The impact of supply chain quality management on organizational performance with respect to the role of mediator variables of quality management and supply chain management
Subject Areas :
Industrial Management
Amin Pashaei Houlaso
1
,
Abbas Rad
2
1 - PhD student of Industrial Management, Islamic Azad University, Tehran South Branch, Faculty of Management, Tehran, Iran
2 - Department of Industrial Management, Beheshti University, Faculty of Management, Tehran, Iran
Received: 2018-04-06
Accepted : 2018-08-23
Published : 2018-10-23
Keywords:
Abstract :
In recent years, researchers have introduced and developed a concept called "Supply Chain Quality Management", which is described as the last step in moving to "Total Quality Management" and is defined as a systemic approach to improve the performance of organizations that has created opportunities created by low-level communication with suppliers and customers in the organization. The present paper aims to determine the impact of supply chain quality management on organizational performance by considering the role of the intermediary of quality management and supply chain management in the field of writing and attempts to test five hypotheses. This study was conducted using the descriptive-survey method and its statistical population was selected purposefully. A researcher-made questionnaire consisting of 27 questions was used to collect data. 150 people responded to their questions and its reliability was calculated by SPSS software, 0.990, and because the data were normal, they were analyzed using a confirmatory factor analysis using LISREL software is used. The main results of the research are as follows: 92% of land space variable affects quality management and 90% affects supply chain management. Quality management 83% affects supply chain quality and supply chain management, and 90% affects the quality of the supply chain. Supply chain quality has a 98% impact on organizational performance.
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Agus, A. (2011). Supply chain management, production quality and business performance, International Conference on Sociality and Economics Development IPEDR, 10 (4): 98-112.
Al-Dhaafri, H & Al-Swidi, S. (2016). The impact of Total Quality Management and entrepreneurial orientation on organizational performance. International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, 33 (6): 120-142.
Chandran, V. & et al. (2016). Supply chain practices and performance: the indirect effects of supply chain integration. Benchmarking: An International Journal, 23 (6): 25-39.
Churchill, G. (1979). A paradigm for developing better measure of marketing constructs, Journal of Marketing Research, 16 (3): 101-123.
Cristina Fernandes, A. & et al. (2017). Supply chain management and quality management integration: A conceptual model proposal, International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, 34 (1): 53-67.
Dellana, S.A. & Kros, J.F. (2014). An exploration of quality management practices, perceptions and program maturity in the supply chain. International Journal of Operations and Production Management, 34 (6): 786-806.
Demirbag, M. & Tatoglu, E. & Tekinkus, M. & Zaim, S. (2006). ‘An analysis of the relationship between TQM implementation and organizational performance Evidence from Turkish SMEs’, Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management, 17 (6): 829-847.
Flynn, B.B. & Flynn, E.J. (2005). Synergies between supply chain management and quality management: emerging implications. International Journal of Production Research, 43 (16): 21-36.
Foster, S. (2008). Towards an understanding of supply chain quality management. Journal of Operations Management, 26 (4): 7-461.
Hendricks, K.B. & Singhal, V.R. (2008). The effect of supply chain disruptions on shareholder value. Total Quality Management, 19 (7): 91-777.
Gremyr, I. & et al. (2014). Understanding new service development and service innovation through innovation modes. Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, 29 (2): 123-131.
Huo, B. & Zao, X. & Lai, F. (2014). Supply chain quality integration: antecedents and consequences. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 60 (1): 38-51.
Janvier-James, A.M. (2012). A new introduction to supply chains and supply chain management: definitions and theories perspective. International Business Research, 5 (1): 194-207.
Kanda, A. & Deshmukh, S.G. (2008). Supply chain co-ordination: Perspectives, empirical studies and research directions. International Journal of Production Economics, 115 (2): 316–335.
Kannan, V.R. & Tan, K.C. (2005). Just in time, total quality management, and supply chain management: understanding their linkages and impact on business performance. Omega, 33 (2): 153-162.
Kaynak, H. & Hartley, J.L. (2008). A replication and extension of quality management into the supply chain. Journal of Operations Management, 26 (4): 468-489.
Khan, M. (2014). Impact of total quality management on performance of project management firms: a case on construction firms of Pakistan. Interdisciplinary Journal of Contemporary Research in Business, 5 (9): 206-213.
