THE RELATIONSHIP OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ADVANCEMENT AND ALIGNMENT WITH SUPPLY CHAIN CAPABILITIES

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose to of conducting this study is to demonstrate the impact of information technology advancement and information technology alignment on supply chain capabilities variables which include information exchange, coordination, activity integration and responsiveness. The main aim of conducting this study to find out whether the information technology advancement and information technology alignment have positive and significant impact on supply chain capabilities. Therefore, the research is carried out to whether the information technology is advantageous for the firms or not. Methodology & Design The method used for this research is quantitative while the sample size for this study is 340 respondents all of them belong to different firms. The data for the research is collected from primary sources that is, questionnaire. The statistical test used for this research includes Cronbach’s alpha, and Pearson moment Correlation test. Findings The findings from the tests identifies that all the two variables have strong influence supply chain capabilities variables. The statistical result shows that, the Sig. P value is less than 0.05, which provides significant evidence to reject the entire null hypothesis