Abstract:
Purpose: In this global market advancement, new technologies and innovations have raised
rapidly so assuredly that the supply chain management (SCM) is one of the essential for any
company and now the competition has high and transfer from organization to industry, so
any lacking can affect and hit the entire industry activities and performance. When we
observe Pakistan’s development, only service and industry sectors are contributed their parts, so we can
say the industry sector is growing gradually but it faces many problems to run their
operations but now industries internal operations by creating collaboration among them
resolve many issues. The main objective of this research is to locate the probable superiority
of supply chain collaborations as regards attaining operational performance.
Methodology & Design: This study is based on explanatory research directing among the
supply chain departments in the manufacturing sector of Pakistan. 384 responses were
collected from supply chain members, internees, executives, assistants, associates, and
managers in manufacturing industries. Statistics tests are Cronbach’s Alpha, Regression, and
correlation through SPSS for analysis has been used.
Findings: The study finding has exposed that three supply chain management approaches in
the supply chain like information sharing (IS), joint decision making (JDM), and electronic
data interchange (EDI) have a positive impact on operational performance.
Limitations: The research is limited to the only manufacturing sectors and other is only three
approaches have taken for this study and this research results will help supply chain
managers in the manufacturing industry in running their operations activities effectively by
implementing IS, JDM and EDI supply chain approaches
