Impact of sustainable practices on sustainable performance: the moderating role of supply chain visibility
Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management
ISSN: 1741-038X
Article publication date: 11 March 2021
Issue publication date: 12 October 2021
Abstract
Purpose
Sustainability failures have increased the pressure for manufacturing firms to come up with innovative solutions to resolve the sustainable matters. Drawing on the resource-based theory, the purpose of this study is to examine how supply chain visibility moderates the effects of sustainable practices on sustainable performance.
Design/methodology/approach
The data employed in the current work were collected from 355 small and medium manufacturing firms in Pakistan using a structured questionnaire. The structural equation modelling was applied to the collected data with AMOSS-23 and SPSS-25 package
Findings
The results show that sustainable practices (for manufacturing, procurement and distribution) significantly influence the firm's sustainability performance, and this relationship is moderated by supply chain visibility.
Originality/value
Sustainable practices are necessary for small and medium enterprises to achieve sustainable performance, but the previously under-explored moderating effect of supply chain visibility generally indicates that sharing information for learning, sensing and co-ordinating activities plays an intensifying effect.
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Acknowledgements
The authors are grateful to the funding support by National Natural Science Foundation of China (#71572115); Major Program of Social Science Foundation of Guangdong (#2016WZDXM005); Guangdong 13th-Five-Year-Plan Philosophical and Social Science Fund (#GD20CGL28); Natural Science Foundation of SZU (#836).
Citation
Saqib, Z.A. and Zhang, Q. (2021), "Impact of sustainable practices on sustainable performance: the moderating role of supply chain visibility", Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, Vol. 32 No. 7, pp. 1421-1443. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMTM-10-2020-0403
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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