International Journal of Supply Chain Management
Vol 10, No 1 (2021): International Journal of Supply Chain Management (IJSCM)

The Importance of Virtual Enterprise Systems in Times of Crisis

Ahmad Shatat (Applied Science University)
Abdallah Shatat (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
26 Feb 2021

Abstract

Virtual enterprise systems are noticeably expanding, which shortly will reveal a substantial impact on the traditional organizational model. The illustration of the major challenges and the Critical Success Factors (CSFs) of the virtual enterprise systems implementation will help other organizations to adopt the virtual enterprise systems efficiently and take advantage of this novel virtual cloud computing revolution especially in times of crises such as Covid-19. This research identifies the top ten CSFs that contribute in delivering a successful virtual enterprise systems implementation. A survey instrument was distributed to 50 enterprises that currently using virtual enterprise systems. The research outcomes indicate positive and significant relationship between eight CSFs and the virtual enterprise systems implementation. However, only two factors demonstrate positive and insignificant correlation. Overall, the results of this study show a notable impact of the CSFs on the virtual enterprise systems implementation.  

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJSCM

Publisher

Subject

Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Engineering Environmental Science Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering Transportation

Description

International Journal of Supply Chain Management (IJSCM) is a peer-reviewed indexed journal, ISSN: 2050-7399 (Online), 2051-3771 (Print), that publishes original, high quality, supply chain management empirical research that will have a significant impact on SCM theory and practice. Manuscripts ...