Organizational structure, service capability and its impact on business performance of logistics providers in the B2B context
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2017
Department/School
Marketing
Publication Title
Gestao e Producao
Abstract
This study aims to verify what aspects related with organizational structure and service capability contribute to the performance of logistics providers in the business-to-business (B2B) context with client companies in supply chains. A sample of 80 logistics provider companies of the South of Brazil was surveyed, from a universe of companies that develop logistics activities, such as warehousing and inventory control, transportation, scheduled deliveries, port operations and customs clearance. The survey instrument consists of multiple scales to represent the construct variables related to organizational structure, service capability, and business performance. The answers reflect the logistics providers' perception of their work performance for the main customer in the supply chain. Resorting to multivariate statistical analysis based on structural equations modeling - LV-PLS (Latent Variable - Partial Least Squares) with bootstrapping, we found that the sole attribute that contributes for a better business performance of the logistics provider is its ability to meet, both technically and operationally, the service contracted by the customer. The ability to provide logistics service is positively and significantly influenced by an organizational structure endowed with both autonomy and organization.
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Recommended Citation
Borella, M. R. de C., Barcellos, P. F. P., Sachdev, H., Merz, G. R., & Galelli, A. (2017). Estrutura organizacional, capacidade dos serviços e impacto sobre o desempenho de fornecedores logísticos no contexto B2B. Gestão & Produção, 24(2), 355–369. https://doi.org/10.1590/0104-530x1538-16