Strategic Supply Chain Management for Enhancing Competitive Advantages : Developing Business Value Added Framework

With strategic supply chain management (SSCM) approach, supply chains develop capabilities to prosper within today's competitive global landscape. SSCM helps organisations to anticipate demand of consumers precisely; cater such demand reliably and swiftly and enhance supply chain efficiency and effectiveness. Greater insight into demand and delivery schedule provided by SSCM will improve operational performance and help organisations in creating the business value they seek. Research develops appropriate competitive priorities of SSCM in terms of responsiveness, resilience, reliability and realignment to enhance SCM efficiency, effectiveness and competitive advantages. Research underscores the dynamic capabilities of responsiveness, resiliency, reliability and realignment as important drivers of SSCM and develops relevant research propositions. The main purpose of the research is to emphasise how strategic supply chain approach improves business performance and accordingly formulates an integrated SSCM framework for business value added