Agility and Resilience in Supply Chains: Investigating Their Roles in Enhancing Financial Performance

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Tufan C., Çiğdem Ş., Kılıç Y., Sayar G.

SUSTAINABILITY, cilt.16, ss.1-21, 2024 (SCI-Expanded)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 16
  • Basım Tarihi: 2024
  • Doi Numarası: 10.3390/su16187890
  • Dergi Adı: SUSTAINABILITY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Aerospace Database, Agricultural & Environmental Science Database, CAB Abstracts, Communication Abstracts, Food Science & Technology Abstracts, Geobase, INSPEC, Metadex, Veterinary Science Database, Directory of Open Access Journals, Civil Engineering Abstracts
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-21
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Abstract: Business sectors face disruptive challenges such as cash flow problems in finance and

material flow problems in supply chain and logistics processes in today’s rapidly evolving and

uncertain environment. Given these challenges, effective management of resource and material flows

by managers has become increasingly complex. Supply chain management is crucial for businesses

to sustain competitive market positioning. This study distinctively explores the interplay between

supply chain management and the financial performance of manufacturing companies, highlighting

the increasingly dynamic and competitive global markets. It scrutinizes the moderating roles of

supply chain agility and flexibility in this relationship, offering diverse analytical perspectives. The

research methodology involved surveying white-collar employees within these companies. Factor

analysis was employed to affirm the scale’s validity, and the Hayes model 3 method was utilized to

test hypotheses. Our research uncovered intricate interactions between supply chain management,

agility, and resilience, underscoring their collective impact on financial performance. The thesis that

supply chain management has a substantial impact on financial performance was corroborated by

the study’s results. The study also emphasizes the moderating impact of supply chain agility in the

relationship between financial performance and supply chain management. The results of the study

that supply chain resilience moderates the moderating effect of supply chain agility indicate that

the interaction between supply chain resilience and supply chain agility may affect the relationship

between supply chain management and financial performance if supply chain resilience enhances the

resilience of organizations to external challenges. These insights suggest organizations must integrate

agility, management, and resilience considerations in their supply chains to optimize performance.

This study contributes a novel viewpoint to the literature, providing strategic guidance for managerial

decision making.