Supply chain agility and firm performance: testing serial mediations in pharmaceutical industry
Business Process Management Journal
ISSN: 1463-7154
Article publication date: 18 April 2023
Issue publication date: 5 June 2023
Abstract
Purpose
The supply chain agility (SCA) is becoming a source of competitive differentiation but debate on its antecedents which can result in optimal firm performance is still non-pervasive in the literature. Taking this gap into consideration, the current research aimed at investigating various enablers of supply chain agility of Pakistani pharmaceutical industry.
Design/methodology/approach
The data were collected from 204 top executives working in different supply chain functions including planning, supplying, operations and purchasing in national and multinational pharmaceutical companies in Pakistan.
Findings
Through serial-mediation model, results revealed the strength of various SCA enablers, along with the mediating roles of delivery dependability.
Originality/value
This study adds in the literature on how various supply chain enablers and competencies help the organizations to achieve supply chain agility and performance, especially in a developing country.
Keywords
Citation
Ahmad, R., Shahzad, K., Ishaq, M.I. and Aftab, J. (2023), "Supply chain agility and firm performance: testing serial mediations in pharmaceutical industry", Business Process Management Journal, Vol. 29 No. 4, pp. 991-1009. https://doi.org/10.1108/BPMJ-11-2022-0586
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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