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Structural Equation Model for Effectiveness of Technical Managers in Information Technology Industry Yogesh N Naik; Monika Bisht
International Journal of Supply Chain Management Vol 3, No 3 (2014): International Journal of Supply Chain Management (IJSCM)
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In age of technology, the effectiveness of technical manager is keenly sought towards organizational growth and competitive advantage. Technical managers require a special combination of knowledge about science and technology to acquire respect, knowledge about behaviour, and skills to lead. This research presents a unique point of view, backed by empirical data analysis on how five key competencies, other than technology know-how impacts overall effectiveness of technical managers in Information Technology IT industry. A structural equation model (SEM) mines complex interdependencies amongst competency clusters which yield managerial effectiveness directly or indirectly. The survey instruments were employed on 520 technical managers from various technology centric departments across 19 IT organizations. Statistical techniques used include exploratory factor analysis (EFA); confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structural equation modelling (SEM). The role of project management, emotional intelligence (EI), domain knowledge, ethical values and business skills besides technical acumen is presented. Research findings are expected to help organizations in selection and development of technical managerial talent, and individuals towards self realization and self development.
Optimizing Supply Chain Distribution using Cloud based Autonomous Information Shalini Gupta; Erick Jones
International Journal of Supply Chain Management Vol 3, No 4 (2014): International Journal of Supply Chain Management (IJSCM)
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The volume of the data and information traffic generated in warehouse management operations is extremely high. They are driven by such frequent events as attempts to locate inventory status files, associated inventory location and integration of specific customer order status tables (such as order payment, and order fulfillment status). The information technology infrastructure required to handle large data volume is expensive with additional cost for complex operations, limiting the operations of small businesses. In addition, any compromise with the infrastructure design may have further implications on the data storage and retrieval affecting productivity. In this research, we seek to investigate the feasibility of a Cloud-based warehouse management system (WMS) that continuously and autonomously captures RFID tagged inventory and distributes data handling processes. The purpose of this research paper is to investigate a RFID based WMS (R-WMS) application for mobile devices, including smart phones (such as iPhone, Android, Microsoft Mobile Phone, HTC smart phone, Blackberry, etc) and other handhold smart devices (such as iPad and some light/portable TabletPC) exchanging real-time information through the cloud which is being used to make near optimal decisions and send information back in an acceptable time period. In order to research these possibilities, there is a need to investigate the capacity and dynamic adjustment of workloads for reducing costs and saving energy. Further development of a mobile application of such data intensive operations necessitates exclusive multiple regression data manipulating techniques to provide the most critical information for decision makers. The broader impact of this research paper is the enhancement of mobile user capabilities driving improved productivity. This research will also add to the development of novel warehouse management techniques impacting world-wide business operations helping to realize the world is flatter than anticipated. Further, this multi-disciplinary research will enhance the Computer Science, Industrial and Systems Engineering curriculums by providing greater exposure to emerging areas in supply chain management, mobile computing, operations research, and cloud architecture and computing. The intellectual merit from this research will include ramifications on cloud-based mobile computing, which is the future of modern business operations. This research will train undergraduate and graduate students from both computer science and industrial engineering in the field of supply chain, logistics, mobile computing, and cloud computing. Keywords RFID WMS, Mobile applications; Cloud Computing;
The Effect of Buyer-supplier Partnership and Information Integration on Supply Chain Performance: An Experience from Chinese Manufacturing Industry Shahzad Ahmad Khan; Yan Liang; Shahzad Sumaira
International Journal of Supply Chain Management Vol 4, No 2 (2015): International Journal of Supply Chain Management (IJSCM)
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Coordination, collaboration, and cooperation are often used in business term to enhance productivity and performance, in this way the partnership with supplier and information integration always play an important role in supply chain. This study investigates the effect of Buyer-supplier partnership and information integration on supply chain performance. The study also elaborates the development of trust and guanxi between suppliers and buyers for better business environment in supply chains. This study uses structural equation modeling to analyze data collected from 218 Chinese manufacturing industries. The Buyer-supplier relationship significantly affects trust and guanxi, which subsequently influences two elements of information integration, namely, quality information and real-time information. We found that Buyer-supplier partnership and information integration have a significant effect on supply performance. Furthermore, we found that trust and guanxi are pivotal role in sustaining better relationship between supplier and business for long run and growth
Assessing the Value of Supply Chain Information Sharing in the New Millennium David A. Marshall
International Journal of Supply Chain Management Vol 4, No 4 (2015): International Journal of Supply Chain Management (IJSCM)
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Information sharing in supply chain management has been studied extensively during the past several years. Many scholars agree that shared information will lead to significant cost savings through inventory and batch size reductions, productivity gains, and other measurables. The purpose of this paper is to review the information sharing related studies in supply chain management research, identify core issues, and offer suggestions for future research. Fifty-five articles were collected from the premier refereed journals in the fields of Supply Chain Management and Operations Management. Classification of the articles based on four common information sharing themes is presented in the paper. A majority of the articles included in this review concentrate on an element of information sharing that leads to strategic changes at the manufacturers and suppliers. Potential future research ideas include additional empirical work and investigation into the leakage effect.
