Call for Papers: Impact of eBusiness Technologies

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2004
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 37 KB
• Volume: 22
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0272-6963
• DOI: 10.1016/s0272-6963(04)00023-3

✦ Synopsis

Over the last decade, eBusiness technologies, specifically the Web, has revolutionized supply chain design, management and control. It has enabled a paradigm shift from inventory to information; from competition to collaboration; and from cost to value. This Special Issue will address the impact of eBusiness technologies on supply chain operations.

We define eBusiness technologies as the use of the Internet or any digitally enabled inter-or intra-organizational information technology to accomplish business processes. eBusiness technologies have permeated every supply chain process. Products are collaboratively designed on the Web; procurement software and exchanges have streamlined purchasing and reduced transaction costs; ERP systems have codified, standardized, and automated data storage and retrieval; collaborative technologies have enhanced supply chain visibility and has made the distribution of products and services efficient; and communication technologies have improved customer relationships and marketing strategies.

While eBusiness technologies bring with them the promise of lean and efficient supply chains, companies that use them need to address several issues before its potential is fully realized. They need to decide, among others, which technologies to use and how; the scope of collaboration with trading partners; the quantity and type of information to share; which products to collaboratively design; which distribution channels to use; and how to measure performance. The issues are multifaceted and resolving them is a complex and enduring process. This Special Issue seeks to publish papers that address the cutting-edge of this nexus between eBusiness and supply chain management. A small sample of the kinds of questions/topics the special issue will seek to answer include:

Topics:

1. What is the strategic impact of eBusiness technologies on the supply chain? 2. How has the Internet impacted supply chain operations, from the procurement of raw materials to production and distribution of finished goods; and ultimately the return and recovery of products & services?