The impact of aligning supply chain and information system strategies on performance Online publication date: Tue, 21-Oct-2014
by Yenming J. Chen, Kuo-Wei Su, Meng-Hsiang Hsu, Wen-Jin Hwang, Jau-Wen Wang
International Journal of Business Performance Management (IJBPM), Vol. 12, No. 4, 2011
Abstract: Supply chain (SC) strategies and information system (IS) strategies in implementing supply chain management (SCM) processes have been individually regarded as vital to SCM performance. However, in empirical research, it remains unclear what kinds of IS strategies should be implemented under what particular SC strategies. The purpose of this study is to provide a theoretical understanding of the alignment between SC strategies (caretaker, marketeer and innovator) and IS strategies (efficiency, flexibility and comprehensiveness) and then to investigate its impact on SCM performance. A profile deviation approach is utilised to compute the alignment between these two strategies. A survey was conducted on 151 manufacturers. Our results indicate that the correct alignment between SC strategy and IS strategy contributes a positive effect to the overall SCM performance.
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