Purpose – To provide an overview of E‐supply chain management (E‐SCM) initiatives, focusing on the evolution and technological drivers of moving to the web. This paper also provides a framework and analysis of current efforts in the automotive, financial services, retail, technology, and transportation sectors.Design/methodology/approach – The paper uses a qualitative experimental design, case‐study approach. Companies are compared across a variety of factors affecting E‐SCM.Findings – There is little evidence to support that the size of a firm's revenues correlate to the effectiveness of their E‐SCM efforts.Research limitations/implications – The research uses a limited number of companies. Additionally, the web sites were evaluated only to the extent which they were made publicly available.Practical implications – An overview and discussion of E‐SCM is presented. This paper also analyzes selected companies' current web initiatives in the automotive, financial services, retail, technology, and transporta...
[1]
Jayashankar M. Swaminathan,et al.
Models for Supply Chains in E-Business
,
2003,
Manag. Sci..
[2]
Mani Subramani,et al.
How Do Suppliers Benefit from Information Technology Use in Supply Chain Relationships?
,
2004,
MIS Q..
[3]
Ming Wang,et al.
Integrating EDI with an E-Scm System Using Eai Technology
,
2005,
Inf. Syst. Manag..
[4]
E. P. Michael.
Strategy and the Internet.
,
2001
.
[5]
Hau L. Lee.
The triple-A supply chain.
,
2004,
Harvard business review.
[6]
Warren H. Hausman,et al.
Supply Chain Performance Metrics
,
2004
.
[7]
R. Narasimhan,et al.
INFORMATION SYSTEM UTILIZATION STRATEGY FOR SUPPLY CHAIN INTEGRATION.
,
2001
.
[8]
P. Humphreys,et al.
An inter-organizational information system for supply chain management
,
2001
.
[9]
Hau L. Lee,et al.
e-Business and Supply Chain Integration
,
2004
.