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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Main Authors:	Tarofder, Arun Kumar, Marthandan, Govindan, Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	EuroJournals Publishing, Inc. 2010
Subjects:	HF Commerce HF5001 Business. Business Administration
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

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spelling	iium-38792011-11-22T04:28:15Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/3879/ Critical factors for diffusion of web technologies for supply chain management functions: Malaysian perspective Tarofder, Arun Kumar Marthandan, Govindan Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul HF Commerce HF5001 Business. Business Administration 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. EuroJournals Publishing, Inc. 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by_nc http://irep.iium.edu.my/3879/1/ejss_12_3_15_%28Arun%29.pdf Tarofder, Arun Kumar and Marthandan, Govindan and Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul (2010) Critical factors for diffusion of web technologies for supply chain management functions: Malaysian perspective. European Journal of Social Sciences, 12 (3). pp. 490-505. ISSN 1450-2267 http://www.eurojournals.com/ejss_12_3_15.pdf
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spellingShingle	HF Commerce HF5001 Business. Business Administration Tarofder, Arun Kumar Marthandan, Govindan Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul Critical factors for diffusion of web technologies for supply chain management functions: Malaysian perspective
description	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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author	Tarofder, Arun Kumar Marthandan, Govindan Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul
author_facet	Tarofder, Arun Kumar Marthandan, Govindan Haque, A. K. M. Ahasanul
author_sort	Tarofder, Arun Kumar
title	Critical factors for diffusion of web technologies for supply chain management functions: Malaysian perspective
title_short	Critical factors for diffusion of web technologies for supply chain management functions: Malaysian perspective
title_full	Critical factors for diffusion of web technologies for supply chain management functions: Malaysian perspective
title_fullStr	Critical factors for diffusion of web technologies for supply chain management functions: Malaysian perspective
title_full_unstemmed	Critical factors for diffusion of web technologies for supply chain management functions: Malaysian perspective
title_sort	critical factors for diffusion of web technologies for supply chain management functions: malaysian perspective
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Critical factors for diffusion of web technologies for supply chain management functions: Malaysian perspective

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