Abstract
Article history: Received October 28, 2013 Received in revised format 25 November 2013 Accepted 29 January 2014 Available online February 2 2014 This research analyzes the effects of Information Technology (IT) on Supply Chain Integration (SCI) through ERP mediator by proposing a conceptual model among these components. We also hypothesize that three constructs of IT influence on enterprise resource planning (ERP) success and one construct of ERP success influences on SCI. To clarify the relationships among the constructs, structural equation model (SEM) is conducted to examine the model fit and seven hypotheses. The data was collected from three Iranian firms through questionnaire with 23 questions adopted by past researches. The results confirmed that top management support of IT and employees’ general IT skills factors of IT enhance ERP success, and ERP success positively influences on Supply Chain Integration, so these two IT factors influence Supply Chain Integration through ERP success. Our data unsupported negative impact of satisfaction with legacy IT system on ERP success. © 2014 Growing Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Highlights
Nowadays, information is considered as a primary tool in decision-making for survival and development of enterprises in supply chain (SC) (Doroudchi & Nikmehr, 2007)
We have examined the relationships among some Information Technology (IT) factors, enterprise resource planning (ERP) success and Supply Chain Integration (SCI)
The hypotheses H1 and H3 are strongly supported (0.447, 0.463, p < 0.001), demonstrating that ERP success was positively impacted by top management support of IT and employees general IT skills
Summary
Information is considered as a primary tool in decision-making for survival and development of enterprises in supply chain (SC) (Doroudchi & Nikmehr, 2007). Enterprises in the SC issues are likely to increase control over their suppliers and enhance their supply chain management (SCM) capabilities via gaining power from information (Kashyap, 2011). Information in supply chain is often used based on two goals (Mashreghi & Nahavandi, 2010): 1Coordinating the daily activities associated with the production, storage, positioning and transport 2forecasting and planning to estimate future demand and necessary procedures to reach the requirements. Strong distribution and transmission of information can effectively improve all components of SCM. Accurate information can be very efficient in planning and operational decision-making.
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