TY - JOUR
T1 - Evolutionary strategy to apply information and communication technology
T2 - A case study in the apparel industry
AU - Ding, Jyh Hong
AU - Chen, Ping Shun
AU - Lyu, Jung
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors are grateful to two anonymous referees for their very valuable comments, which have significantly enhanced this work. The authors also thank the help of Wayi Tsai, manager of the Office of Strategic Planning of the case company. This research is supported by the National Science Council under contract no. NSC 97-2218-E-033-005.
PY - 2011/4
Y1 - 2011/4
N2 - The apparel industry is a demand-driven and highly globalised industry. Apparel manufacturers must adjust their strategies and redeploy supply chain positions in order to meet the customer demand. This research adopts the value chain theory and value proposition theory to analyse the development stage of e-business of the apparel case company. The case company applies the suitable information and communication technology applications at each development stage to meet the company's long-term strategies and increase its competitive advantages. This study summarises the critical successful factors of e-business implementation of the case company. From the successful experience of the case company, several guidelines of implementing the e-business can be extracted as a reference for other enterprises. Finally, this research also mentions several contrary examples of certain guidelines and discusses ways to modify these guidelines in order to apply the e-business to other enterprises.
AB - The apparel industry is a demand-driven and highly globalised industry. Apparel manufacturers must adjust their strategies and redeploy supply chain positions in order to meet the customer demand. This research adopts the value chain theory and value proposition theory to analyse the development stage of e-business of the apparel case company. The case company applies the suitable information and communication technology applications at each development stage to meet the company's long-term strategies and increase its competitive advantages. This study summarises the critical successful factors of e-business implementation of the case company. From the successful experience of the case company, several guidelines of implementing the e-business can be extracted as a reference for other enterprises. Finally, this research also mentions several contrary examples of certain guidelines and discusses ways to modify these guidelines in order to apply the e-business to other enterprises.
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U2 - 10.1080/09537287.2010.498606
DO - 10.1080/09537287.2010.498606
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79952653298
SN - 0953-7287
VL - 22
SP - 282
EP - 297
JO - Production Planning and Control
JF - Production Planning and Control
IS - 3
ER -