Abstract:
The study examined the effect of supply chain integration on operational
performance of commercial poultry farms in Ghana. Trust and firm size were
statistically controlled for as intervening variables. Four hundred and thirteen
commercial poultry farms in Dormaa Municipality in the Bono Region were
targeted. Explanatory researched design was adopted. Although 262 farms
were initially approached, 248 questionnaires were however retrieved.
Proportional stratified sampling technique was used for the selection of the
respondents. Adoption of the quantitative research approach made it easy for
the application of statistical techniques for analysing the primary data.
SMART pls application was used for the configuration of the structural
models and the multigroup analysis given the nature of the specific research
objectives. The unit of analysis include commercial poultry farms. Supply
chain integration accounted for 67.8% significant change operational
performance. Financial flow integration and internal integration were
significant positive predictors of operational performance. Logistics
integration and supplier integration negatively related significantly with
operational performance. Trust mediated the predictive relationship between
supply chain integration and operational performance. Commercial poultry
farms should continue to rely on supply chain integration strategies such as
financial flow integration and internal integration to improve their operational
performance. Compared to small-scale and medium-scale commercial farms,
supply chain integration is more efficient at improving the operational
performance of large-scale commercial poultry farms, hence large-scale
commercial farms are encouraged to integrate more with their supply chain
actors than small-scale and medium-scale commercial enterprises.
