Identification of Factors Affecting Strategic Cooperation of Supply Chain in Tabriz Manufacturing Branch

Cooperation between companies in the supply chain industry is critical to achieving competitive advantage, which requires a systematic view of the supply chain.

In this research, the purpose of identifying the factors affecting the strategic supply chain collaboration in Tabriz Manufacturing Branch is to identify and categorize the components by analytical approach.

This research is an applied and analytical research. The statistical population of the research of automobile parts manufacturers was 150 units. Sample size according to Morgan table is 108 units. The research instrument was a questionnaire whose validity was verified through its content validity and its reliability through the Cronbach's alpha coefficient. For data analysis, the exploratory factor analysis method has been used with SPSS software.

The results of the sample fit test were based on the Bartlet index and the adequacy of the sample was 0.879, and the coefficient of aggregate extraction for all dimensions was more than 0.5 and the percentage of variance explained by the effective factors was 60.007%. The factors influencing strategic cooperation It is categorized into five components.

The results show that strategic cooperation is classified into five factors: the level of cooperation, cooperation infrastructure, cooperation mechanisms, coordination in terms of tasks and gender coordination.