Innovation Management in Defensive Organizations

Innovation Management in Defensive Organizations

An Innovative Pathology Model of Product Supply Chain Performance under Conditions of Uncertainty

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
Aboozar Ghorbani 1
Mehdi Fadaei 2
Mansour Soufi 2
Kambiz Shahrodi 3
1 Ph.D. Candidate Industrial Management-Production and Operations, Department of Industrial Management, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran.
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial Management, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran.
3 Associate Professor, Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Management and Accounting, Rasht Branch, Islamic Azad University, Rasht, Iran.
10.22034/qjimdo.2023.424424.1636
Abstract
Background & Purpose: Decisions related to the supply chain and the selection of supply chain channel members are one of the main and strategic issues in supply chain and play an important role in the company's success in responding to customer demand. The aim of this research is to analyze the performance of the supply chain of dairy products under conditions of uncertainty.
Methodology: The current research is an applied research in terms of its purpose and a mixed exploratory research in terms of the method of data collection. The statistical population of the research in the qualitative part included senior managers of dairy companies as executive experts, 15 of whom were selected by snowball sampling. In the quantitative part, the statistical population included managers and employees (experts and above) of one of the country's dairy companies, 106 of whom were selected based on Morgan's table and available sampling method. For data analysis, thematic analysis was used in the qualitative part and structural equations were used in the quantitative part.
Findings: The findings from the qualitative data analysis indicate the identification of 28 damages in the form of three overarching themes (supervisory factors, organizational factors and environmental factors) and 8 organizing themes (internal supervision, external supervision, structural factors, process factors, human factors, transportation conditions , economic factors and market conditions). The results of the confirmatory factor analysis also indicated the validity of the findings of the qualitative section.
Conclusion: Improving the performance of the dairy products supply chain network requires the company managers to focus on the identified damages. Then, setting goals in strategic plans and formulating appropriate strategies around supply chain performance in uncertain conditions can be effective.
Keywords
Innovative Model
Supply Chain Performance
Uncertainty Conditions

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