Exploring SCM awareness in Chinese SOEs: insights from a case study

Supply chain management (SCM) systems have been used by modern enterprises to support and management the links of supply chain from suppliers to customers. This paper aimed to investigate the current situation of SCM adoption in Chinese state-owned enterprises (SOEs), especially in a geographically dispersed SOE group using a case study approach. Questionnaires were selected as the data collection method in the research. The questionnaire findings show although a set of SCM related functional information systems including purchasing systems, manufacturing and production systems, finance and accounting systems have been applied in Chinese SOEs, an integrated enterprise-wide SCM system is currently missing. Therefore, due to the size and national impact of the SOE in question, it is strongly suggested that an integrated and homogeneous approach to SCM should be adopted in order to improve efficiency, productivity and core competitiveness of this type of organization.