Impact of Collaboration and Bench Marking Activities of Supply Chain Activities on Trading Partner Performance: Evidence from Automobile industry of Pakistan

Abstract

The aim of this study is to explore the potential benefits of supply chain collaboration toward achieving operational performance. This is an empirical investigation conducting among the supply chain department of automotive industries in Pakistan. Data were collected from 260 members of the supply chain that include suppliers, manufacturers, and distributors. Factor analysis and multiple regressions through SPSS have been used for data analysis. The finding of this study reveals that two supply chain management approaches information sharing (IS), joint decision making (JDM) significantly effect, while Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) has a significant effect on trade partner performance. This study consists only three approaches, the next study should include more approaches. Secondly, this study is limited to the automotive sector. This study will help the managers of the automotive industry in making their operation smooth by applying information sharing, joint decision making, and electronic data interchange.