Purpose

Supply chain integration (SCI) and flexibility (SCF) are recognised as crucial business practices and capability in the global competitive market. However, limited research has paid attention to study the relationship between SCI, SCF and their impact on supply chain performance (SCP). Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to establish a relationship between integration, flexibility and performance.

Design/methodology/approach

The structural equation modelling technique was used to analyse the 187 data collected from Indian organisations through the survey methodology.

Findings

Findings indicate that external integration contributes significantly to realise SCF and SCP. Sourcing and logistics flexibility also help to improve the SCP. The mediation analysis showed that the association of customer and supplier integration with SCP is partially and fully mediated by logistics flexibility, respectively. This study suggests that integration influences the SCP when the firm has a strong association with downstream partners and enough capability for logistics flexibility.

Research limitations/implications

The study has collected cross-sectional data to analyse the relationship between SCI, SCF and SCP. However, as integration requires an effort of the years, longitudinal data and industry-specific studies may provide comprehensive views to validate the results of this study.

Originality/value

Building on relational view theory and dynamic capability theory, the study has proposed the SCP assessment framework based on the relationship between SCI and SCF.

中文翻译：

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供应链柔性在供应链整合与供应链绩效关系中的中介作用

目的

供应链整合 (SCI) 和灵活性 (SCF) 被认为是全球竞争市场中至关重要的业务实践和能力。然而，很少有研究关注研究SCI、SCF之间的关系及其对供应链绩效（SCP）的影响。因此，本文的目的是建立集成、灵活性和性能之间的关系。

设计/方法/途径

结构方程建模技术用于分析通过调查方法从印度组织收集的 187 份数据。

发现

调查结果表明，外部整合对实现 SCF 和 SCP 有重大贡献。采购和物流灵活性也有助于改进 SCP。中介分析表明，客户和供应商整合与 SCP 的关联分别由物流灵活性部分和完全中介。这项研究表明，当公司与下游合作伙伴有很强的联系并且有足够的物流灵活性能力时，整合会影响 SCP。

研究局限性/影响

该研究收集了横截面数据，以分析 SCI、SCF 和 SCP 之间的关系。然而，由于整合需要多年的努力，纵向数据和行业特定研究可能会提供全面的观点来验证本研究的结果。

原创性/价值

该研究在关系观理论和动态能力理论的基础上，提出了基于SCI和SCF关系的SCP评估框架。