The Impact of Supply Chain Management Activities on Manufacturing Flexibility

• Main Author: 王健銘
• Other Authors: Hung-Liang Yu
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2002
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/40961352028431733649

碩士 === 銘傳大學 === 管理科學研究所 === 90 === As the trend of specialized division of labor, the relationship between manufacturers and suppliers is getting more and more complicated. Therefore, the way to coordinate it, which is called Supply Chain Management (SCM), attracts more attention than before, and many enterprises spend a lot efforts implementing it. At the same time, how to evaluate the performance of implementing SCM is of increasing importance. Based on the literature review, we find out that the main approach to evaluate the performance of implementing SCM is to measure the flexibility of the manufacturers. As a result, this study focuses on IT manufacturers in Taiwan, and tries to understand how various SCM activities affect manufacturers’ flexibility capabilities to face the market challenges. We survey Taiwanese IT manufacturers and analyze the feedback data through Regression Analysis. The result points out that implementing Supply Chain Management does improve manufacturing flexibility. Some managerial insights are provided.