Improving Supply chain Management through Human Resource Practices. Empirical Evidence from Pakistani SMEs

This research scrutinizes the critical effect of human resource practices on the competitive advantage of supply chain management. It is proposed that HR practices positively affect supply chain management success of small medium enterprises (SMEs) in Pakistan but ignores the relative importance among different factors about organizational performance. Survey responses of 100 were collected via simple random sampling from the manufacturing and services sectors of SME in Pakistan. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to measure the fitness of the measurement model, and subsequently, the structural model was used to test the hypotheses. The findings show that all HR practices are positively related to the improvement in supply chain management as perceived by the employees of the concerned SME organizations. Since the research has integrating by providing valuable visions and understandings for improving the supply chain management by executing these HR practices. So, manufacturing and services industries must focus more on these practices and give new concentration when dealing with their relevant organization to get upper hand over competitors. Results of this study would also be helpful for HRM managers especially in less developed countries that are, Pakistan who intend to improve supply chain management through the implementation of these practices.