Title: Impact of e-commerce on supply chain management

Authors: P.G. Saleeshya; R. Rahul

Addresses: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India ' Department of Mechanical Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India

Abstract: E-commerce is web-enabled technology that brought significant changes in the supply chain activities of an industry. Supply chain management has become a major strategy in manufacturing and service industry. An attempt has made in this paper on identifying the significant factors that affect the e-commerce adoption in the supply chain of a company, identifying the effects of e-commerce on different aspects of supply chain. The study also identifies the major performance parameters of a supply chain and effect of e-commerce adoption on these supply chain variables. An attempt has been made to propose a conceptual model for the study based on the existing literature and field study; the model is validated by academic experts and also experts in industry. Correlation analysis is being carried out to find gap between the ideal and actual situation.

Keywords: supply chain; e-commerce; correlation; conceptual model.

DOI: 10.1504/IJITM.2023.130058

International Journal of Information Technology and Management, 2023 Vol.22 No.1/2, pp.13 - 31

Accepted: 23 Dec 2018
Published online: 05 Apr 2023 *