Firms make large investments in enterprise IT systems expecting positive impacts to their supply chain operations. Yet, though systems facilitate the responsibilities of multiple stakeholders, their success is not determined merely by its adoption. This study shows how management innovation is developed to affect operational agility of a firm. The model suggests that operational agility in supp...

The modern ERP systems are fully integrated with e-commerce supply chain solutions like e-procurement, seller-oriented marketplaces, exchanges and auctions, etc. However, these integrated ERP systems still have substantial implementation and utilization issues including complexity, high cost of ownership, long time to recover investments, and being unaffordable for smalland middle-size companie...

While supply chain integration is measured at three levels: information, resources and organization, the emphasis of the paper is placed on how information integration can be achieved through B2B e-hubs. After reviewing the concept of supply chain integration and the evolution of e-hubs, we examine two groups of e-hubs classified by supply chain processes, namely procurement and transportation,...

This study aims to explore the effects of participant motive, system integration, and value-added services on supply chain performance, and the role of E-Procurement Value as a mediating role. We collected data via a cross-industry questionnaire, with total 127 survey instruments available. We analyzed our data using regression model. The results show that participant motive, system integration...

In today’s world, Supply Chain Management (SCM) plays a key strategic role in increasing organizational effectiveness and accomplishment of organizational goals such as enhanced competitiveness, better customer service and increased profitability. The process of choosing appropriate supply chain performance measures is difficult due to the complexity that various processes are linked with each ...

We present a decision model designed to help policy-makers understand the disruptive impact of temporary closures of a container seaport on the supply chains that it supports. Such closures may have numerous possible causes, but security-related disruptions are of particular relevance today. Importantly, temporary closures result in highly variable product delivery leadtimes, increasing invento...

1 In order to compete successfully in the global economy, companies across industries are hard at work trying to bring their increasingly complex supply chains to the next level of performance in order to meet the growing expectations of customers. PRTM’s research shows that companies that operate state-of-the-art supply chains capture enormous value over their competitors. For example, our 200...

Simulation provides an alternative method for detailed analysis of the complex real world systems such as the supply chain. Given that a simulation model is well-suited for evaluating dynamic decision rules under ‘what-if ‘ scenarios, a few attempts have been made to develop simulation models to improve supply chain performances. The modelling of supply chains dynamics adopted to simulation app...