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Tuesday, March 30th, 4:45-5:30 pm
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Collaboration has become increasingly popular in the Supply Chain (SC) arena, although its effectiveness has not been measured empirically at a national level. We refine, validate and then employ an instrument that measures (1) the extent of information sharing, joint planning, goal congruence, personal interaction, and trust between SC partners, and (2) manager perception of the importance and effectiveness of this collaborative relationship. These factors and several firm-specific variables are used to explain the effectiveness of SC collaboration. Our research supports prior findings that extensive information sharing, joint planning, and cooperative use of information systems tends to increase the perceived value of collaboration. Larger firms, and firms that collaborate extensively, tend to value the effectiveness of collaboration more highly. Interestingly, we could not confirm a link between perceived effectiveness and the length of experience with collaborative SC efforts. While goal congruence was statistically linked to collaboration effectiveness, personal interaction and trust were not found to be significant. Amarpreet Kohli is an Assistant Professor at School of Business, University of Southern Maine. He received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from University of Louisville, Kentucky. His research interests include Supply Chain Collaboration, RFID, Enterprise Resource Planning, and other Supply Chain and Operations Management areas using simulation, theory of constraints and empirical modeling techniques. He has published several papers in peer reviewed journals such as Technovation, Journal of Academy of Business and Economics, Journal of Management and Engineering Integration. Professor Kohli has presented his research at various national and international conferences. He has more than ten years of practice experience in sales and distribution, new product development, quality assurance and consulting for various multinational companies. |
USM Professor Jeffrey Gramlich was appointed the first L.L. Bean/Lee Surace Chair in Accounting in the USM School of Business in 2003. His appointment was made possible by a $1 million gift from L.L. Bean, Inc., its board chair, Leon Gorman, his wife Lisa, Jim and Maureen Gorman, and Tom Gorman, who established the chair in memory of L.L. Bean CFO Lee Surace '73, '81, who died in March of 2001. Surace was chair of the USM School of Business' Advisory Council and was a frequent guest lecturer. The USM School of Business is accredited by the prestigious AACSB International. For students seeking the finest education and companies seeking the highest caliber talent, partnership, and educational opportunities, AACSB International accreditation is one of the most important affirmations of sustained quality in the word. For more information about School of Business programs, call 780-4020. |
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