Purpose
– The aim of this research is to identify the relevant skills and their relative importance, required by supply chain managers, and to suggest the key skill items that require improvement.
Design/methodology/approach
– Using a survey questionnaire, data were collected against 41 supply chain management skills. Using expert opinion, these skill items were then grouped to create four higher level supply chain skill-categories. These are supply chain general management (SCG) skill-category, supply chain analytical (SCA) skill-category, supply chain information technology (SCIT) skill-category, and supply chain environmental-related (SCE) skill-category. Subsequently, the importance-performance matrix (IPM) analysis was conducted to these higher level skill-categories to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the offered skills as perceived by the respondents.
Findings
– The analysis revealed that in order to prepare supply chain managers to face up to the future challenges educational institutions are required to devote their attention on areas such as warehousing management, distribution planning, demand forecasting, negotiation skill, cross-functional coordination skill, and knowledge of environmental issues in supply chains.
Originality/value
– This research provided insight into skills need for supply chain managers using IPM analysis. The results of the study could be adopted to upgrade the existing logistics and supply chain management program or design new logistics education and training programs to meet the current and future needs.
The construction and development of Shanghai e-port system is studied in this paper based on the electronic customs declaration and the electronic payment platform. It is especially analyzed how to improve the economic effectiveness and social benefits of local international logistics informationization since the implementation of Shanghai e-port, such as strengthening the customs supervision, speeding up the flow of imports and exports, expanding the scope of Shanghai logistics center, etc. Finally, some measures are proposed to further expand the value of Shanghai e-port system, including the port innovative model, and other regional collaboration strategies.
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