Proposed Framework for the effect of supply chain integration on manufacturing flexibility and its reflection on the organizational performance: An application on the Egyptian industrial organizations

Research Abstract

This research discussed formulation a proposed framework for the effect of supply chain integration on manufacturing flexibility and its impact on the organizational performance, and this is with the application on pharmaceutical companies in the public business sector in Egypt. The objective of this research is to determine the effect of the relationship between supply chain integration as independent variable and manufacturing flexibility mediating variable and organizational performance as a dependent variable. To achieve the objectives of the research, the researcher relied on a set of statistical techniques which represented in: descriptive statistics, correlation coefficient, structural equations model. The results of the statistical analysis explains a group of outcomes which the most important of it was: that there is a direct positive significance effect of the supply chain integration on manufacturing flexibility, and supply chain integration has a direct and indirect effect on the organizational performance, and the manufacturing flexibility partially mediate this relationship. The results indicate a positive significance effect direct to manufacturing flexibility on organizational performance, finally; a proposed framework for the role of manufacturing flexibility in the relationship between supply chain integration and organizational performance in pharmaceutical companies in the public business sector in Egypt.

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