Supply Chain Integration Enables Resilience, Flexibility, and Innovation to Improve Business Performance in COVID-19 Era
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The paper examines the effect of supply chain integration on business performance through innovation, flexibility, and resilience. This is a survey based research in which data are collected through questionnaire. The data is collected from manufacturing industry in Indonesia. The data is analyzed through structural equation modelling approach. This is well written paper which studies an important aspect of supply chain management. I have following suggestions for the clarity of the paper.
- There are abundant literature in Supply chain flexibility, resilience, innovation and business performance. There are already many studies that examines the relationship and effect of these supply chain constructs. As authors highlight that the novelty of this paper is to consider all five constructs in a single study. What is new about considering all five construct in a single study? What new insights can be brought forward by adding a new construct ? What you were expecting to analyze by adding a new construct before performing the study? In other words what research questions you were planning to answer before performing the study. Provide some explanation which can answer all these questions in the last paragraph of introduction section ( just before highlighting the novelty of the study).
- In the numerical experiment section, prepare a table highlighting which previous findings were supported by your study and which findings were not supported ( or find the contradictory results) in your study? It will be interesting for a reader to know the new insights (or findings) that is revealed by this study. I suggest to add a subsection in section 5 to discuss this issue.
Author Response
Dear Reviewer,
We thank you very much for your contribution to review and comment our paper.
We have done improvement following your suggestion and we hope our work could comply with your suggestion.
in case further improvement is still required, we are glad to do it.
Please find attached our response in detail ( point by point) to your suggestions.
Best regards
Hotlan S
o/b of authors
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Reviewer 2 Report
1) The authors have clarified the problems but the author should determinate what is the main research question? And adjust the concept to make the manuscript more clearly, especially H5: The author use different directions: “Supply chain flexibility system” in hypothesis and in the Model is “flexibility system”.
2) The authors need to add more existing literature and discuss your findings with those relevant articles.
3) The discussion and implication section must more clearly be presented in this manuscript, such as theoretical and managerial implications.
Author Response
Dear reviewer,
We thank you very much for your contribution to review our paper. We have done our best to improve the paper based on your suggestion and We hope it complies with your comments.
Please find attached our response in detail to your suggestion.
In case further revision is still required, we are glad to do that.
Best regards
Hotlan S
o/b of authors
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Reviewer 3 Report
Literature review on supply chain integrations is not sufficient, the authors should indicate the gaps of the literature. Then, they should give the differences and novelties of this study.
What are the methodological contributions of the study? What is new in this study?
Proofreading is required, there are a lot of typing errors in the manuscript.
Author Response
Dear reviewer,
We thank you very much for your contribution to review our paper. We have done our best to improve the paper based on your suggestion and We hope it complies with your comments.
Please find attached our response in detail to your suggestion.
In case further revision is still required, we are glad to do that.
Best regards
Hotlan S
o/b of authors
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Round 2
Reviewer 1 Report
I I dont have further comment.
Author Response
Dear Reviewer,
We are very grateful for your contribution and suggestion for improving our paper. We have checked thoroughly the paper to make sure no more typos.
We value your suggestion very helpful, and once again thank you very much.
Best regards
Hotlan Siagian
o/b Authors
Reviewer 2 Report
I can accept this revised manuscript for publication in the present form.
Author Response
Dear Reviewer,
We are very grateful for your contribution and suggestions for improving our work. We have checked thoroughly the paper to make sure no more spell errors.
We value your suggestion very helpful, and once again thank you very much
Best regards
Hotlan Siagian
o/b authors
Reviewer 3 Report
The literature review part on supply chain integration is still insufficient, I suggest the authors to cite the following articles.
Green supply chain integration and financial performance: A social contagion and information sharing perspective
By: Kong, Ting; Feng, Taiwen; Huo, Baofeng
BUSINESS STRATEGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Early Access: FEB 2021
Does national culture matter? Understanding the impact of supply chain integration in multiple countries
By: Liu, Shan; Tan, Jing; Mao, Hongyi; et al.
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL
Early Access: FEB 2021
Supply Chain Integration, Interfirm Value Co-Creation and Firm Performance Nexus in Ghanaian SMEs: Mediating Roles of Stakeholder Pressure and Innovation Capability
By: Tian, Hongyun; Otchere, Samuel Kofi; Coffie, Cephas P. K.; et al.
SUSTAINABILITY Volume: 13 Issue: 4 Article Number: 2351 Published: FEB 2021
The relationship between supply environment, supply chain integration and operational performance: The role of business process in curbing opportunistic behaviour
By: Wong, Wai Peng; Sinnandavar, Chandra Mohan; Soh, Keng-Lin
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS Volume: 232 Article Number: 107966 Published: FEB 2021
Empirical study on improving international dry port competitiveness based on logistics supply chain integration: evidence from China
By: Li, Qian; Yan, Ru; Zhang, Lei; et al.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT
Early Access: JAN 2021
Is relationship evolution good or bad? It depends! A qualitative and quantitative examination of the relational behaviors and the stimulants of supply chain integration
By: Verghese, Anto John; Koufteros, Xenophon; Schoenherr, Tobias; et al.