Existing Practices of Building Information Modeling (BIM) Implementation in the Public Sector Harun, Aizul Nahar; Samad, Suzana Abd; Mohd Nawi, Mohd Nasrun; Haron, Nuzul Azam
International Journal of Supply Chain Management Vol 5, No 4 (2016): International Journal of Supply Chain Management (IJSCM)
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The Government of Malaysia has taken a proactive action by implementing the strategic ICT-driven or ICT-enabled transformation programmes and ICT plays a critical role in ensuring their efficient and effective implementation. However regardless the efforts, the implementation of BIM in Malaysia mostly on the private sector driven and it is still between BIM level 0 and BIM level 1. As many of countries across the globe have shown great interest and their public sector plays an important role in leading the market towards BIM adoption, the Government of Malaysia and its agencies by capitalising the existing hard and soft-infrastructures in Malaysia should play significant roles to help in stimulate BIM technology in Malaysia to be comparable with other developed countries. This paper through literature review aims to establish a clear understanding about the global BIM implementation in the public sector, to determine the public sector readiness to adopt BIM in Malaysia and to investigate the potential of BIM implementation within the public sector. In addition, suggestions on the focus of the other research papers on BIM implementation within the public sector will be included.
Identification of Information Variable toward Sound Decision Making among local Government Councillors Mohd Zool Hilmie Mohammed Sawal; Kamarudin Ngah; Zaherawati Zakaria
International Journal of Supply Chain Management Vol 6, No 1 (2017): International Journal of Supply Chain Management (IJSCM)
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Sound decision making is crucial in both public and private sectors because good decision able to solve problem and satisfy parties involved. As part of the government service provider, local government also expected to exercise sound decision making in their services to their community. Thus the information system plays a major role in providing good data to the decision maker. Information system helps to furnish local government officer and its community with proper information. Accurate information most needed when conditions become more uncertainty. This paper proposed a conceptual framework for information and system acceptance base on Delone and McLean information success model. Two variables are proposed to be studied; information quality and system quality. These variables are needed by decision maker at local government to come out with sound decision making since the acceptance of information is very low. The objective of this study is to come out with some solution to IT lag time which refer to large gap between the adoption of new technologies such as information integration and information sharing and their acceptance and reutilization in organization.
