供应链管理实施与组织绩效的关系实证分析

构建了一个描述供应链管理实施及其驱动因素与组织绩效间关系的理论模型,选择西南和华南等地区的企业为调查对象,收集了177个样本数据,以LISREL8.70和SPSS11.5软件包对样本数据进行因子分析.结构方程模型拟合优度评估以及假设检验结果表明:供应链管理实施对组织绩效有显著直接影响;信息技术不仅对供应链管理实施有显著直接影响,而且还通过供应链管理战略对其产生显著间接影响.     

供应链节点企业间信任行为的进化博弈

从博弈参与者的有限理性出发,运用"复制动态"机制分析供应链节点企业的学习与调整过程,绘制了供应链节点企业信任行为进化博弈复制动态相图.基于此相图对供应链节点企业选择信任与否的影响因素进行了简要分析.     

供应链伙伴信任合作模型的构建

供应链的合作问题,是当今研究的热点,而信任是供应链合作的重要影响因素.本文给出了供应链信任维度的涵义,在回顾信任维度的基础上,提出了供应链信任维度由能力、可靠和友善3个维度构成;给出了供应链伙伴合作行为的涵义及组成;构建了一个供应链伙伴信任合作的模型.     

供应链整合管理的实现机制与技术解决方案

提出了由核心层、中间层和外围层构成的供应链整合基本实体协作层次,通过探讨基于信息功能整合、业务过程整合以及战略资源整合的反映供应链整合水平的关系类型矩阵,由此提出了供应链整合协作管理的策略矩阵,并构建了以信任机制为基础、以整合重组机制为手段、以信息反馈机制为前提、以委托代理机制为保证的供应链整合管理团体实现机制.最后提出了基于Internet/Extranet/Intranet平台的供应链整合管理执行应用系统技术体系结构,并对实现供应链不同协作层次整合管理系统集成的方式和方法进行了探讨.     

供应链合作关系相关因素对协同的影响研究

从供应链关系形成的角度,建立了4个主要的度量因素沟通、信任、承诺和合作对供应链协同的影响顺序及相互关系的假设模型,应用结构方程模型的方法进行验证,其中协同效应以信息共享、同步决策和激励联盟作为评价指标。经过对163例制造行业供应链的研究,结果表明,在供应链关系形成过程中,相关企业是从沟通开始,建立相互间的信任后,企业双方承诺发展长远关系,从而产生合作行为,最终通过合作对协同效应产生正性影响。另外沟通和信任对协同运作的影响最为重要,合作的影响最为直接,而承诺对协同只有间接作用。     

面向供应链合作的信任维系协调体系的研究

为了保证节点企业合作中信任协调的合作关系,以有效地实现企业经营目标,从信任的视角提出了一个包括目标层、合作层、信任协调层、支撑层在内的供应链合作(SCC)信任维系协调的解决思路.把节点企业内、外部的供应链运作、合作行为、业务目标集成起来,给出了整体框架模型,并对基于企业目标的信任协调机制、信任金字塔和实现协调层的具体方式等关键问题进行了探讨.信任协调体系框架模型对供应链合作运作提供了一定的参照.     

基于博弈理论的供应链信任稳定演化策略

考虑供应链信任演化3个不同阶段,研究供应链信任稳定演化策略。针对传统博弈的局限性,从约束机制不健全和约束机制健全两个层面进行分析,将企业选择信任的额外收益、单方面信任成本、单方面不信任额外收益、单方面不信任代价和单方面信任额外补偿引入到演化博弈矩阵中,利用演化博弈理论分析各阶段的稳定状态。为验证模型的有效性和可行性,通过数值分析,研究模型的演化动力变化,得出相应的系统相图。研究结果表明,供应链信任策略值的概率大于0.75时,合作达到稳态,供应链整体收益最大;约束机制不健全下的稳定演化策略明显优于传统博弈下的稳定演化策略,但是约束机制不健全,企业的稳定演化策略未必都是信任;供应链企业间需要健全约束机制,当约束机制健全时,信任是企业最终策略选择。     

供应链伙伴关系、信息共享与企业运营绩效关系

本文以广东省珠三角地区制造企业为调查对象,对供应链伙伴关系、信息共享与企业运营绩效之间关系进行研究.研究结果表明,供应链伙伴关系对信息共享存在显著的正向影响,即增强供应链伙伴关系将有助于提高企业之间信息共享水平;信息共享对企业运营绩效存在显著的正向影响;供应链伙伴关系不仅直接影响企业运营绩效,而且通过信息共享间接地影响到企业运营绩效.另外,我们还发现在供应链伙伴关系中的信任对信息共享与企业运营绩效均有非常显著的影响.本文研究结论可为我国制造企业实施供应链管理策略提供理论指导.     

