The Mediating Role of Supply Chain Agility (SCA) in Impact of Strategic and Manufacturing Flexibilities on Performance of Dairy Companies

Abdolreza Karimi Reikandeh¹

1) PhD in Business Administration (DBA), Industrial Management Organization, Mazandaran Agency, Iran

IOI Code : XCCD-EEEDF
Publication : 10th International Conference on Management of Finance, Business, Banking, Economics and Accounting(mftconf.com)
Abstract :
    The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the mediating role of supply chain agility (SCA) on the impact of production and strategic flexibility on firm performance. The purpose of this study is applied and descriptive-survey. Statistical population included managers and experts of support, production and sales line of selected dairy companies in winter of 1398 with 252 people. Sampling method was proportional stratified and number of samples with Krejcie Morgan table. 156 were determined. Data were analyzed by SPSS and SMARTPLS software. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to analyze the data. Examination of research hypotheses showed that variable strategic flexibility (path coefficient 0.225 and t-value 588.2) and production flexibility (0.227 and 3.229) on supply chain agility, strategic flexibility (434 0.7 and 0.142), production flexibility (0.156 and 2.224) and supply chain agility (0.300 and 4.553) had a significant impact on firm performance, supply chain agility, on the impact of flexibility- Strategic flexibility (0.512 and 8.517) and production flexibility (0.223 and 3.332) have played a mediating role on the performance of dairy companies.

Keywords : manufacturing flexibilities strategic flexibilities supply chain agility (sca) performance dairy companies