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The impact of digitalization on supply chain resilience: an empirical study of the Chinese manufacturing industry

  • Yangyan Shi*
  • , Xiaofei Zheng
  • , V. G. Venkatesh
  • , Eias AI Humdan
  • , Sanjoy Kumar Paul
  • *Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Abstract

Purpose: Facing turbulent environments, firms have strived to achieve greater supply chain resilience (SCR) to leverage the resources and knowledge of supply chain members. Both SCR and supply chain integration (SCI) require digitization in the supply chain, but their interrelationships have rarely been researched empirically. This paper aims to uncover the impact of digital technology (DT) on SCR and SCI and the role of SCI in mediating between DT and SCR.

Design/methodology/approach: China manufacturing enterprises were surveyed through a Web-based questionnaire, and 96 responses were received. Structural equation modeling was used to test the conceptual model.

Findings: The level of enterprise digitization is not directly related to supply chain resilience, but the level of enterprise digitization has a positive impact on the improvement of SCI and SCI also has a positive effect on SCR. Therefore, SCI has a complete intermediary effect between the level of DT and SCR.

Originality/value: This is a pioneer study to examine the relationships among DT, SCI and SCR. The findings of this study present that firms need to improve DT, SCI and SCR consequently.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1-11
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Business and Industrial Marketing
Volume38
Issue number1
Early online date17 Feb 2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Jan 2023

Keywords

  • China
  • Digital technology
  • Intermediary effect
  • Supply chain integration
  • Supply chain resilience

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