外贸型物流企业供应链战略转型影响因素研究

提出了金融危机下外贸型物流企业向供应链战略转型的3个影响维度和10个影响因素。利用关联分析方法,建立了金融危机影响与外贸型物流企业供应链战略转型的4个关联模型,提出了一系列理论假设命题。通过东部沿海的5个地区企业的问卷采样,对假设与模型进行了实证研究,给出了金融危机影响与外贸型物流企业供应链战略转型的关联分析的路径系数图。结果表明,金融危机下外界环境变化、企业自身发展情况和问卷者的个人认识程度对供应链战略转型均有不同程度的正向影响,但资金流出现问题和收购兼并做大规模对供应链战略转型的必要性产生负向影响。     

供应链企业间知识传导成本的实证研究

从知识的特征、知识供应商、知识接收方、传导双方的差异以及传导的渠道五个层面探讨供应链企业间知识的传导成本,详细分析五个层面的一系列影响因素和提出相关的假设,并通过上海张江和深圳高新技术产业园区供应链企业的调研问卷收集的数据进行多元OLS回归检验,研究发现相关因素显著地解释了其对供应链企业间知识传导绩效的影响.     

Effects of managerial ties and trust on supply chain information sharing and supplier opportunism

Managerial ties and trust are important factors in facilitating collaboration and reducing opportunistic behaviour. There is, however, a lack of empirical evidence on how these relational factors influence the sharing of information among supply chain partners. For example, do stronger managerial ties help to improve supply chain information sharing (SCIS) and reduce supplier opportunism? To what extent SCIS is influenced by managerial ties and trust? How do managerial ties interact with trust in influencing SCIS? Using data from 272 Chinese manufacturers, this paper examines the impact of managerial ties and trust on SCIS and supplier opportunism. The results show that, through trust managerial ties can significantly influence the extent of information sharing and the quality of the information shared. Managerial ties also have a direct impact on the extent of information sharing, but not on the quality of the information shared. The main implication for management practice is that the quality of the information shared – rather than the extent of information sharing – should be seen as the main leverage in reducing supplier opportunism.     

Collaboration in humanitarian supply chains: an organisational culture framework

The purpose of this study was to determine the impact that institutional logics and, more specifically, organisational culture can have on humanitarian supply chain (HSC) collaboration. A framework was developed that explicates buyer–supplier collaboration in a humanitarian setting. Twenty-nine semi-structured interviews were conducted with buyers and suppliers. The data indicated that in a HSC, collaborative outcomes, such as new product development, inventory management, and product/service delivery, are influenced by the buyers’ and suppliers’ organisational cultures. Based on suppliers’ characteristics, they can be classified as humanitarian suppliers, commercial suppliers, and humanitarian and commercial suppliers. These groups have distinct organisational cultures. An unexpected finding is that suppliers that serve commercial buyers primarily claim to have encountered no issues in supply chain collaboration with humanitarian buyers, although they have different types of organisational cultures. The factors that lead to successful collaboration are identified as trust, commitment, information sharing and mutual respect. Simultaneously, dominant institutional logics are observed in the dyadic relationship.     

