E-Supply Chain Collaboration and Integration

Abstract

Formulation of supplier integration strategy is essential to optimize the value chain. In the chapter, the authors review the literature on integration of supplier relationship practices and its impact on optimization of value chain. The review is based on e-collaborative framework for optimized value chain, which comprises the supplier integration strategy, i.e., information sharing, e-business systems, and policy-based supplier selection have positive influence on the long-term planning and supply chain practices. The chapter reviews 368 articles on empirical research in e-collaboration and supply chain management. It finds the majority of authors are using a combination of the entity of analysis, while still focusing on the firm level rather than the network level. In this, another encouraging fact is that most of the authors prefer to consider a combination of various elements of exchange in their analysis. The potential limitation of the study is that it does not attempt to trace out trends using regression techniques. The extension of this study could be statistically testing the figures observed in this chapter and setting a grounded theory approach for future research in e-collaboration and supply chain.

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