1Asst. Professor, Dept. of Management, Brainware Group of Institutions, Barasat, West Bengal, India
2Asst. Professor, Dept. of Mathematics, NIT Durgpur, Durgapur, India
3Associate Professor IIFT, Kolkata, India
Due to dynamic complexities of the business environment, the sustainable profitability of the enterprises greatly depends on timely delivery of goods and services to business partners and customers. Hence an attempt has been made to identify and analyze the age-old subdued problems of delivery distortion of light and light fittings industry in India.. To this end, an effort has been made to critically examine the current status of the supply chain network of organized and unorganized sectors in the light and light fittings industry. The study has been carried out collecting primary data through structured questionnaire among 106 respondents from 27 related business entities using random sampling design. Data was analyzed employing factor analysis. While analyzing the long standing problem of the electrical industry in India in terms of distribution distortion of electric light and light fittings, it was observed that there were some common variables affecting the factors in unorganized, organized, and also in the composite sector. Hence, it was recommended that the common variables as mentioned above need to be addressed properly to narrow down the delivery distortion gap for the benefit of all concerned. It was felt that the corrective measure would protect the uneven growth, reduce the disparity in the policy framework, and improve upon the bottom line for healthy sustenance of both the sectors. However, for the sake of cost effectiveness and simplicity, the surrogate variables i.e., the variables that have highest correlation coefficient values on the impacting factors were identified.
Distribution Network, ERP, Factor Analysis, Surrogate Variables, Supply Chain Management, SKU