, evaluated using pooled confirmatory factor analysis (PCFA) and SEM methods using SCO's orientation-performance modelling. A study of 218 micro and small manufacturing enterprises in Eastern India shows that SCO's orientation-performance model suggests a good fit. Results suggest these industries prioritise rationality over risk issues proactively and use reactive enablers to address dissatisfaction more than weakness issues. Besides strategic-operational, proactive-reactive orientations, risk issues also directly influence the firm's performance, limiting proactive enablers' effectiveness in mitigating risk.

Keywords: operational orientation; performance modelling; proactive approach; reactive approach; strategic orientation; SCM; supply chain management; supply chain risk management.

DOI: 10.1504/IJBPSCM.2025.147106

International Journal of Business Performance and Supply Chain Modelling, 2025 Vol.15 No.3, pp.281 - 314

Accepted: 06 Mar 2025
Published online: 10 Jul 2025 *

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