Study of collaborative management of supply chain in an IT environment
Abstract: This paper
identifies collaborative management of supply chain in an IT environment as the
object of study. It offers discussion on the current situation and future
development of supply chain management, the basic theories of supply chain
management, and the comparison between the features of centralized management
and collaborative management in an IT environment. It also points out the
features and advantages of collaborative management of supply chain in an IT
environment.
Methodology: By way of analyzing the future development of supply chain
management, this paper analyzes the advantages of collaborative management over
centralized management. It also explores its implications and its requirements
of interaction between onstage and backstage platforms.
Findings: This paper lists the seven prominent features of collaborative
management of supply chain in an IT environment, including being
Internet-based, virtual, interrelated, and so on. In addition, it points out
its advantages, such as collaborative decision-making, system-orientation, the
establishment of a new cooperative relationship, etc.
Application and limitations: This paper is an attempt to call on
enterprises to update their current supply management system to collaborative
management of supply chain in an IT environment. In this way, they can be more
competitive in terms of supply chain. But this paper focuses only on its
advantages and does not offer suggestions as to how to establish such a system.
Author: Yanping Ding
Journal Code: jptindustrigg130089
