Exploring relationships among IT-enabled sharing capability, supply chain flexibility, and competitive performance

In this research, a large-scale survey was used to collect 198 responses from U.S. manufacturers to investigate this framework. Structural Equation Modeling was used to examine and test the measurement and structural models. The results indicated that IT-enabled sharing capability is associated with flexibilities in a manufacturer׳s supply chain, which in turn are associated with the firm׳s competitive performance. This finding suggests that a firm should focus on flexibilities in the supply chain to improve its performance. IT-enabled sharing capability is an antecedent for improving these flexibilities. Longitudinal research, multiple respondents, and techniques for improving response rate should be considered in future research to provide more robust results.