Product modularity and supply chain collaboration: An empirical study of firm performance for 221 Chinese manufacturing industries
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Zhou, Shuiyin; Gu, Zonghong; Yuan, Jiafeng
- Source
- 2014 IEEE International Conference on Management of Innovation and Technology Management of Innovation and Technology (ICMIT), 2014 IEEE International Conference on. :41-47 Sep, 2014
- Subject
- Engineering Profession
General Topics for Engineers
Power, Energy and Industry Applications
Transportation
Supply chains
Collaboration
Load modeling
Mathematical model
Information management
Educational institutions
Planning
Product modularity
supply chain collaboration
manufacturing industries
- Language
Even though product modular design influenced supply chain management is generally acknowledged, but there is no empirical study involves product modularity and supply chain collaboration. The objective of this study is to uncover how supply chain collaboration impact on firm performance under the application of product modularity. Data was col-lected in various Chinese manufacturers. The statistical methods used include confirmatory factor analysis, struc-tural equation modeling and multi-group analysis (by LIS-REL8.7).The results indicate that product modularity has significant impacts on SCC and indeed has an influence on firm performance, and SCC is an intermediate variable that enables product manufacturers to achieve synergies and create superior performance. A further analysis also has been conducted of the moderation effect of firm size.