Impact of ERP System Implementation on Supplier Performance

Abstract

One of the major contributors in firm performance is supplier. Supplier performance is a key factor to gain and maintain competitive edge in the highly competitive environment. Purpose: The study was conducted to identify the role of ERP system implementation on supplier’s performance based on information access, integration, partnership with supplier and improved decision-making and forecasting. Problem Investigated: Study investigated that Supplier performance can impact by implementation of ERP Systems in light of four main factors information access, integration, partnership with supplier, improved decision-making and forecasting. Study Design: Four independent and one dependent variable were derived on the basis of were formed to check the impact of literature. Then four hypotheses according to objectives ERP implementation on supplier performance. The hypothesis are; HI: Information Access significantly impacts the supplier performance. H2: Supplier Integration significantly impacts the supplier performance. H3:Partnership with suppliers significantly impacts the supplier performance. H4: Enhanced Decision Making and Planning significantly impact the supplier performance. For the purpose 301 respondents were approached to gather data. An online five point like scale close ended questionnaire was settled to collect the data. After completion data was first go through the reliability check individually for each variable and after the satisfactory result multiple linear regressions was run to check the significance of each independent variable on dependent variable are measure the relationship and effectiveness of model.