"The objective of this study is to empirically identify various alignments strategies
through various adoption levels between advanced manufacturing technology
(AMT) applications and e-commerce settings in supply chain context, and then
test what alignment strategies that will have significant influence on supply-chain
coordination outcomes. Based on the test result, we can justify the optimal alignment strategy for the improvement of coordination activities. Using the data from
the International Manufacturing Strategy Survey (IMSS) database, we analyzed
497 samples and classified seven types of alignment strategies by different adoption level of AMT and e-commerce. The test results indicated that alignment of
broad adoption level of AMT and the equivalent broad adoption level of
e-commerce can certainly influence the coordination efforts among partner firms
and make improvement in supply chain efficiency. We also found that,
e-commerce plays a more important key role in the alignment process. "
Relation:
Journal of the Chinese Institute of Industrial Engineers
