Research On The Impact Of External Supply Chain Learning On Supply Chain Quality Integration And Quality Performance

Product quality is a persistent challenge that manufacturing enterprises face in their development process.In the knowledge economy era,enterprises should shift from solely competing as individual entities and instead learn from the entire supply chain to seek advantages through all-round integration.As an important management strategy for enterprises to integrate their resources and capabilities,supply chain quality integration can complement supply chain learning in improving product quality performance.While scholars recognize the importance of external learning and supply chain quality integration strategies for core enterprises,existing research has only verified the respective importance of supply chain learning and supply chain quality integration for improving quality performance,without empirical research on the impact of supply chain learning on supply chain quality integration.Moreover,research on the antecedents and consequences of supply chain quality integration remains scarce.Thus,this article aims to investigate whether core enterprises’ learning from external supply chain partners can effectively improve the effectiveness of supply chain quality integration management,and whether supply chain quality integration can play an effective intermediary role in the impact path of supply chain learning on product quality performance.This study enriches empirical research on the causes and consequences of supply chain quality integration and the impact of supply chain learning on supply chain quality integration.Based on resource-based theory and organizational capability perspective,this paper establishes an impact model of supply chain learning on supply chain quality integration and quality performance,and conducts an empirical study using data from 400 manufacturers in China.Following a rigorous research paradigm,it aims to determine the impact of supply chain learning on supply chain quality integration and product quality performance,providing suggestions for enterprises to improve product quality performance.The study uses SPSS and AMOS for data processing and model analysis.The results show that supply chain learning can effectively improve supply chain quality integration and product quality performance,with customer learning contributing more to quality performance than supplier learning.Supply chain quality integration can effectively mediate between supply chain learning and product quality performance improvement.Among the internal relationships of the three dimensions of supply chain quality integration(internal quality integration,supplier quality integration,and customer quality integration),the impact of internal quality integration on supplier quality integration is not significant.This article enriches research on the antecedents and consequences of supply chain quality integration from the perspective of organizational learning,and uses empirical research methods to verify the impact of supply chain learning on supply chain quality integration.The study provides important management insights for managers to implement supply chain learning strategies,improve supply chain quality management,and enhance product quality performance.