A Conceptual Framework for Impact of Information Technology on Supply Chain Management

Fasanghari, Mehdi; Mohammadi, Shooresh; Khodaei, M.; Abdollahi, Ali; Roudsari, Farzad Habibipour

doi:10.1109/iccit.2007.4420239

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“…However, in most of the organizations, IT implementation is an issue. Nowadays, IT is extensively employed to strengthen and overcome the weaknesses of the supply chain, enhance operating efficiency, reduce operating costs, increase responsiveness, increase agility (Javanmardi et al 2012;Chaudhry et al 2017) reduce cycle times, develop collaborative work, expand market borders, develop seamless partnerships, improve teamwork, enhance customer relationships, proactivity on response (Fasanghari et al 2007), increase information and product flow (Craighead and Laforge 2003), improve timeliness and accurate information flow (Kim et al 2011). Therefore, the firm supports the utilization of IT to maintain and sustain the ability to satisfy the customer (Omar et al 2006).…”

Section: Smart Factory and Manufacturingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The appropriate use of IT offers opportunities for the organization to improve the performance of supply chain, productivity and profitability. However, numerous companies' personnel are lacking of IT knowledge and IT skills (Fasanghari et al 2007). Hence, it requires investments in human and social capital to build up a strong capability of IT and better implementation.…”

Section: Smart Factory and Manufacturingmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Industry 4.0: A Solution towards Technology Challenges of Sustainable Business Performance

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Technology adoption is always a difficult task for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) due to lack of resources and other market issues. Many technology challenges adversely affect the sustainable business performance of SMEs. However, the incorporation of Industry 4.0 can overcome various technology issues. The goal of Industry 4.0 is to attain an advanced level of operational effectiveness and productivity, as well as a higher level of automatization. Thus, the objective of this study is to identify the role of Industry 4.0 to promote sustainable business performance in SMEs in Thailand. A survey has been prepared to collect the data from managers of SMEs and analyzed with the help of Partial Least Square. The questionnaire was used to collect the data and questionnaires were distributed by using simple random sampling. A total of 500 questionnaires were distributed amongst the managerial staff of SMEs located in Thailand. From these distributed questionnaires, 280 were returned and 270 valid responses were found. Data were analyzed by using Partial Least Square (PLS)-Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). Findings reveal that Industry 4.0 is a key to the growth of sustainable business performance among SMEs. Elements of Industry 4.0 such as big data, Internet of Things and smart factory have a positive role in promoting information technology (IT) implementation, which contributes to sustainable business performance. Moreover, organization structure and process strengthen the positive relationship between Industry 4.0 and IT implementation.

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Section: Smart Factory and Manufacturingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Smart Factory and Manufacturingmentioning

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Industry 4.0: A Solution towards Technology Challenges of Sustainable Business Performance

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“…From a user perspective, IT has two main dimensions: functionality (e.g. Swafford et al , 2008; Fasanghari et al , 2007; Subramani, 2004; Singh et al , 2007; McLaren et al , 2004) and data (e.g. Rai et al , 1997; Wong et al , 2011; Li et al , 2009).…”

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“…There are two groups of supply chain capabilities: internal (e.g. Fasanghari et al , 2007; Swafford et al , 2008; Byrd and Davidson, 2003) and external (e.g. Kaipia, 2007; Kelle and Akbulut, 2005; Klein and Rai, 2009; Prajogo and Olhager, 2012).…”

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The role of IT in automotive supplier supply chains

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Beck

Lienland

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the impact of information technology (IT) on supply chain performance in the automotive industry. Prior studies that analyzed the impact of IT on supply chain performance report results representing the situation of the “average industry.” This research focuses on the automotive industry because of its major importance in many national economies and due to the fact that automotive supply chains do not represent the supply chain of the average industry. Design/methodology/approach A research model is proposed to examine the relationships between IT capabilities, supply chain capabilities, and supplier performance. The model divides IT capabilities into functional and data capabilities, and supply chain capabilities into internal process excellence and information sharing. Data have been collected from 343 automotive first-tier suppliers. Structural equation modeling with partial least squares is used to analyze the data. Findings The results suggest that functional capabilities have the greatest impact on internal process excellence, which in turn enhances supplier performance. However, frequent and adequate information sharing also contributes significantly to supplier performance. Data capabilities enable supply chain capabilities through their positive impact on functional capabilities. Practical implications The findings will help managers to understand the effect of IT implementation on company performance and to decide whether to invest in the expansion of IT capacities. Originality/value This research reports the impact of IT on supply chain performance in one of the most important industries in many industrialized countries, and it provides a new perspective on evaluating the contribution of IT on firm performance.

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“…Since supplier selection is a decision involves more than one selection criterion when choosing among the available suppliers and criteria included in the supplier selection process may frequently contradict each other (lowest price against poor quality), decision making in order to select the suitable supplier for enterprises is highly complex difficult [4,5]. Furthermore, internal policy constraints, externally imposed system constraints, and organizational requirements and market conditions change increase the importance of the analysis of tradeoffs among the selection criteria may be increased [6,7].…”

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A New Fuzzy Expert System for Supplier Assessment

Fasanghari

Chaharsooghi

2008

2008 Third International Conference on Convergence and Hybrid Information Technology

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This paper is aimed to present a fuzzy decision making approach thorough combining fuzzy expert system and fuzzy Entropy to deal with the supplier assessment and to encounter the uncertainty in this environment. Although decision making in supplier selection is unstructured and consisted of many criteria such as price, quality, delivery time, flexibility, and technical capability, in this paper, the criteria are categorized and linguistic variable is used to reduce the uncertainty of decision making. Inputs of the designed expert system are calculated by fuzzy Entropy method, and finally, an example is shown to highlight the procedure of the proposed method.

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A Conceptual Framework for Impact of Information Technology on Supply Chain Management

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Industry 4.0: A Solution towards Technology Challenges of Sustainable Business Performance

Industry 4.0: A Solution towards Technology Challenges of Sustainable Business Performance

The role of IT in automotive supplier supply chains

A New Fuzzy Expert System for Supplier Assessment

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