The globalization process and the digital revolution have brought new challenges for the companies' competitiveness. One of these new requirements is the change of the managerial scope of the entire supply chain. The management of a supply chain requires, among other aspects, integrating key-business processes along the chain. In this sense, this work has the main purpose of identifying the relationship between processes integration along the supply chain and its customer service performance. In order to achieve this aim, an exploratory research was conducted, focusing on a footwear supply chain located in the city of Franca, state of São Paulo, Brazil, which constitutes itself a good example of a consolidate supply chain already inserted in the international footwear market. The results obtained enable to conclude that the performance of the customer service in the studied footwear supply chain is directly related to the integration of order fulfillment processes, demand management, and product development processes involving not only the integration of shoe manufacturers with customers, but also with key suppliers. It still can be pointed out that this performance is also related to the existence of internal competences in the processes considered in the studied companies.
Supply chain; Customer service; Process integration; Footwear industry
