The Integration of Supply Chain Management, Competitive Advantages, and Enterprise Resource Planning: Insights from Women-Owned Enterprises in Bangladesh
محورهای موضوعی : General ManagementFarhana Ferdaousi Aziz 1 , Yasmin Yasmin 2
1 - Bangladesh University of Professionals
2 - Bangladesh University of Professionals
کلید واژه: Supply Chain Management, Competitive Advantages, Women Enterprises, Enterprise Resource Planning, SMEs.,
چکیده مقاله :
The purpose of this research is to investigate how Supply Chain Management (SCM) practices affect women-owned businesses' competitiveness in Bangladesh. For this reason, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) has been used to moderate SCM techniques and Competitive Advantage (CA). Surveys were done on 233 small and medium-sized businesses in five functional areas: Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Supplier Relationship Management (SRM), Supply Chain Innovation (SCI), Strategic Supplier Partnership (SSP), and Internal Lean Practice (ILP). Moderator analysis included Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). Only enterprises with fewer than 300 workers in the subsectors of Agro-processing, Fashion items, Healthcare, Educational services, and Pharmaceuticals were sampled. The outcome of factor analysis suggests that enterprise resource planning, supplier relationship management, customer relationship management, and strategic supplier partnership were the main supply chain management strategies that affected women-owned SMEs' competitive advantage, while Enterprise Resource Planning moderated SCM methods' favorable effects on Competitive Advantage. The originality of the research lies in integrating these three key dimensions for women-owned SMEs, an underprivileged segment. The implication of this study emphasizes the awareness of an efficient SCM plan for the better landscape of women-owned enterprises, similar to large businesses.
