Handbook of Management Scales/Exposure to external turbulence
Exposure to external turbulence
[edit | edit source]Description
[edit | edit source]A new scale was developed to measure exposure to external turbulence. The items were based on the supply chain risk management literature.
Definition
[edit | edit source]Exposure to external turbulence was defined as an “organization’s actual exposure to upstream and downstream turbulence (i.e., on supplier and on customer markets)”.
Items
[edit | edit source]Please rate the extent of fluctuations in your logistics organization’s environment:
- Our environment is characterized by a high number of ongoing fluctuations (e.g. raw material prices).
- Our customer demand is subject to very high fluctuations.
- The supply of our (sub-)suppliers is subject to very high fluctuations.
Items were measured with a 7-point Likert scale ranging from “1 = not at all” to “7 = to a very great extent”.
Source
[edit | edit source]- Bühler/Wallenburg/Wieland (2016): Accounting for External Turbulence of Logistics Organizations via Performance Measurement Systems. Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, Vol. 21, No. 6
Comments
[edit | edit source]The scale was used as a control. No reliability indicators were reported for this scale.