Exploring A Strategic Links between Absorptive Capacity, Supply Chain Agility, It Capability and the Organizational Performance of Indonesian Manufacturing Firms

The present research attempts to discover this supply chain management as an important issue of strategic management research. This study particularly examines two important IT capabilities which are expected to have influence on firm performance, these capabilities are 1) IT assimilation, the ability to synchronize and diffuse the applications of information technology under business structure, and 2) flexible IT infrastructure, a well-developed and carefully planned technological foundation which provides basis for present as well as future applications to be developed. Based on the dynamic capability’s perspective and the view of a hierarchy of capabilities, the prime objective of the currents study is investigating the direct relationship between absorptive capacity, supply chain agility, IT capability and organizational performance in the Indonesian manufacturing firms. In addition to that the mediating effect of absorptive capacity and supply chain agility is also examined. Employing the survey-based methodology, the SEM-PLS technique is used to test the hypothesized relationships. So, current study has used SEM-PLS as statistical tool to answer the research questions raised in this study and research objectives envisaged in the current study. The findings of the study have provided support to the theoretical foundation and proposed hypothesis of the current study. Current study will be helpful for policymakers and practitioners in understanding the issues related to supply chain agility, IT capability, absorptive capacity and the firm performance. In author knowledge this is among very few pioneering studies on this issue

Does the Greening of Supply Chain Have Any Impact on Sustainability and Organizational Performance of Firms in Thai Chemical Industry?

The prime objective of the current study is to investigate the determinant of the green supply chain, the impact of the green supply chain on the sustainable performance and lastly the impact of the sustainable performance eon the organizational performance of the Thai chemical firms. The study has employed the survey-based method to answer the research questions as manufacturing managers are surveyed as ultimately, manufacturing managers are responsible for the performance of the organizations for which they work. The SEM-PLS is used to analyze the data collected from the manufacturing managers of Thai chemical firms. The literature provides considerable empirical evidence regarding the linkage of supply chain success with the ERP information mechanism, which helps to share information between the partnering firms. The findings of the study have provided support to the hypotheses results. The consideration of four green constructs in the model explains that cooperation causes largest influence on the environmental performance, next comes the investment recovery and eco-design. However, no significant association was found between cooperation with customers and economic or environmental performance particularly in case of greater customer pressure for adopting environment friendly practices in Thailand