Antecedent configurations toward supply chain resilience: The joint impact of supply chain integration and big data analytics capability

Yisa Jiang, Taiwen Feng, Yufei HuangOperations供应链管理UTD24

Journal of Operations Management2023-12-17Harbin Institute of Technology; Weihai Science and Technology Bureau; Trinity College; Trinity College DublinDOI

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It is found that multiple antecedent configurations can achieve high SCR and configurations for high proactive and reactive SCR are not identical, which may involve alternative effects across different antecedents.

Abstract Many antecedents identified as essential to supply chain resilience (SCR) are often studied independently, without considering their synergistic effects. Based on a case study and resource orchestration theory, this article focuses on configurations of different antecedents regarding supply chain integration and big data analytics capability to develop proactive and reactive SCR. Using survey data from 277 Chinese manufacturing firms, we consider three dimensions of supply chain integration, information integration, operational integration and relational integration, and three dimensions of big data analytics capability, technical skills, managerial skills and data driven‐decision culture, and conduct fuzzy‐set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) to explore antecedent configurations generating high proactive and reactive SCR. We find that multiple antecedent configurations can achieve high SCR and configurations for high proactive and reactive SCR are not identical, which may involve alternative effects across different antecedents. We further implement propensity score matching analysis and reveal that firms following these configurations for high SCR also have better economic and operational performance. Moreover, we check the robustness of findings by using secondary data and attributes analysis with machine learning. This article complements and extends existing SCR literature from the configurational perspective and provides practical insights for managers to build SCR.

Supply chainAntecedent (behavioral psychology)Big dataSupply chain managementQualitative comparative analysisProcess managementRobustness (evolution)Computer scienceDynamic capabilitiesAnalyticsSurvey data collectionKnowledge management