Integration of the Internal Supply Chain Management (SCM) towards Long Run Competitiveness
研究马来西亚电子电气制造商内部供应链管理因素如何整合以提升长期竞争力和可持续经济增长，基于192家企业的调查。
Econo mic growth o f a country can be sustainable when it is able to be co mpetitive in the long run. Hence, the Malaysian government has implemented Econo mic Transformation Program (ETP) to ensure the achievement of long-term and sustainable economic growth fo r the country. It is well accepted that there are many factors that influence the achievement of long-term and sustainable economic growth. These factors consist of internal and external supply chain management (SCM ) co mponents. Many studies had been conducted to evaluate the effects of external SCM co mponents on the efficiency and perfo rmance for long-term and sustainable economic gro wth. However, very limited studies had been focused on the effects of internal SCM co mponents in order to achieve long-term and sustainable economic growth of a country. Therefore this paper presents the findings fro m a research conducted to determine the factors and their integration towards the performance of internal SCM on the long term co mpetitiveness and sustainable economic gro wth. 192 electrical and electronics (E&E) manufacturers were interviewed to determine their views on the importance of the integration of the internal SCM factors towards the achievement of long term and sustainable economic g rowth. The study focuses only on manufacturer perspective and concentrates on their views but not the whole channel members in the supply chain. The results provide insights on how the integration of internal SCM factors were applied in Malaysia E&E industry and how it could be improved in achieving towards long run co mpetit iveness. This study helps to address the integration of internal SCM to identify their influence towards long run competit iveness.