دانلود رایگان مقاله انگلیسی تحلیل زنجیره تامین خرده فروشی مواد غذایی استرالیایی - امرالد 2018

Abstract

Purpose – The Australian retail food sector, comprising mostly small enterprises, is undergoing change as a result of the innovative supply chain approach adopted. This change has implications across the entire food value chain in Australia. The purpose of this paper is to empirically investigate the adoption of supply chain management practices on small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Australian food retail industry. Design/methodology/approach – The study surveys 120 SME retailers in the food sector. A stepwise multiple regression using SPSS version 14.0 was performed on the data. Findings – Statistical results suggest that lean thinking and the quality of information shared can lead to greater efficient supply chain performance. Research limitations/implications – The small sample is the main limitation. The findings bear important implications for further research as understanding these dimensions can help to position key changes and industry improvement that will increase revenue and reduce cost to the SMEs in the food retail supply chain. Practical implications – Adopting lean thinking and improving information sharing in the supply chain can reduce the cost for SMEs. Social implications – This study has unique implications for social sustainability, especially the smaller food enterprises, which are hard pressed to combat the challenges within the food sector. Originality/value – Innovative supply chain management helps SMEs to see beyond the silo mentality and helps them to focus on greater value addition in the supply chain.

Implications and conclusions

The results indicated that lean thinking and information quality have strongly positive impact on the efficiency key performance indicator; therefore, this research discussed lean thinking and information quality, respectively. This paper has proposed a lean approach based on Kaizen philosophy (PDCA) as a continuous improvement in food retailers and 5-S as one of the lean practices. The 5-S approach is basically focused on organization, neatness, cleanliness, standardization and discipline. Several alternative suggested configurations to food retailers in order to have accurate, timeliness of information quality in food value chains are to establish EDI and bar-coding system; to realize that information technology advocates with respect to e-commerce; and to apply better tools and standards for their information system. This research makes several contributions. First, we have a framework to describe and present the Australian food retail supply chain and its supply chain practices. The supply chain practices, supply chain performance indicators and antecedents of cooperative behavior in the Australian food retail industry are complex and diverse. Therefore, understanding these dimensions can help to place key changes and industry improvement that will increase revenue and reduce cost to the SMEs in the food retail supply chain. The study has some limitations: the study used a questionnaire to examine the research questions. Future research will use multiple case studies to triangulate the supply chain practices and performance of food retail industry. Second, this study only used efficiency as the supply chain performance indicator. Other indicators such as flexibility, quality and responsiveness can be examined in future.