AN ANALYSIS OF BUSINESS PERFORMANCE ATTRIBUTABLE TO SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IMPLEMENTATION

Year 2008, Volume: 8 Issue: 30, 75 - 82, 10.06.2008

Güzin Ciravoğlu Ayşe Akyol

https://doi.org/10.14783/maruoneri.678803

Abstract

The objective of this research is to examine empirically the implementation of supply chain management in Turkish Drug / Pharmaceuticals businesses in Thrace Region and to investigate variations in business performance which may be related to supply chain management. First, an exploratory phase was conducted and second, Lee et al. [1] supply chain management construct was used to test the hypothesis. The sample for both stages was drawn from a listing of the member companies of the Turkish Pharmaceuticals Association. Data generation was achieved through mail guestionnaires. Results were analyzed using SPSS. The results of this research draw conclusions from an empirical investigation showing that the proposed relationship between supply chain management and business performance does exist, and in the case of Turkish Drug businesses, improving a supply chain management level is a contributor to the business performance.

Keywords

Supply Chain Management, Performance, Pharmaceuticals

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