Supply chain practice and information sharing
Honggeng Zhou,
W.C. Benton Jr.,
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Honggeng Zhou
Department of Decision Sciences, Whittemore School of Business and Economics, University of New Hampshire, 15 College Road, Durham, NH 03824, United States
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W.C. Benton Jr.
Department of Management Sciences, Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University, 2100 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, United States
Corresponding author.Search for more papers by this authorHonggeng Zhou,
W.C. Benton Jr.,
Corresponding Author
Honggeng Zhou
Department of Decision Sciences, Whittemore School of Business and Economics, University of New Hampshire, 15 College Road, Durham, NH 03824, United States
Tel.: +1 603 862 0869.
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W.C. Benton Jr.
Department of Management Sciences, Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University, 2100 Neil Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, United States
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Effective supply chain practice and information sharing enhances the current supply chain management environment. The purpose of this study is to investigate the integration of information sharing and supply chain practice in supply chain management. Data from 125 North American manufacturing firms were collected. The results show that (1) effective information sharing significantly enhances effective supply chain practice; (2) supply chain dynamism has significant positive influence on effective information sharing as well as effective supply chain practice. Supply chain dynamism has more influence on information sharing than supply chain practice; (3) and effective supply chain practice becomes more important when the level of information sharing increases. The findings show that both effective information sharing and effective supply chain practice are critical in achieving good supply chain performance.
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