The roles of information technology in global chain supply: a multiple case study of multinational companies of China

Mao He; Wanchun Duan

doi:10.1117/12.784039

9 January 2008 The roles of information technology in global chain supply: a multiple case study of multinational companies of China

Mao He, Wanchun Duan

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Proceedings Volume 6794, ICMIT 2007: Mechatronics, MEMS, and Smart Materials; 679448 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.784039
Event: ICMIT 2007: Mechatronics, MEMS, and Smart Materials, 2007, Gifu, Japan

Abstract

Nowadays many Chinese companies have being becoming more and more international. Therefore, these Chinese companies have to face global supply chains rather than the former domestic ones. The use of information technology (IT) is considered a prerequisite for the effective control of today's complex global supply chains. Based on empirical data from 10 multinational companies of China, this paper presents a classification of the ways in which companies use IT in SCM, and examines the drivers for these different utilization types. According to the findings of this research, the purposes of using of IT in SCM can be divided into 1) transaction processing, 2) supply chain planning and collaboration, and 3) order tracking and delivery coordination. The findings further suggest that the drivers between these three uses of IT in SCM differ.

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Mao He and Wanchun Duan "The roles of information technology in global chain supply: a multiple case study of multinational companies of China", Proc. SPIE 6794, ICMIT 2007: Mechatronics, MEMS, and Smart Materials, 679448 (9 January 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.784039

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