Anwer Al-Shboul Moh'd
Business Administration Department, King Talal School of Business Technology, Princess Sumaya University for Technology (PSUT), P.O. Box 1438 Al-Jubaiha, Amman, Jordan.
Heliyon. 2023 Nov 9;9(11):e22059. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e22059. eCollection 2023 Nov.
Elasticity and dependability factors are considered fundamental elements that have a significant and direct impact on reducing waste in manufacturing companies' resources as well as their supply chains (SCs) in order to improve their overall performance, as well as improving the performance of these companies' supply chains. This is in addition to not overlooking the effective and important strategic relationship and the role of suppliers to manufacturing companies as a mediating factor in the relationship between the qualities of the multi-directional relationship and mitigating the risks that it may be exposed to during its operational and production process. 156 samples were included in this study out of 743 small to large manufacturing companies in the Middle East region, including Jordan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt, where an experimental examination was conducted of the companies targeted in this study to prove or reject the proposed hypotheses. Structural equation modeling was applied and used to examine the proposed hypotheses. The results of this study indicated that the elements of flexibility and dependability have positive, direct, and statistically significant effects on mitigating supply risks, and this therefore works to improve the performance of the supply chain of manufacturing companies, especially small and medium-sized companies. In addition, the results of this study showed that building strong strategic partnerships with dependable, certified, high-performance, and flexible suppliers has a positive impact on moderating the potential supply risks that manufacturing companies may face in their operational processes, while the results showed that there is no statistically significant effect on the relationship between dependability and mitigate supply risks. This research paper offers empirical evidence for using the quality of the multi-directional relationship within supply risk dilution of manufacturing firms' context in developing countries for enhancing their supply chain performance. This study provides a clear roadmap and basis for managers and decision-makers in manufacturing companies to focus on the importance of the quality of relationships with suppliers and business partners in their business dealings to limit and mitigate the risks that they may face, which may lead to interruption of the necessary supplies to them.
弹性和可靠性因素被视为基本要素，它们对减少制造企业及其供应链中的资源浪费具有重大且直接的影响，从而提高其整体绩效以及这些企业供应链的绩效。此外，不能忽视供应商与制造企业之间有效且重要的战略关系，以及供应商作为多向关系质量与减轻企业在运营和生产过程中可能面临的风险之间关系的中介因素所起的作用。本研究从中东地区包括约旦、土耳其、沙特阿拉伯和埃及在内的743家从小型到大型的制造企业中选取了156个样本，对本研究中的目标企业进行了实证检验，以证明或否定所提出的假设。应用结构方程模型来检验所提出的假设。本研究结果表明，灵活性和可靠性要素对减轻供应风险具有积极、直接且在统计上显著的影响，因此这有助于提高制造企业尤其是中小企业的供应链绩效。此外，本研究结果表明，与可靠、有认证、高性能且灵活的供应商建立强大的战略伙伴关系，对缓和制造企业在运营过程中可能面临的潜在供应风险具有积极影响，而结果表明可靠性与减轻供应风险之间的关系在统计上没有显著影响。本研究论文为在发展中国家制造企业的供应风险稀释背景下利用多向关系质量来提升其供应链绩效提供了实证证据。本研究为制造企业的管理者和决策者提供了清晰的路线图和依据，使其关注在商业交易中与供应商和商业伙伴关系质量的重要性，以限制和减轻他们可能面临的风险，这些风险可能导致对他们必要供应的中断。
