Abstract
Supply chain quality management has received increasing attention from researchers and practitioners in recent years. However, the knowledge about the effects of a manufacturer's design and production capabilities on supply chain quality management is limited. In this study, we propose a model to investigate the effects of mass customization and product modularity on supply chain quality integration (i.e. internal, supplier, and customer quality integration) and the impact of supply chain quality integration on competitive performance. We use data collected from 317 global manufacturers to empirically test the conceptual model. The results show that mass customization and product modularity directly improve internal quality integration, and product modularity also improves internal quality integration indirectly through mass customization. Product modularity improves supplier quality integration directly, and both mass customization and product modularity improve supplier quality integration indirectly through internal quality integration. Mass customization improves customer quality integration both directly and indirectly through internal quality integration, and product modularity improves customer quality integration indirectly through mass customization and internal quality integration. We also find that supplier quality integration directly enhances competitive performance, and internal quality integration enhances competitive performance both directly and indirectly through supplier quality integration. Our findings contribute to production and quality management literature and practices.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 227-235 |
Journal | International Journal of Production Economics |
Volume | 207 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Corresponding author email
baofeng@zju.edu.cnKeywords
- Competitive performance
- Mass customization
- Product modularity
- Supply chain quality integration
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- ABDC-A*
- SCIE
- Scopus
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Zhang, M., Zhao, X., Guo, H., Huang, J., & Huo, B. (2019). Linking supply chain quality integration with mass customization and product modularity. International Journal of Production Economics, 207, 227-235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2017.01.011