Supply Chain Integration Scale
Supply Chain Integration (SCI) refers to an organization's capacity to seamlessly coordinate and align processes, information, and incentives across internal functions and with external suppliers and customers. Flynn et al. (2010) operationalized SCI into three complementary dimensions in the Journal of Operations Management: internal integration (coordination across departments), supplier integration (collaboration with upstream partners), and customer integration (collaboration with downstream partners). Organizations with high SCI reduce costs through process alignment, improve quality through shared information, and accelerate time-to-market through coordinated innovation. This scale has become foundational in supply chain management research and practice.
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- Flynn, B. B., Huo, B., & Zhao, X. (2010). The impact of supply chain integration on performance: A contingency and configuration approach. Journal of Operations Management, 28(1), 58–71. · DOI 10.1016/j.jom.2009.06.001
- Frohlich, M. T., & Westbrook, R. (2001). Arcs of integration: An international study of supply chain strategies. Journal of Operations Management, 19(2), 185–200. · DOI 10.1016/S0272-6963(00)00055-3
- Vickery, S. K., Jayaram, J., Droge, C., & Calantone, R. (2003). The effects of an integrative supply chain strategy on customer service and supply chain performance: An empirical study. Journal of Operations Management, 21(5), 523–539. · URL
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