The first step of this process was

The first step of this process was to factor analyze the variables Process Strategy, Market
Strategy, and Information Strategy to ascertain whether they were associated with one or
more logistics strategy factors. The factor analysis was conducted on all four sets of data,
1990, 1994, 1999, and 2008. As shown in Table III, they loaded on one factor, OLS.
Contributions to the average percentage of variance in the factor across all four data sets
were, in descending order, process strategy (an average of 60.3 percent), market strategy
(23.7 percent) and information strategy (16.1 percent).Note that the some totals do not add to
100.0 percent due to rounding. Because all four sets of data were consistent in ordering of
process, market, and information strategies, total variance explained, and high alphas the
authors concluded that there was a theoretical basis for constructing a model which
explained howOLS relates to LCE, CSE, and company/division competitive responsiveness.