The mediating role of supply chain integration in the relationship between supply chain strategy and logistics performance

Companies have started to use supply chain management as a key in the competition process in national and international markets. However, as supply chains develop and activities become more dispersed, the complexity of the supply chain increases and businesses may face different challenges in the realisation and management of supply chain activities. To cope with these challenges and be successful in supply chain management, companies need supply chain strategies that are suitable for their product structures and objectives and strategic collaborations based on co-operation among supply chain members. In addition, to control and improve the results of the activities and strategies, the performance of logistics activities, which have a large share in the economic development of companies, should be measured and managed correctly. Therefore, supply chain strategies, supply chain integration, and logistics performance measurement have a critical importance in supply chain management where the competition of companies is experienced and complexity is increasing day by day. In this framework, this study aims to investigate the relationship between supply chain strategies and the logistics performance of the enterprise and whether supply chain integration has a mediating role in this relationship. For this purpose, 417 data were collected and analyzed by survey method from the top 1000 exporter companies in 2021 determined by the Turkish Exporters Assembly and the findings were interpreted. As a result of the analyses, it was determined that there is a significant and positive relationship between the supply chain strategies determined by the companies and their logistics performance and supply chain integration. There is also a significant and positive relationship between supply chain integration and logistics performance. In addition, it has been concluded that supply chain integration plays a partial mediating role in the relationship between supply chain strategies and logistics performance.