IT使能的多级供应链可视性对弹性的影响机制研究

供应链弹性作为焦点企业灵活应对各类中断事件并且从中迅速恢复的能力，近年来受到业界和学界的广泛关注。然而，由于传统供应链运营范式主要着重对一级供应商的管理，多数焦点企业都没有与次级供应商建立有效的信息交换机制，这导致他们无法追踪与预防上游环节的中断风险，为其打造供应链弹性带来了巨大的挑战。本项目立足企业在复杂多变的环境下对供应链弹性的迫切需求，突破多级供应链可视性不足的关键瓶颈，对IT使能的多级供应链可视性与弹性展开探索。本研究拟采用案例研究、问卷调研和供应链网络分析等实证研究方法，聚焦多级供应链，探索焦点企业如何通过对跨企业IT能力的合理配置，弥补供应链可视性不足的短板，以提升供应链弹性。研究内容包括：（1）跨企业IT能力对多级供应链可视性的影响机理研究；（2）供应商网络结构性特征在多级供应链可视性实现中的调节机制研究；（3）多层供应链可视性对供应链弹性的作用机制研究。

As the key capability for the focal firm to flexibly respond to and recover from supply chain disruptions, supply chain resilience has received increasing attention from the industry and academia. However, because traditionally in supply chain management practices there has been a focus on first-tier suppliers, most firms have not established effective mechanisms to exchange information with their sub-tier suppliers. As a result, focal firms are unable to monitor and manage interruption risk steaming from upstream suppliers, which creates great challenges for the development of supply chain resilience. Recognizing the urgent demand of firms to build supply chain resilience in increasingly complex and turbulent environments, this project focuses on multi-tier supply chain visibility, and explores how firms leverage IT capabilities to increase supply chain visibility and resilience. Utilizing case study, questionnaire, supply chain network analysis and other empirical research methods, this project aims to investigate how focal firms could enhance visibility and resilience through deploying interfirm IT capabilities. The research goals include: 1) investigating the relationship between interfirm IT capability and multi-tier supply chain visibility; 2) investigating the moderation effect of suppliers’ network properties on the relationship between interfirm IT capabilities and multi-tier supply chain visibility; and 3) investigating the effect mechanism of multi-tier supply chain visibility on supply chain resilience.