Critical factors for diffusion of web technologies for supply chain management functions: Malaysian perspective
Good supply chain management is essential for a successful company. Supply chain management can reach beyond the boundaries of a single company to share that information between suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, and retailers. This is where the information technologies play an important rol...
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| Language: | English |
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EuroJournals Publishing, Inc.
2010
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/3879/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/3879/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/3879/1/ejss_12_3_15_%28Arun%29.pdf |
| Summary: | Good supply chain management is essential for a successful company. Supply chain
management can reach beyond the boundaries of a single company to share that
information between suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, and retailers. This is where the
information technologies play an important role. Information technology (IT) facilitates
companies to share of large amounts of information along the supply chain, and is often
referred to as vital facilitator of supply chain management (SCM) functions. As a new
medium of communication, the Internet has conquered the world with break taking speed,
and it’s the worldwide penetration and high level of standardization contributes to increase
globalization. With new web technologies, Internet based systems can deliver functionality
and information to user a standard web browser, thereby eliminating requirement for
traditional Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) or client based software and reducing
information technology implementation and maintenance costs, cycles and burdens. The
Internet offers the supply chain immense potential and entirely new ways for streamlining
coordination between business partners and customers. Therefore, this study explores the
use of use technologies for organizational SCM. Based on an extensive survey of
Malaysian organizations, it investigates the diffusion of web technologies into supply chain
functions. The findings suggested that top management support and Trialability play crucial
role for diffusing web technologies in supply chain. This study provides a greater
understanding of managers’ perception of web technologies diffusion in their
organizations. Those interested in adopting web technologies in their supply chain activates
may find these results helpful in guiding their effort. |
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