The Influence of Information Technology and Operational Competencies toward Supply Chain Agility: Findings from Textile Manufacturer

Abstract

Supply chain agility become a critical strategic for business communities to gain the superior competitive advantage in the volatile and turbulent market. Previous studies on supply chain agility focus to the industries such as electrical and electronics industries. The limited study particularly in the context of supply chain agility in Malaysia motivates the study to further investigate the practices. The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between information technology and operational competencies towards supply chain agility in firm. Data collection instrument used was a questionnaire which administrated to a total sample size of 60 executive officers, directors, CEO, managers and senior staff from 15 textiles and apparel companies from southern Malaysia. The respond rate is 63.3% which is only 38 respondents were responded to the survey. Sample selection was based on purposively sampling. The data were analysed by using mean, standard deviation and correlation between independent and dependent variables. The analyses involved statistical methods such as reliability, normality and nonparametric correlation. The finding showed that information technology and operational competencies have a positive relationship with supply chain agility respectively.