Impact of Supply Chain on the Operational Performance of Petroleum Industry of Pakistan

Abstract

The major purpose of this study is to identify the impact of the supply chain on the operational performance of the petroleum industry in Pakistan (Companies operated in Islamabad & Rawalpindi). Furthermore, to get an idea that which variables and processes are more important for the Petroleum companies supply chain in this era of uncertainty. Design/methodology/approach There are so many variables the supply chain explain the literature. Moreover, the importance of each factor is also defined for this study. Quantitative research approach used for this study and collect information with the help of questionnaire design. The questionnaire has been divided into 6 sections. Section A relates with the general demographic section and section B to E relates with the independent variables of supply chain and the last F section was related to operational performance which was dependent variable. Six different petroleum companies were selected and all the respondents were from the Supply chain, Operations, Inventory, Logistics and procurement department which have direct relation with the supply chain and operations. Total 150 respondents were contacted. Analyzing has been done with the statistical methods though SPSS software. Tables and their analysis were used in descriptive analysis and regression method has been used in inferential analysis so that hypothesis can be tested easily. These methods have been selected to know more about the topic in detail and according to the nature of the topic. Findings The general findings from this research is to examine the impact of the supply chain on the operational performance of petroleum industry of Pakistan.