Studying the participation factors of suppliers in collaborative commerce

[[abstract]]在全球化市場的改變及競爭下，橡膠製造商也逐步走全球化公司經營，因為產業的規模愈來愈大及愈來愈趨向全球化，採購的型態逐漸由傳統區域採購轉為國際全球採購，資訊的取得將是決定企業競爭優勢的要件。資訊科技已成為跨供應鏈間競爭優勢的關鍵因素，透過跨組織與供應商間的協同商務平台，作為企業與供應商間溝通的工具。藉由供應鏈能見度提高以達成上下游的協作，降低長鞭效應發生機率，達成企業與合作夥伴的合作效益與效率，整合上下游廠商使成為一個完整的供應鏈，透過先進的資訊科技，資訊分享將促使供應鏈的合作夥伴更緊密的協調、合作。 本研究藉由交易成本理論中的交易頻率和需求不確定性、資訊科技能力、夥伴關係等四構面，致力於找出影響供應鏈上跨組織資訊分享的可能因素，以及企業間資訊分享的程度對供應商加入協同商務意願的影響。研究結果證實，企業與供應商間在高度的資訊分享程度下，加入協同商務的意願是有正向顯著的結果。顯示企業計劃發展電子商務來整合商務行為與資訊，是值得規劃的專案。另，企業與供應商間資訊分享的程度，取決於企業與供應商間的交易頻率、夥伴關係與供應商的資訊科技能力。因此，企業對於供應商的評選資格需做配套的篩選與評估，對於資訊科技能力差及交易頻率低的供應商是否需再投入更多管理成本與機制，是企業應在考量評估的議題。[[abstract]]Under the fierce competition from global businesses rubber manu-factures are gradually operated as globalization companies As businesses become larger and more globalized their purchasing patterns have changed from regional to international procurement Thus access to the information required becomes a decisive competitive advantage and IT becomes a key factor across the supply chain By improving the visibility among the upstream and the downstream supply chain partners the bullwhip effect can be reduced and the effectiveness and efficiency among them can be improved Information sharing helps them to be more collaborative and cooperative This study considers transactional frequency demand uncertainty IT capability and partner relationship to identify the factors that affect organizational information sharing in the supply chain and to study the effects of information sharing between firms on supplier’s willingness to participate at the collaborative commerce The results showed that high degree of information sharing significantly affect companies in participating at the collaborative commerce Besides the level of information sharing is dependent on the transactional frequency IT capability and partner relationshi