Factors affecting the adoption of supply chain management practices: Evidence from the Brazilian electro-electronic sector

• Main Authors: Ana Beatriz Lopes de Sousa Jabbour, Alceu Gomes Alves Filho, Adriana Backx Noronha Viana, Charbel José Chiappetta Jabbour
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2011-12-01
• Series: IIMB Management Review
• Subjects: Supply chain management practices; Competitive priorities; Contextual factors; Electro-electronic sector; Brazil
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0970389611001005

This study on the factors affecting the adoption of supply chain management (SCM) practices develops four hypotheses based on a literature review, and tests them using survey data of Brazilian electro-electronic firms. The results reveal the big picture of the SCM practices in the sector and suggest that contextual factors such as size, position and bargaining power affect the adoption of SCM practices, which are also more customer oriented. Sector characteristics are very important in analysing SCM practices. Contrary to the findings of literature, the relationship between competitive priorities and SCM practices was not supported statistically.