Are Indians ready to adopt online supply chain management?

V.R. Salkute and S.R. Kolhe

International Journal of Electronic Marketing and Retailing, 2011, vol. 4, issue 1, 100-116

Abstract: E-commerce is the enabler of supply chain management (SCM). Indian industry is not using e-commerce tools for SCM to a great extent. The objective of this exploratory study is to understand the determinants of development of e-commerce in SCM within Indian industry and to test the value of supply chain functionalities and organisation strategies in explaining e-commerce development. The result confirmed with the literature that e-commerce functionalities and organisation functionalities influence the e-commerce development level. The study also showed that one of the factors of supply chain functionalities, SCM coordination level was significantly related to the e-commerce development level. Besides, e-commerce also facilitates e-bidding for sourcing decisions in SCM. Using the internet, reverse e-auctions allow suppliers to compete dynamically in real time for buyer's business. The buying organisations who have adopted reverse e-auctions and those not used e-auctions for sourcing decisions are also differentiated in this paper.

Keywords: e-commerce; reverse e-auctions; supply chain management; SCM; innovation adoption; India; electronic commerce; electronic auctions; online supply chains; supply chain functionalities; organisation strategies; internet; world wide web; coordination levels; e-bidding; electronic bidding; sourcing decisions; real time; buyers; buying organisations; electronic marketing; e-marketing; electronic retailing; e-retailing. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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