Supply Chain Integration in Project-Based Organizations
and its Effect on Performance
Younis Jabarzadeh and Rahim Najafi
Department of Management
University of Tabriz
Tabriz, Iran
yjabarzade@tabrizu.ac.ir, rahimnajafi019@gmail.com
Vikas Kumar
Bristol Business School
University of the West of England
Bristol, UK
Vikas.Kumar@uwe.ac.uk
Ali Arjmand zavoshti
Department of Management
University of Tabriz
Tabriz, Iran
ali.arjmand1992@gmail.com
Abstract
Supply chain integration has been proven to have a significant effect on the performance of organizations. The
previous studies have been about the supply chain integration in manufacturing or service organizations and project-
based organizations were not taken into consideration. The increasing importance of the project-based organization
and their supply chains in delivering high-profile results highlights the need for studying different aspects of them
regarding supply chain variables. Since it is a new area of investigation with very few related studies, the main question
is "what effect does the supply chain integration have on the performance of the project-based organizations?" For
evaluating the mentioned question, a questionnaire was used to gather data from 211 project-based organizations.
Using structural equations modeling with a variance-based approach, the hypothesized relationships were tested. The
results show that supply chain integration (the supplier integration and the internal integration of the organization) has
a significant effect on the performance of the project-based organizations and the supply chain integration toward the
customers does not have any effect on the performance of the project-based organizations. It is suggested that in
project-based organizations, supplier and internal integration should be promoted using proper mechanisms.
Keywords
Supplier integration, Customer integration, Internal integration, Project-based organization, organization performance
Proceedings of the 11th Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management
Singapore, March 7-11, 2021
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