The Effect of Lean Supply Chain Activities on Entrepreneurial Performance: An Exploratory Research to Opinions Sample of Managers in Diyala State Company for Electrical Industries

Saber, Tahseen

doi:10.25673/123744

Proceedings of International Conference on Applied Innovation in IT · 2026/03/31 · Vol. 14 · Issue 1 · pp. 1393–1400

The Effect of Lean Supply Chain Activities on Entrepreneurial Performance: An Exploratory Research to Opinions Sample of Managers in Diyala State Company for Electrical Industries

Tahseen Jawad Hussein and Rana Nasir Saber

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Abstract

The research aims to identify the effect of Lean supply chain activities as an independent variable and Entrepreneurial performance as a dependent variable. In order to achieve this, the research depends on the descriptive-analytical approach, which includes a sample of the research covers (84) managers distributed on many administrative levels (general managers, managers of departments, managers of sections, and managers of units) at the Diyala State Company for Electrical Industries. The research uses the questionnaire as a primary tool. The results are analysed using several statistical tools via two programs: (AMOS V.23) and (SPSS V.24) to reach the related results. In addition, (Microsoft Excel 2010) program is also used to analyse the properties of the selected samples. In addition to using the (MAXQDA) program in the preliminary research to diagnose the problems experienced by the company, the study seeks to test a number of the primary and secondary assumptions relevant to the connection and effect between the study variables in order to answer the questions related to the study’s problem.

Keywords

Lean Supply Chain Activities Entrepreneurial Performance Organization Performance Diyala State Company for Electrical Industries.

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