[AISWorld] [AJIS] New Article: The effect of “Internet of Things” on supply chain integration and performance: An organisational capability perspective

[Ajis Editor]

Hi,

The *Australasian Journal of Information Systems* has just published its
latest article.

*de Vass, T., Shee, H., & Miah, S. (2018). The effect of “Internet of
Things” on supply chain integration and performance: An organisational
capability perspective. Australasian Journal of Information Systems, 22.
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3127/ajis.v22i0.1734
<http://dx.doi.org/10.3127/ajis.v22i0.1734>*

*Abstract*
The Internet of things (IoT) is a next generation of Internet connected
embedded ICT systems in a digital environment to seamlessly integrate
supply chain and logistics processes. Integrating emerging IoT into the
current ICT systems can be unique because of its intelligence, autonomous
and pervasive applications. However, research on the IoT adoption in supply
chain domain is scarce and acceptance of the IoT into the retail services
in specific has been overly rhetoric. This study is drawn upon the
organisational capability theory for developing an empirical model
considering the effect of IoT capabilities on multiple dimensions of supply
chain process integration, and in turn improves supply chain performance as
well as organisational performance. Cross-sectional survey data from 227
Australian retail firms was analysed using structural equation modelling
(SEM). The results indicate that IoT capability has a positive and
significant effect on internal, customer-, and supplier-related process
integration that in turn positively affects supply chain performance and
organisational performance. Theoretically, the study contributes to a body
of knowledge that integrates information systems research into supply chain
integration by establishing an empirical evidence of how IoT-enabled
process integration can enhance the performance at both supply chain and
organisational level. Practically, the results inform the managers of the
likely investment on IoT that can lead to chain’s performance outcome.

*Keywords* Internet of Things; supply chain integration; supply chain
performance; firm performance; organizational capability theory

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