“…Some of the starting points of these studies encompass a more strategic view and focus on the links and integration between SCM and TQM (Gunasekaran and McGaughey, 2003;Kanji and Wong, 1999;Talib et al, 2010;Vanichchinchai and Igel, 2009), whereas other contributions start from a more operational approach and are dedicated to examining the supply chain quality management relationship (Flynn and Flynn, 2005;Foster, 2008;Kannan and Tan, 2005;Kaynak and Hartley, 2008;Kuei and Madu, 2001;Lin et al, 2005Lin et al, , 2013Prajogo et al, 2012;Robinson and Malhotra, 2005;Romano and Vinelli, 2001;Sila et al, 2006;.…”