Critical success factors of supply chain integration in container shipping: an application of resource-based view theory

ABSTRACT

The container shipping industry is receiving growing attention in driving the performance of global supply chains. This phenomenon has accelerated supply chain integration (SCI) within the industry. Although SCI could offer numerous benefits, it is often quoted to be implemented easier in theory than in practice. The high failure rate that is associated with SCI is often not addressed in the literature. Grounded on resource-based view (RBV) theory, this paper is aimed at identifying the critical success factors (CSFs) and examining their influence on SCI and supply chain performance (SCP). Survey questionnaires were administered on 164 container shipping firms. The constructs were validated empirically using confirmatory factor analysis and were subsequently analysed using structural equation modelling. The proposed CSFs in this study are found to be positively corelated with SCI, which, in turn, is positively correlated with SCP. This paper has contributed to both theory and practice by applying RBV theory to identify the key resources and capabilities that are necessary for SCI in the container shipping industry.     

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Verifying liner Shipping Alliance’s stability by applying core theory

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广东地区高校动漫专业就业现状分析简

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出租车行业规制与放松规制分析

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我国汽车产业循环经济模式的研究

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汽车行业供应链中成员协作信任与冲突研究

我国汽车行业正处于创建自主品牌,从传统的供应链向电子化、信息化、同步化转型 过程中,信任与冲突是汽车供应链协同整合的关键因素.针对汽车行业供应链特性及发展趋 势,构建了基于契约信任、知识信任、信誉信任的跨组织信任协调机制,并构建了汽车行业 供应链成员协作信任机制与关系、流程、任务3种冲突的关系模型,研究了不同协作类型供 应链的信任与冲突,指出信息与知识共享是我国汽车行业供应链转型建立信任、解决冲突的 必要措施.     

中国客车的测评标准与技术创新

《亚洲客车周》活动所采用的欧洲客车测评体系,给中国客车行业带来新的思想,如何根据中国巴士与客车的使用环境,分析与欧洲标准的差异特征,将有助于中国制造商应用技术创新和车型设计塑造先进的市场形象,提高品牌的国际影响力,2006世界客车博览亚洲展览会上就有许多中国客车技术创新实例。     

快速凝固铝合金在汽车工业中应用现状及发展

采用快速凝固技术制备的铝合金，具有优良的力学性能，可作为汽车的高性能轻质材料。本首先介绍了快速凝固铝合金的性能特点，其次介绍了该铝合金的制备工艺，最后介绍了该铝合金在汽车工业上的应用实例及其应用展望。     

Methodology for ro-ro ship and fleet sizing with application to short sea shipping

A novel methodology is developed for determining the characteristics of a cargo roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) ship and the fleet size required for a given short sea shipping route. The ship and required fleet size to satisfy the transportation demand (for each pair of speed and freight rate) are determined using a database of existing cargo ro-ro ships to obtain the main technical characteristics of the most suitable ship. The time charter, voyage costs and revenue are then calculated considering the technical characteristics of each ship. Fuel costs are corrected for the actual ship speed and loading condition. A number of restrictions in the transportation problem are considered leading to the exclusion of unfeasible solutions. The maximum profit over the period of a year is identified among the feasible pairs of speed and freight rate. This general methodology is applied in a case study that considers the route between Leixões (Portugal) and Rotterdam (Netherlands). The study allows the identification of the most suitable ship and fleet sizes for different market penetration levels and quantifies the impact on shipping company profit of changes in parameters such as fuel costs, time charter costs, emission control area, installed propulsion power and stacking factor.