Factors influencing the digital supply chain implementation effectiveness in Penang’s electrical and electronics manufacturing industry

Digital supply chain is vital to improve organizational competitiveness. This research aims to examine the factors influencing the digital supply chain implementation effectiveness in Penang’s electrical and electronics manufacturing industry. The study applied Technological, Organizational, and Env...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: See, Yee Cher
Format: Thesis
Language:eng
eng
Published: 2021
Subjects:
Online Access:https://etd.uum.edu.my/10833/1/s_900087_01.pdf
https://etd.uum.edu.my/10833/2/s_900087_02.pdf
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my-uum-etd.10833
record_format uketd_dc
spelling my-uum-etd.108332023-12-27T07:33:05Z Factors influencing the digital supply chain implementation effectiveness in Penang’s electrical and electronics manufacturing industry 2021 See, Yee Cher Hassan, Shahizan Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Digital supply chain is vital to improve organizational competitiveness. This research aims to examine the factors influencing the digital supply chain implementation effectiveness in Penang’s electrical and electronics manufacturing industry. The study applied Technological, Organizational, and Environment (TOE) framework as the guiding principle. A self-administered questionnaire distributed to 127 respondents was analyzed using multiple regression analysis via the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 25. The collected data were analysed for descriptive, reliability, validity, and relative importance index analysis. The empirical findings of this study showed that IT infrastructure has the strongest influence on the implementation effectiveness of the digital supply chain. This was followed by top management support, and then by digital skills. However, this study did not find empirical evidence that government policy is a significant determinant in the companies surveyed. This research offers several important contributions to practice and knowledge regarding the digital supply chain implementation effectiveness. Industry practitioners should have clear vision in their business strategy to capitalize the benefits of digital supply chain. With the intense penetration of digital supply chain, the practitioner should be alerted to keep up with the velocity of change and fill up their digital talent gaps besides fundamental IT technological readiness. Government policy makers should strive to create a more attractive enabling environment to facilitate the digitalization deployment in the industry while also supporting individual government departments with their own transformation efforts. This study advances the extant literature in this field. Future research directions are also furnished. 2021 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/10833/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/10833/1/s_900087_01.pdf text eng 2024-08-04 staffonly https://etd.uum.edu.my/10833/2/s_900087_02.pdf text eng public other doctoral Universiti Utara Malaysia
institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
collection UUM ETD
language eng
eng
advisor Hassan, Shahizan
topic TA Engineering (General)
Civil engineering (General)
spellingShingle TA Engineering (General)
Civil engineering (General)
See, Yee Cher
Factors influencing the digital supply chain implementation effectiveness in Penang’s electrical and electronics manufacturing industry
description Digital supply chain is vital to improve organizational competitiveness. This research aims to examine the factors influencing the digital supply chain implementation effectiveness in Penang’s electrical and electronics manufacturing industry. The study applied Technological, Organizational, and Environment (TOE) framework as the guiding principle. A self-administered questionnaire distributed to 127 respondents was analyzed using multiple regression analysis via the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 25. The collected data were analysed for descriptive, reliability, validity, and relative importance index analysis. The empirical findings of this study showed that IT infrastructure has the strongest influence on the implementation effectiveness of the digital supply chain. This was followed by top management support, and then by digital skills. However, this study did not find empirical evidence that government policy is a significant determinant in the companies surveyed. This research offers several important contributions to practice and knowledge regarding the digital supply chain implementation effectiveness. Industry practitioners should have clear vision in their business strategy to capitalize the benefits of digital supply chain. With the intense penetration of digital supply chain, the practitioner should be alerted to keep up with the velocity of change and fill up their digital talent gaps besides fundamental IT technological readiness. Government policy makers should strive to create a more attractive enabling environment to facilitate the digitalization deployment in the industry while also supporting individual government departments with their own transformation efforts. This study advances the extant literature in this field. Future research directions are also furnished.
format Thesis
qualification_name other
qualification_level Doctorate
author See, Yee Cher
author_facet See, Yee Cher
author_sort See, Yee Cher
title Factors influencing the digital supply chain implementation effectiveness in Penang’s electrical and electronics manufacturing industry
title_short Factors influencing the digital supply chain implementation effectiveness in Penang’s electrical and electronics manufacturing industry
title_full Factors influencing the digital supply chain implementation effectiveness in Penang’s electrical and electronics manufacturing industry
title_fullStr Factors influencing the digital supply chain implementation effectiveness in Penang’s electrical and electronics manufacturing industry
title_full_unstemmed Factors influencing the digital supply chain implementation effectiveness in Penang’s electrical and electronics manufacturing industry
title_sort factors influencing the digital supply chain implementation effectiveness in penang’s electrical and electronics manufacturing industry
granting_institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
granting_department Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business
publishDate 2021
url https://etd.uum.edu.my/10833/1/s_900087_01.pdf
https://etd.uum.edu.my/10833/2/s_900087_02.pdf
_version_ 1794023761561780224