Supply chain collaboration for sustainability in Thailand’s dairy industry

Abstract

This study gathered potential 95 variables from a literature review. Through the process of expert review, these were refined into 49 critical variables. Moreover, pilot study, with participation from co-operatives and farmers, aims to develop conceptual frameworks in six areas: performance and commitment, internal and external collaboration, measurement and evaluation, joint operation, sharing and innovation, and negotiation. Furthermore, 26 factors were identified clearly by exploratory factory analysis. The main study was conducted via a paper-based questionnaire with 1,224 respondents nationwide. The proposed 11 hypotheses attempted to identify the structural relationships among the constructs in the model. The result confirmed the proposed framework from EFA, and a verified model, by CFA and Structure Equation Modelling, gives a clearer understanding of the factors and constructs leading to the sustainability in Thai dairy industry. The result of testing, it presented that coordinated collaboration is existing type of collaboration, success of supply chain collaboration impacted by 26 items. Moreover, supply chain collaboration impacted to sustainability of Thailand’s dairy industry. Finally, supply chain collaboration in Thai dairy industry had a positive impact to the sustainability of the dairy industry of Thailand. Thus, it can be considered to implement for the success of dairy industry.