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A supply chain measu emen model: alida ion and
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Valida ionp ocess
Phasea)
Con e gen 
Validi y
Phase0
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Phaseb)
Concu en C i e ionValidi y
Ou pu Analysis
Li e a u e
Re iew Q so ing
26i emT iple ASCmeasu emen 
model:8SCAgili y,8SC
Adap abili y,10SCAlignmen
43i ems o  edundancyanalysis:
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Redundancy
analysis R2>0.64 Yes
Con e gen  alidi ydemons a ed
o T iple ASC,SCAgili y,SC
Adap abili yandSCAlignmen
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S op
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a iables)
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Measu emen equi alence?
Con igu alin a iance?
Yes
Measu emen Model o 
dimensionso SCAgili y,SC
Adap abili yandSCAlignmen
No
S op
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Valida ion2ndo de HOC
Goodmodel?
R2be weencons uc and
c i e ion?
Yes
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SCAdap abili yandSCAlignmen as
2ndo de HOC
No
S op
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Goodmodel?
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c i e ion?
Yes
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S op
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Pa hs CI BCa
5.0%
CI BCa
95.0%
2 CI
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SC-Ag-LVS -> C i-Cus -supp&se -LVS 0.109 -0.015 0.228 0.009 0.000 0.040
SC-Ag-LVS -> C i-Recon g-LVS 0.157 0.050 0.263 0.024 0.003 0.069
SC-Ag-LVS -> C i-SC-collab-LVS 0.084 -0.022 0.180 0.005 0.000 0.029
SC-Ad-LVS -> C i-Cus -supp&se -LVS 0.124 0.018 0.238 0.011 0.000 0.040
SC-Ad-LVS -> C i-Recon g-LVS 0.523 0.419 0.620 0.268 0.155 0.422
SC-Ad-LVS -> C i-SC-collab-LVS 0.159 0.058 0.267 0.020 0.002 0.055
SC-Al-LVS -> C i-Cus -supp&se -LVS 0.148 0.044 0.250 0.021 0.002 0.062
SC-Al-LVS -> C i-Recon g-LVS 0.003 -0.089 0.097 0.000 0.000 0.015
SC-Al-LVS -> C i-SC-collab-LVS 0.233 0.136 0.321 0.055 0.020 0.114
T iple-A-SC-LVS -> C i-Cus -supp&se -LVS
(#)
0.306 0.217 0.388 0.125 0.116 0.116
T iple-A-SC-LVS -> C i-Recon g-LVS (#) 0.576 0.503 0.637 0.542 0.418 0.576
T iple-A-SC-LVS -> C i-SC-collab-LVS (#) 0.378 0.300 0.450 0.204 0.193 0.193
Table 1. S ep 2 - Pa h coe icien s and 2 alues o c i e ion alidi y. (#) Thi d S ep esul s
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