Assessing the impacts of port supply chain integration on port performance

Abstract

The importance of port integration in the supply chain has received a great deal of attention and has widely discussed in the literatures. However, most of previous studies have focused on the conceptualization and measurement of port supply chain integration. The purpose of the study is, therefore, to identify the impact of port supply chain integration on port performance by using factor analysis and regression method in the case of Busan container ports. Unlike the previous studies, this paper considers both supplier and customer of port supply chain explicitly. The empirical results show that customer integration has an important effect on quality performance. Furthermore, cost performance has a positive impact on both ship calls and cargo throughput. Keywords: Port supply chain integration, Port performance, Factor analysis, Hierarchical regression analysis