Kuei, C. & Madu, C.N. & Lin, C. (2011). Developing global supply chain quality management systems. International Journal of Production Research, 49 (15): 4457-4481.
Kuei, C. & Madu, C. & Lin, C. (2008). Implementing supply chain quality management. Total Quality Management, 19 (11): 1127-1141.
Kuei, C. & Madu, C. & Lin, C. (2001). The relationship between supply chain quality management practices and organizational performance. International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, 18 (6): 864-872.
Lai, K. & Cheng, T. & Yeung, A (2005). Relationship stability and supplier commitment to quality. International Journal of Production Economics, 96 (3): 397-410.
Lin, C. & Kuei, C. Chai, K .(2013). Identifying critical enablers and pathways to high performance supply chain quality management, International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 33 (3): 347-370.
Lin, C. & et al. (2005).A structural equation model of supply chain quality management and organizational performance. International Journal of Production Economics, 96 (3): 355-3365.
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Malhotra, A. & Gosain, and S. & Elsawy, O.A. (2005). Absorptive capacity configurations in supply chains: gearing for partner-enabled market knowledge creation. MIS Quarterly, 29 (1): 87-145.
Mentzer, J.T. & et al. (2001).Defining supply chain management. Journal of Business Logistics, 22 (2): 1-25.
Miyagawa, M. & Yoshida, K. (2016). TQM practices of Japanese-owned manufacturers in the USA and China. International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, 27 (7): 736-755.
Narasimhan, R. & Kim, S.W. (2002). Effect of supply chain integration on the relationship between diversification and performance: evidence from Japanese and Korean firms. Journal of Operations Management, 20 (3): 303-323.
Park, S. & Hartley, J.L. & Wilson, D. (2001). Quality management practices and their relationship to buyer’s supplier ratings: a study in the Korean automotive industry. Journal of Operations Management, 19 (4): 695-712.
Oakland, J. (1993). Total Quality Management, Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford.
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Ramos, J.C. & Asan, S.S. & Majetic, J. (2007).Benefits of applying management techniques to support supply chain management. International Logistic and Supply Chain Congress, Istanbul, November 8-9.
Reed, R. Lemark, D.J. & Mero, N.P. (2000). Total quality management and sustainable competitive advantage. Journal of Quality management, 5 (1): 5-26.
Robinson, C.J. & Malhotra, M.K. (2005). Defining the concept of supply chain quality management and its relevance to academic and industrial practice. International Journal of Production Economics, 96 (3): 315-337.
Roth, A.V. & et al. (2008).Unraveling the food supply chain: strategic insights from China and the 2007 recalls. Journal of Supply Chain Management, 44 (1): 22-39.
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Terziovski, M. (2006). Quality management practices and their relationship with customer satisfaction and productivity improvement. Management Research News, 29 (7): 414-424.
Terziovski, M. & Hermel, P. (2011). The role of quality management practice in the performance of integrated supply chains: a multiple cross-case analysis. Quality Management Journal, 18 (2): 10-25.
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Wang, F. & Du, T.C. & Li, E.Y. (2004). Applying six-sigma to supplier development. Total quality Management, 15 (9): 1217-1229.
Wong, C.W.Y. & et al. (2012). Value of information integration to supply chain management: Roles of internal and external contingencies. Journal of Management Information Systems, 28 (3): 161-191.
Yang, J. & et al. (2009).The antecedents of dyadic quality performance and its effect on buyer-supplier relationship improvement. International Journal of Production Economics, 120 (1): 243-251.
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Yusuf,Y. & et all. (2013). A study of the diffusion of agility and cluster competitiveness in the oil and gas supply chains, International Journal of Production Economics, In Press, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2012.10.009.
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Zeng, J. & Matsui, Y. (2014).The impact of hard and soft quality management on quality and innovation performance: An empirical study. International Journal of Production Economics, 162 (12): 216-226.
Zhang, C. & Wang, W.Y.C. (2015). A comprehensive model for supply chain integration. Benchmarking: An International Journal, 22 (6): 1141 – 1157.
Zu, X. & Kaynak, H. (2012). An agency theory perspective on supply chain quality management, International Journal of Operations & Production Management, 32 (4): 423-446.