Unveiling the link between operational interdependency and supply chain performance
Abstract
Purpose
This study investigates the possible curvilinear relationship between operational interdependency and supply chain performance as well as the contingency effect of supply chain disruptions, in terms of disruption orientation and disruption impact.
Design/methodology/approach
Path analysis was employed to test the hypotheses using the data collected from Chinese manufacturers.
Findings
The results confirm an inverted U-shape effect of operational interdependency. As level of buyer-supplier operational dependency increase, the supply chain performance is enhanced. However, the benefits of operational interdependency diminish beyond a certain point. Additionally, the findings of this study show the disruption orientations positively moderate the relationship between interdependency and performance, whereas the effect of disruption impact is not significant.
Originality/value
The findings of this study provide an explanation to the theoretical gap about the equivocal results of the effect of dependency, which provide new insights into the literature regarding buyer-supplier relationships. Furthermore, this paper identifies the moderating role of supply chain disruption in the relationship between operational interdependency and supply chain performance, which provide further explanation about the mixed results of the effect of dependency. The results confirmed that supply chain disruption orientation positively moderate the relationship between operational interdependency and supply chain performance.
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Acknowledgements
The authors sincerely thank Emily Wang (The Kinkaid School, Houston) for her assistance in performing data analyses and proofreading the manuscript. The authors also thank the anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments and suggestions on earlier versions of this paper. The second author of this paper was supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (71772163 and 42271179).
Citation
Yang, J., Xie, H. and Wang, Y. (2023), "Unveiling the link between operational interdependency and supply chain performance", Benchmarking: An International Journal, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/BIJ-10-2022-0634
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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