International Supplier Networks and Supply Chain Integration: Lessons from a Survey on Their Impact on Delivery Performance

This research aims to investigate the impact of supply chain integration (SCI) on delivery performance and the moderating effect on this relationship played by the adoption of an international supplier network. The results of our analysis based on the High Performance Manufacturing (HPM) data set confirm the positive relationship between SCI and delivery performance and also show that the impact of SCI is higher when relying on international suppliers. Therefore, it is relevant to lever on SCI especially when sourcing from an international supplier network to decrease the high level of uncertainty tied with unreliable suppliers’ deliveries in such complex context.