DECISION SCIENCES
Early Access: JAN 2021
Quantitative Analysis of Sustainable Use of Construction Materials for Supply Chain Integration and Construction Industry Performance through Structural Equation Modeling (SEM)
By: Kamal, Asad; Azfar, Rai Waqas; Salah, Bashir; et al.
SUSTAINABILITY Volume: 13 Issue: 2 Article Number: 522 Published: JAN 2021
The effects of agro-food supply chain integration on product quality and financial performance: Evidence from Chinese agro-food processing business
By: Zhao, Xiaofei; Wang, Ping; Pal, Raktim
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS Volume: 231 Article Number: 107832 Published: JAN 2021
Intuitionistic fuzzy cognitive map approach for the evaluation of supply chain configuration criteria
By: Dursun, Mehtap; Gumus, Guray
MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN THE APPLIED SCIENCES Volume: 43 Issue: 13 Special Issue: SI Pages: 7788-7801 Published: SEP 15 2020
Early Access: JAN 2020
Supply chain integration and Industry 4.0: a systematic literature review
By: Tiwari, Saurabh
BENCHMARKING-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL Volume: 28 Issue: 3 Pages: 990-1030 Published: 2021
Early Access: NOV 2020
Supply chain risk management and operational performance: The enabling role of supply chain integration
By: Munir, Manal; Jajja, Muhammad Shakeel Sadiq; Chatha, Kamran Ali; et al.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS Volume: 227 Article Number: 107667 Published: SEP 2020
Supply chain integration and its impact on supply chain agility and organizational flexibility in manufacturing firms
By: Shukor, Ahmad Azwan Ahmad; Newaz, Md Shah; Rahman, Muhammad Khalilur; et al.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EMERGING MARKETS
Author Response
Dear Reviewer,
We thank you very much for your suggestion to enrich our paper references.
We have searched those 12 articles you proposed and we found that all are interesting and related to the context of supply chain management. In respect of our current paper, we found seven (7) of the twelve (12) articles are highly related and we have decided to cite those 7 articles. We are sure that these references have enriched our paper a lot. For the rest 5 articles, we might consider citing them in our future work. Please find attached the revised paper and the 7 articles cited are marked with green color on the text and on the References. we have also checked the text thoroughly and improved the English Language for spell errors, grammar, and typos.
Once again, We thank you very much and hope this revision meets your suggestion.
Best regards,
Hotlan Siagian
o/b authors
Those seven articles are numbered in the article as [12,20,23,30,31,33,34].
12. Kamal, A.; Azfar, R.W.; Salah, B.; Saleem, W. Abas, M.; Khan, R.; Pruncu, C.I. Quantitative analysis of sustainable use of construction materials for supply chain integration and construction industry performance through Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). Sustainability, 2021, 13(2), 522, https://doi.org/10.3390/su13020522
20. Munir, M.; Jajja, M.S.S., Chatha, K.A.; Farooq, S. Supply chain risk management and operational performance: The enabling role of supply chain integration. International Journal of Production Economics, 2020, 227, 107667, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2020.107667
23. Shukor, A.A.A., Newaz, M.S., Rahman, M.K. and Taha, A.Z. Supply chain integration and its impact on supply chain agility and organizational flexibility in manufacturing firms. International Journal of Emerging Markets, 2020, https://doi-org.ezproxy.dewey.petra.ac.id:2443/10.1108/IJOEM-04-2020-0418
30. Wong, W.-P.; Sinnandavar, C.M.; Soh, K.-L. The relationship between supply environment, supply chain integration and operational performance: The role of business process in curbing opportunistic behaviour. International Journal of Production Economics, 2021, 232, 107966, doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2020.107966
31. Zhao, X.; Wang, P.; Pal. R. The effects of agro-food supply chain integration on product quality and financial performance: Evidence from Chinese agro-food processing business. International Journal of Production Economics, 2021, 231, 107832, doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2020.107832
33. Tian, H.; Otchere, S.K.; Coffie, C.P.K.; Mensah, I.A.; Baku, R.K. Supply chain integration, interfirm value co-creation and firm performance nexus in Ghanaian SMEs: Mediating roles of stakeholder pressure and innovation capability. Sustainability, 2021, 13(4), 2351; https://doi.org/10.3390/su13042351
34. Tiwari, S. Supply chain integration and Industry 4.0: a systematic literature review. Benchmarking: An International Journal, 2021, 28(3), 990-1030. https://doi-org.ezproxy.dewey.petra.ac.id:2443/10.1108/BIJ-08-2020-0428
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Round 3
Reviewer 3 Report
The paper is appropriate to be published.