Factors Influencing the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) of Third Party Logistics in Malaysia Awoyemi Adebare Omotayo; Mustakim Melan
International Journal of Supply Chain Management Vol 6, No 2 (2017): International Journal of Supply Chain Management (IJSCM)
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AbstractThe function of Information Communication Technology is still unevenly distributed among the logistics providers leading to sizeable front-liners controlling the logistics market. The ICT involves directly with the customer relationships, manufacturing, transportation, warehousing networks and data streams. This study targeted at providing remedies to the most of existing gaps relating the influence of ICT facilities in logistics industry especially among the 3PLs in Malaysia. Third Party Logistics Services can be referred as an outsourcing of transport and logistics activities belong to other companies in the movement of goods to meet their purpose. In most cases, more than one activity is outsourced and it includes storage, warehousing and transportation. The study utilized in the used of questionnaire to gather the required information from Third party logistics service providers. The data were analysed among 150 respondents and the correlated result shows that the selection of an appropriate tool of ICT has a significant impact on the competitive advantage of third party logistics companies. The result of the study is able to be used for the measurement of the performance and benchmarking on the importance of ICT in leading the 3PLs logistics industry in future. KeywordsInformation, communication, technology, third party Logistics, transportation, competitive advantage
A Structural Equation Model for Consumers’ Mobile-based Information Search: A Case of Outbound Chinese Tourists Chaang-Iuan Ho; Ming-Chih Chen; Yu-Lan Yuan
International Journal of Supply Chain Management Vol 6, No 3 (2017): International Journal of Supply Chain Management (IJSCM)
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This research responds to the call for more studies to validate a comprehensive model incorporating mobile Internet and other information channels to investigate their effects within the search process. Using 104 Chinese outbound tourists as the sample, this study investigates how they utilize multiple sources for trip planning. The research findings indicate that mobile-based search actions have been undertaken step by step: internal search mobile search preliminary collaborative TIS saving information summarizing information. Two search patterns were identified by using other information sources: 1. mobile Internet advanced collaborative TIS editorial communications; 2. mobile Internet PC Internet editorial communications. In spite of the studys limitations in relation to generalizing the results, this study presents new avenues for further research.
The Impact of Supply Chain Management and Information Systems on Operational Performance: Empirical Evidence from SMEs in Saudi Arabia Ahmad Hamed, Adel Abdellatif; Bohar, Abdul Manaf; Siam, Mohammed
International Journal of Supply Chain Management Vol 6, No 3 (2017): International Journal of Supply Chain Management (IJSCM)
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The study entails impact on operational performance (OPER) of small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) by using supply chain management (SCM) and information system (IS) practices in Saudia Arabia empirically. Moderation investigation of Supply Chain Management and Information System link promoted factors and impeding factors in implementing Supply Chain Management and Information System applies and OPER also taken in to account in the second part of the research. In the current study, underlying dimensions of SCM and IS practices are also empirically identified, and enabling and inhibiting fators related to SCM-IS are also identified at the first stage. Regression analysis was used for estimation of studying impact of variables on OPER and SMEs in the second phase of the research. Comparative results discussion have taken place in Saudi context at the end of the research. The study significantly contribute while considering and evaluating literature, acquire and analyses of collected data about Supply Chain Management and Information System implementations in Saudi Small and Medium Enterprices.  
Information Sharing Model in Supporting Implementation of e-Procurement Service: Case of Bandung City Gadang Ramantoko; Herry Irawan
International Journal of Supply Chain Management Vol 6, No 3 (2017): International Journal of Supply Chain Management (IJSCM)
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This research examines the factors influencing the Information Sharing Model in Supporting Implementation of e-Procurement Services: Case of Bandung City in its early maturity stage. The early maturity of information sharing stage was determined using e-Government Maturity Stage Conceptual Framework from Estevez. Bandung City e-Procurement Information Sharing system was categorized at stage 1 in Estevez model where the concern was mainly on assessing the benefit and risk of implementing the system. The Authors were using DeLone McLean (DM) Information System Success model to study benefit and risk of implementing the system in Bandung city. The model was then empirically tested by employing survey data that was collected from the available 40 listed supplier firms. DMs model adjusted by Klischewskis description was introducing Information Quality, System Quality, and Service Quality as independent variable; Usability and User Satisfaction as intermediate dependent variable; and Perceived Net Benefit as final dependent variable. The findings suggested that, all of the predictors in DMs model significantly influenced the net perceived benefit of implementing the e-Procurement system in the early maturity stage. The theoretical contribution of this research suggested that DMs model might find useful in modeling complex information technology successfulness such as the one used in e-Procurement service. This research could also have implications for policy makers (LPSE) and system providers (LKPP) following the introduction of the service. However, the small number of respondent might be considered limitation of the study. The model needs to be further tested using larger number of respondents by involving the population of the firms in extended boundary/municipality area around Bandung.

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