Unpacking Coordination Benefits in Supply Networks: Findings from Manufacturing SMEs

Abstract

This paper examines how coordination among firms in supply networks

Role of power in supply chain performance: evidence from agribusiness SMEs in Uganda

“…Positive outcomes for the 14 whole supply chain will contribute to an individual member's success (Medlin, 2006; 15 Gagalyuk et al, 2013;Petrick et al, 2016). Consequently, focusing on one side of a 16 relationship dyad limits our assessment and understanding of perceptual congruence amongst 17 supply chain members (Erin Anderson and Weitz, 1992;Mentzer et al, 2001; 18 Rungtusanatham et al, 2003).…”

Information Sharing with ICT in Production Systems and Operational Performance

“…Another application of ICT in a SC is to support to Production Control and facilitates the globalized and collaborative economy for the companies [46]. Petrick et al [47] indicates that ICT improves the production process, which directly affects the profits of the company in the short and long term. Llach and Alonso-Almeida [17] declare that the adoption and use of ICT help to redesign internal processes, and this means that they improve the efficiency of the Information Exchange in Production Control, causing activities to be fast, easy to handle, and more precise.…”

“…Llach and Alonso-Almeida [17] declare that the adoption and use of ICT help to redesign internal processes, and this means that they improve the efficiency of the Information Exchange in Production Control, causing activities to be fast, easy to handle, and more precise. To measure the impact of ICT in Production Control, the following five items are measured [17,47,48]: maintenance planning, performing tasks in the work area, delays in the process, introducing new products and services, and responding to market changes.…”

“…If companies did not receive benefits from their investments in ICT, they would definitely not do it. The main operational benefits from ICT are measured using five items [25,30,31,47,[61][62][63][64][65]: flexibility in systems to meet customer needs, strengthening the relationship with suppliers, cost competitiveness, shorter order cycles and customer response flexibility.…”

“…Chen et al [69] suggested that the ICT integration to control production can lead to better performance, and Petrick, Maitland and Pogrebnyakov [47] mention that ICT improve production and therefore the benefits of the company are mediated by access to productive capacities such as the planning of work activities, maintenance, and responsiveness towards market needs. In the search for SC integration, the ICT and the information systems based on data play an important role, which allows the supervision and operations control [70], and therefore, the following hypothesis is proposed: Hypothesis 9 (H9).…”