The Impact of Environmental Factors on Internal Integration in Support of Supply Chain Management

Abstract

Despite the recognized importance of cross-functional integration in support of supply chain management by scholars and practitioners, integration remains an elusive goal in today's competitive market. Specifically, scholars have identified three environmental factors as potential barriers to interdepartmental integration. A review of the literature indicates that very little research has examined potential environmental barriers to the integration between logistics and other functions. This paper is an exploratory study that seeks to fill this gap by using secondary data collected from over 1,500 mid level managers and a structural equations model to test which environmental factors could be potential barriers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2011
Accession Number
ADA541249

Entities

People

  • Mohammed I. Alzaben

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Commerce
  • Customer Services
  • Demography
  • Electronic Mail
  • Engineering
  • Factor Analysis
  • Literature
  • Logistics
  • Management Personnel
  • Organizational Structure
  • Product Development
  • Statistics
  • Supply Chain
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Surveys
  • Teamwork

Fields of Study

  • Business

Readers

  • Industrial Economics
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).
  • Systems Analysis and Design