It was tried in the current study to explain and recognize the effect of operational advantages of enterprise resource planning on supply chain management capabilities. Therefore, three major advantages obtained through implementation of enterprise resource planning including operational advantages on three capabilities of supply chain management containing integration of operational processes, integration of customer relationship and integration of control and planning were measured. The present study was conducted using field-correlation method. Tools of data collection were historical study as well as field study including the questionnaire. Validity of the questionnaire was confirmed through content validity and views of supervisor and advisor professors. Also Cronbach's alpha coefficient was equal to 0.88 that showed good reliability of the questionnaire. The statistical population included two-thousand three-hundred managers, supervisors and experts of Esfahan Steel Company that the sample was consisted of one-hundred seventy four persons using random sampling and Cochran formula. Regression analysis and variance by means of SPSS software as well as structural equations modeling by LISREL software were used for data analysis. Results of regression and LISREL confirmatory analysis indicated the positive effect of operational advantages of implementing enterprise resource planning on capability of integration of operational processes, integration of customer relationship and integration of control and planning.
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