Impact of Effective Supply Chain Management and Supply Chain Risk Management Capabilities on Construction Project Performance

Objectives: To investigate the impact of effective Supply Chain Management (SCM) on construction project performance measured by project success criteria and on Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) capabilities. The study also aims to examine the mediating role of SCRM capabilities on the relation between effective SCM and project success criteria in an uncertain situation like COVID-19. Methods: The investigation was conducted on survey data received from 134 project practitioners from rail construction projects in India by the Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) technique using Smart PLS3. Findings/Results: Results revealed a significant positive linkage between effective SCM and construction project success criteria of time, cost, quality, and also with SCRM capabilities. The findings also confirmed the mediating role of SCRM capabilities on the relation between effective SCM and project time and cost. However, no mediating role in the relationship between effective SCM and project quality was observed. Application: Findings will help in sensitizing construction project professionals on the importance of effective SCM and developing SCRM capabilities to make projects a success even in uncertain supply chain situations. The findings also reinforced the applicability of the Resource-based view and paradox theory in understanding Supply chains. Novelty: This research had used three project success criteria as dependent variables instead of using overall project success as done in earlier studies in the project management and the SCM arena.