Supply Chain Vulnerability and Collaborative Management Empowered by Emerging IT: An Analysis from China's Practice

Abstract

The development of emerging IT helps supply chain management achieve a higher degree of digitization and intelligence. The focus of this research is to use emerging IT to improve the vulnerability and collaborative management of supply chains. Based on network media reports about emerging IT and supply chain vulnerabilities, this study develops a grounded theory. Through separate coding of collected network data, it identifies existing problems of vulnerability and collaborative management, and explores how emerging IT are used to address such issues. Based on the results, this study puts forward suggestions and guidelines for using emerging IT to alleviate the vulnerability of the supply chain so as to realize the collaborative management of the supply chain. The findings from China's practice provide managers insights into the development of supply chain under the emerging IT.