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THE IMPACT OF E-COMMERCE IN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT AT DELL INC

/Abstrak: The impact of e-commerce in supply chain management (SCM) has gained significant interest in researchers and academics in recent years since e-commerce and SCM are critical success factors. A case study on Dell Inc. was chosen because Dell Inc. has survived the recent economic slowdown since March 2000. This phenomenon was the result of Dell's success story demonstrated a real case of effective integration and implementation of SCM and e-commerce. Data was obtained via Web browsing and e-mail. This paper first discussed various activities that involved in supply chain management process; information, products, and financial flows. It then illustrated the ways that e-commerce to be integrated into supply chain management to gain competitive advantages in dynamic business environment. Findings showed e-commerce has the capacity to have an impact on the physical, information and financial flows of supply chains. This paper is origin and empirical study that would be a contribution to business practitioners and academia. Paper ini meneliti dampak e-commerce dalam manajemen rantai pasokan pada Dell Inc., terutama dampak e-commerce terhadap ketiga fungsi utama rantai pasokan, yakni aliran informasi, barang, dan keuangan. Data dalam studi kasus ini diperoleh melalui Web browsing and e-mail. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa e-commerce sebagai front-office, sangat penting dalam menyedian informasi (information sharing) bagi setiap bagian dalam rantai pasokan dan internal perusahaan, sehingga aliran informasi, produk, dan keuangan yang merupakan fungsi utama SCM dapat dikelola secara efektif. Hasil penelitian yang bersifat emperik ini diharapkan dapat memberi kontribusi kepada akademisi dan praktisi e-commerce dan manajemen rantai pasokan.

The Effects of e-Business on Supply Management

The exploitation of e-business has become one of the primary conditions of doing business in the current business environment. Companies have moved to web-based business to business platforms where transactions are done efficiently and in a fast pace. The importance of e-business technology has grown significantly in supply management as well. Therefore, this study examines the effects of e-business on supply management using data collected from 100 Finnish firms. Moreover, light is shed on the targets of e-business and the changes caused by e-business in supply management and how these changes have influenced the firm's competitive and bargaining positions. The results of the study show that the main targets of e-business in supply management are cost and time savings and process development. It was also found that e-business has caused changes in supply chains and networks in terms of bargaining and competitive position.

E-Supply Chain Management: A Review

International Journal of e-Education, e-Business, e-Management and e-Learning, 2021

These days, internet-based electronic marketplaces (EMs) are widely expanded all over the world. They emerge in different industries, supporting the various exchanges of goods or services with and for different types of actors, and are following different business principles and models to face up to its competitors and fulfil its ambitions. Most observers have suggested that electronic marketplaces would emerge to prevail over the electronic business area. This article aims to propose a critical review based on existing literature, over the electronic marketplaces and imposes the supply chain management research in respect of this issue.

The Impact of E-Commerce on Supply Chain Costs

This paper assessed the impact of Electronic Commerce on supply chain cost, a case study being in China. The research study has highlighted how E-commerce helps to reduce those costs which are mostly incurred in the whole process of supply chain right from placing the order to executing it. The E-commerce environment was recognized as highly unclear, stopping from increased information visibility and dynamic market structures. A stronger attention on relationship supply chain as part of business strategy enables managers to manage costs better.

(2008). “Explaining the key elements of information systems-based supply-chain strategy that are necessary for business-to-business electronic marketplace survival,” Supply Chain Forum: An International Journal

Supply Chain Forum: An International Journal

Business-to-business electronic marketplaces (EMs) were hyped as the future of efficient supply chains and as essential to the growth of e-commerce, but in spite of this promise, many EMs failed in the first few years after 2000. Although numerous studies have involved EMs, little research has focused on the degree to which an EM’s automated supply-chain strategy contributed to its survival or failure. Accordingly, this study examines 400 EMs through an extensive survey of the strategic supply-chain capabilities in conjunction with McKinsey & Company and CAPS Research. These results are interpreted using existing strategy literature. The following factors were found to be positively related to EM survival: capturing detailed spend data, providing sourcing and process change recommendations, allowing international contracts, offering the ability to track supplier product availability, and having more than 100 employees. In contrast, the following factors led to EM failure: providing warranties, employing low to medium transaction functionality, integrating with a buyer’s accounting system, allowing buyers to “punch through” to supplier Web sites, permitting the online creation of requisition and purchase orders, transacting a daily volume less than $1,000, and having 25–75 employees. These results highlight the need for EMs to create network effects of economies of scale and scope for buyers, focus on core competencies, and create buyer lock-in through high switching costs. Existing EMs should focus their strategy on developing the factors found to lead to EM survival and eliminating the factors leading to failure.