Information Technology and the Supply Chain Integration: A Business Executives' Context
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2019
Description
Despite the abundance of research dealing with the impact of supply chain management on today's organisations, such research tended to emphasise discreet relationships. A cross-sectional sample of Portuguese organisations is used to test several hypotheses pertaining to organisational resources, competencies, different levels of supply chain integration and organisational performance. Based on the findings, the impact of information technology infrastructure flexibility exhibited mixed results on the constructs studied. Executive information technology competencies tended to positively influence the different types of supply chain integration. Internal integration was found to have a direct influence on organisational performance. Such internal integration is being encouraged by external entities including customers and suppliers. In this context, more integration might lead to more effective organisational performance. Therefore, it is concluded that organisations should integrate their resources, processes and in the process encourage effective utilisation of information.
Citation Information
Martinho, José Luís; Gomes, Carlos F.; and Yasin, Mahmoud M.. 2019. Information Technology and the Supply Chain Integration: A Business Executives' Context. International Journal of Business Information Systems. Vol.30(3). 277-299. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJBIS.2019.098243 ISSN: 1746-0972