%0 Journal Article
%T Integration of the Internal Supply Chain Management (SCM) towards Long Run Competitiveness
%J Management
%@ 2162-8416
%D 2013
%I 
%R 10.5923/j.mm.20130301.03
%X Economic growth of a country can be sustainable when it is able to be competitive in the long run. Hence, the Malaysian government has implemented Economic Transformation Program (ETP) to ensure the achievement of long-term and sustainable economic growth for the country. It is well accepted that there are many factors that influence the achievement of long-term and sustainable economic growth. These factors consist of internal and external supply chain management (SCM) components. Many studies had been conducted to evaluate the effects of external SCM components on the efficiency and performance for long-term and sustainable economic growth. However, very limited studies had been focused on the effects of internal SCM components in order to achieve long-term and sustainable economic growth of a country. Therefore this paper presents the findings from a research conducted to determine the factors and their integration towards the performance of internal SCM on the long term competitiveness and sustainable economic growth. 192 electrical and electronics (E&E) manufacturers were interviewed to determine their views on the importance of the integration of the internal SCM factors towards the achievement of long term and sustainable economic growth. The study focuses only on manufacturer perspective and concentrates on their views but not the whole channel members in the supply chain. The results provide insights on how the integration of internal SCM factors were applied in Malaysia E&E industry and how it could be improved in achieving towards long run competitiveness. This study helps to address the integration of internal SCM to identify their influence towards long run competitiveness.
%K Internal Supply Chain Management (SCM)
%K Competitiveness
%K Integration
%U http://article.sapub.org/10.5923.j.mm.20130301.03.html