Today’s business environment is unstable and uncertain. Shorter product life cycles, uncertain demand due to quickly changing customer needs, offshore production, higher supply chain complexity as a consequence of global and severe competition, and fast technological progress are all factors that foster this.
“The economic environment is dynamic and the only certainty about it is it will continue to change." To cope with a high degree of uncertainty and increasing supply chain risk a company needs to establish a robust, resilient but still efficient supply chain.
Due to the strong competition companies have to be responsive, introduce customized products quickly to the market and constantly work on their internal and external operations in order to gain a competitive advantage. They not only have to offer quality to gain customer satisfaction, but also speed and a reasonable price.
Table of contents
1 Introduction
2 Methodology
3 Descriptive Analysis
4 Does Information Technology influence Supply Chain Performance?
4.1 Higher Supply Chain Performance through Information Technology Application
4.1.1 Increase in Supply Chain Efficiency
4.1.2 Higher Responsiveness to environmental Changes
4.1.3 Achievement of more Integration and Coordination
4.2 Negative Influences of Information Technology in regard to Supply Chain Performance
4.2.1 High implicit and explicit Costs
4.2.2 Increase in Dependency on Information Technology
5 Conclusion
6 References
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