IRJMST Vol 9 Issue 3 [Year 2018] ISSN 2250 – 1959 (0nline) 2348 – 9367 (Print) International Research Journal of Management Science & Technology http://www.irjmst.com Page 393 Effect of Supply Chain Management on Competitive Advantage: A case of Construction Industry S.K. Chadha 1, S.K. Sharma 2 , Maninder Singh 3 Professor, UBS, PU, Chandigarh 1 Professor, UIAMS, PU, Chandigarh 2 Research Scholar, UBS, PU, Chandigarh 3 Abstract The lack of implementation of SCM in construction companies is one of the major cause that these companies does not gain competitive advantage in this competitive world. SCM is calculated on various variables. The main aim of this study is to find the effect of Supplier Integration as one of the major variable related to SCM over Competitive Advantage. Initially the questionnaire was checked for validity and reliability. Then with the use of SEM in smartPLS, correlation and regression was evaluated and was reported as the SCM is having a strong and positive relation with Competitive Advantage. Further research is advised as this study was having some limitation. Abbreviationsused : - SCM – Supply Chain Management SEM – Structural Equation Modelling 1. Introduction SCM is defined as the movement of the goods and services from the stage of raw material to the stage of final goods and also including all the process involved in it in the way of transformation to the final stage of distributing goods to the consumers. It basically works on the activities that in turn increases the competitive advantage to the company to fight against the competition given by the competitors company. Finally it can be defined as the movement of raw materials from the supplier to the company, production of goods and services and finally movement of goods and services to the end user. A vast research has been done in this topic and it shows that most of the organizations are not effectively managing their supply chain in context to enhance their Competitive Advantage. Even thoughthere is a huge abundance of such kinds of research on SCM in the recent years, constructions industries are still at the introduction stage in India. Further the effective implementation of the SCM