Analysis of the supply chain response power, practices and firm capabilities on competitive advantage and performance

Abstract

This research was conducted by analyzing the factors that affect company performance with supply chain management practices, supply chain responsiveness, company capabilities and competitive advantage variables as intervening variables. This research method was a quantitative survey and the object of this research consisted of 460 distributors, at the level of lubricants retailers, in Indonesia determined by simple random sampling. The research data was obtained by distributing online questionnaires through social media and the questionnaire was designed using open statements with a Likert scale of 2 to 7. The analysis technique used was Structural Equation Modeling with validity test analysis, hypothesis testing using structural equation modeling techniques with smartPLS 3.0 software as a tool to assist data processing. The results of this study indicate that the company's ability had a positive and significant effect on the company's competitive advantage, supply chain management practices had a positive and significant effect on advantage, supply chain responsiveness had a positive and significant effect on competitive advantage, competitive advantage had a positive and significant effect on company performance and finally supply chain management had a positive and significant impact on company performance.