공급사슬 파트너십이 기업성과에 미치는 영향

Abstract

Electronics industry is known to have a complex network of suppliers, manufacturers and distributors. In order to be competitive, a firm must have a cooperative and efficient relationships with other firms in the upstream and downstream of its supply chain. It is important to build a supply chain partnership for a successful implementation of supply chain management. It is not, however, easy to have a good partnership with other firms because the firms often have different perspectives about the partnership. This study attempts to find out the critical factors of partnership that have significant impacts on the supply chain performance, and whether there are any differences in perspectives between buyer company and supplier company in recognizing the critical factors of partnership. We collected data from two groups of firms in electronics industry: the buyer company group is a large finished products manufacturer and the supplier company group comprised of a group of small-to-medium-sized parts manufacturers. Seven factors of partnership are tested in the investigation. The results show that leadership, trust, and communication are important factors positively affecting the supply chain performance. It was also found that there was a clear difference in perspectives between buyer company and supplier company in recognizing the important factors affecting the supply chain performance. The buyer company considered leadership the most important factor for a successful SCM implementation and good performance while the supplier companies considered communication, trust, and coordination more important than leadership. These results may provide useful and important information for understanding the different perspectives of buyer and suppliers, and for developing proper supply chain policies.