The impact of logistics performance on organizational performance in a supply chain context (original) (raw)

PurposeThe paper's aim is to theorize and assess a logistics performance model incorporating logistics performance as the focal construct with supply chain management strategy as antecedent and organizational performance, both marketing and financial, as consequences.Design/methodology/approachData from a national sample of 142 plant and operations managers are analyzed using a structural equation modeling methodology.FindingsThe results indicate that logistics performance is positively impacted by supply chain management strategy and that both logistics performance and supply chain management strategy positively impact marketing performance, which in turn positively impacts financial performance. Neither supply chain management strategy nor logistics performance was found to directly impact financial performance.Research limitations/implicationsTo compete at the supply chain level, manufacturers must adopt a supply chain management strategy. Such a strategy requires integration...