Application of the supply chain practice in agro-food companies

Abstract EN

Good supply chain practices are fundament for achievement of better competitive position and improvement the company performance.

Good business practices enhance partner relationships with customers and sup�- pliers.

By building good partnership relationships companies get the necessary information from the customers which products they want from the suppliers what materials and raw materials are available to the company.

In this way, companies through the supply chain practice improve their business.

This paper shows how the characteristics of companies in the field of the agro-food industry affect the supply chain practice.

The Supply Chain Practices are measured by 16 statements that are factorized by factor analysis in four factors corresponding to the defined dimensions of supply chain practices.

A total of 149 companies completed a survey questionnaire foreseen for this survey.

The results of the hypothesis test using multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) showed that the number of employees, sales revenues and the possession of quality certificates significantly affect the supply chain practice.

These results were confirmed by variance analysis (ANOVA) where the relationship between the enterprise and individual dimensions of supply chain variables was investigated.