Abstract:
Based on a plan proposed by Iranian Automobile Parts Manufacturing Association, by 2025, the value of automobile parts manufactured in the country should be around 31 billion dollars, part of which will be exported to other countries. Based on the this point, in this competitive market with huge amounts of investment and profitability, achieving success involves a meticulous strategic plan for the production of basic materials, distribution, marketing, and other related activities. In this study, the impact of supply chain integration on competitive capabilities in automobile parts manufacturing industry in Qazvin province was investigated. In order to achieve this objective, a conceptual model was used to examine the relation between integrated supply chain (internal and external integrations) and parameters of competitive capabilities such as expenses, quality, delivery, and innovation. The conformability of five hypotheses was also examined in this study. The majority of studies conducted on integrated supply chain have focused on its impact on various types of performance. Therefore, more studies need to be conducted in this area of research, this study intended to find whether more integration led to the creation of more competitive capabilities. Also, measuring the performance of internal integration and external integration in the auto parts industry and ranking dynamic integrated supply parameters based on severity of the impact of the acquisition of competitive capabilities. The obtained results indicated that the internal integration was a pre-requisite for external integration. Moreover, the results showed that internal integration and external integration had a positive impact on competitive capabilities of the company. Finally, it must be added that internal integration improves competitive capabilities through external integration. Using Cochran’s test, the researchers selected a sample consisting of 57 people. In order to answer the research questions, SPSS 22 and PLS software’s were used to analyze the data and to obtain the inferential results.
Machine summary:
In this study, the impact of supply chain integration on competitive capabilities in automobile parts manufacturing industry in Qazvin province was investigated.
In order to achieve this objective, a conceptual model was used to examine the relation between integrated supply chain (internal and external integrations) and parameters of competitive capabilities such as expenses, quality, delivery, and innovation.
The aim of this study was to examine the impact of various aspects of supply chain integration (including internal integration and external integration) (Flyn,2004) on competitive capabilities (product quality, delivery, costs, and product innovation) (Koufteros,2002) in automobile parts manufacturing industry in Qazvin province.
Thus considering the points mentioned so far the first theory can be stipulated as follows: H2: Internal integration of supply chain has an impact on competitive capabilities in automobile parts manufacturing industry in Qazvin province.
(Flynn, 2004) H3: External integration of supply chain has an impact on competitive capabilities in automobile parts manufacturing industry in Qazvin province.
Testing the research hypotheses Hypothesis one: Internal integration of supply chain has an impact on competitive capabilities in automobile parts manufacturing industry in Qazvin province.
The hypotheses significance level between supply chain internal integration variable and competitive capabilities in automobile parts manufacturing industry is 2.
Hypothesis two: External integration of supply chain has an impact on competitive capabilities in automobile parts manufacturing industry in Qazvin province.
The hypotheses significance level between supply chain external integration variable and competitive capabilities in automobile parts manufacturing industry is 6.