What modelling research on supply chain collaboration informs us? Identifying key themes and future directions through a literature review

Although research regarding supply chain collaboration has been increasing, studies reviewing supply chain collaboration remains limited. This review paper categorises supply chain collaboration and identifies different themes in this research field. Articles were collected based on a designed keywords list and specific subject restrictions in citation databases. Text-mining technology and conceptual criteria were used to categorise and screen articles into different categories. Finally, cluster analysis was used to group articles and identify emerging themes. From the year 1999 to 2017, a total of 678 articles regarding supply chain collaboration were found. These were sorted into six categories: levels of collaboration, industries, supply chain stages, company scales, forms/methods of collaboration and typology of article, and into corresponding sub-categories. 380 articles employing modelling approach where collaboration forms the core of analysis were screened for hierarchical cluster analysis, resulting in four clusters: information sharing paradigm, joint decision-making paradigm, resource sharing paradigm and coordinating contract paradigm. Eleven themes were finally identified based on the four clusters. The number of articles in the field of supply chain collaboration shows an increasing trend by year. However, most of the collaborations discussed were still at a low level. It is expected to explore a higher level of collaborations and related themes in future research.     

Influence of power and trust on the intention to adopt electronic supply chain management in China

Electronic supply chain management (eSCM) has become a popular Web-based seamless supply chain process. Given that Chinese firms are important parts of global supply chains, it is imperative to investigate factors that would affect eSCM adoption in China. In this study, we examine the impact of three power sources – non-mediated, coercive-mediated and reward-mediated power – on the three dimensions of trust – competence, goodwill and contractual – and their influence in turn on a firm’s eSCM adoption intention in China. We collected data through a survey of 131 manufacturing and service firms in China. Our results show that non-mediated power is positively associated with competence and goodwill trust but negatively related to contractual trust. Coercive-mediated power only negatively affects competence and goodwill trust. Reward-mediated power does not affect any type of trust significantly. The results also provide empirical support for the positive effects of competence and contractual trust on the intention to adopt eSCM. This paper contributes knowledge about the power–trust relationship in China from a supply chain perspective and presents a multi-dimensional explanation of the relationships between power, trust and intention to adopt eSCM.     

Coordinating a trust-embedded two-tier supply chain by options with multiple transaction periods

Trust widely works in supply chain practices and deeply affects supply chain decisions. Full trust in transactions and inaccurate demand forecasts are most likely to lead to biased decisions and low supply chain performances. Therefore, we propose a trust updating model to quantify decision-maker’s trust. The model presents the variation of trust over time and is helpful to evaluate decision-maker’s trust level in each transaction. In the model, a coordination mechanism with contract is designed to mitigate each supply chain partner’s ordering risk. Optimal order strategies of both manufactures and retailers in a supply chain under a bidirectional option contract are analysed in this paper. We find the manufacturer’s optimal production quantity is positively affected by penalty price in the contract and its bounds are given by simulation analysis. Our findings in this paper indicate that the proposed coordination mechanism with bidirectional option contract is profitable to all supply chain partners in long-term transactions. Meanwhile, the coordination mechanism helps the supply chain partners to catch up with marketing fluctuations and enhances the supply chain trust and partnerships. Finally, some simulation experiments are employed to obtain more observations.     

Digitalization for supply chain resilience and robustness: The roles of collaboration and formal contracts

Black swan events such as the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak cause substantial supply chain disruption risks to modern companies. In today’s turbulent and complex business environment, supply chain resilience and robustness as two critical capabilities for firms to cope with disruptions have won substantial attention from both the academia and industry. Accordingly, this study intends to explore how digitalization helps build supply chain resilience and robustness. Adopting organizational information processing theory, it proposes the mediating effect of supply chain collaboration and the moderating effect of formal contracts. Using survey data of Chinese manufacturing firms, the study applied structural equation modelling to test the research model. Results show that digitalization has a direct effect on supply chain resilience, and supply chain collaboration can directly facilitate both resilience and robustness. Our study also indicates a complementary mediating effect of supply chain collaboration on the relationship between digitalization and supply chain resilience and an indirect-only mediation effect on the relationship between digitalization and supply chain robustness. Findings reveal the differential roles of digitalization as a technical factor and supply chain collaboration as an organizational factor in managing supply chain disruptions. Paradoxically, formal contracts enhance the relationship between digitalization and supply chain resilience but weaken the relationship between supply chain collaboration and supply chain resilience. The validation of moderating effects determines the boundary conditions of digitalization and supply chain collaboration and provides insights into governing supply chain partners’ behavior. Overall, this study enhances the understanding on how to build a resilient and robust supply chain.