Supply Chain Management practices in the electro-electronics sector in Brazil: evolutionary approach, information technology adoption and management actions

Citation

Jabbour ABLdS, Filho AGA, Viana ABN & Jabbour CJC (2012) Supply Chain Management practices in the electro-electronics sector in Brazil: evolutionary approach, information technology adoption and management actions. International Journal of Manufacturing Research, 7 (2), pp. 123-147. http://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1504/IJMR.2012.046799; https://doi.org/10.1504/IJMR.2012.046799

Abstract
This paper examines the current level of adoption of Supply Chain Management (SCM) practices in the electro-electronic sector in Brazil and aims to identify the management and Information Technology (IT) actions that have been implemented to support the adoption of those practices. An e-mail survey was conducted. Descriptive statistics techniques were employed for data analysis. This study makes contributions to the electro-electronics sector and to the topics related to SCM, such as identification and level of adoption of SCM practices. Another contribution of this research is the investigation of whether approaches such as Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP), Workshop with Customers, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Workshop with Suppliers and electronic Kanban are commonly used to support SCM practices. So far, this is the first research on SCM practices in the electro-electronics sector in Brazil.

Keywords
supply chain management practices; information technology; electro-electronics sector; Brazil; management actions;

Journal
International Journal of Manufacturing Research: Volume 7, Issue 2