Assignment $5$ JIT$-$Information

You are now well aware of the role that information plays in supply chain management. I want you to read the Green et al$.(2007)$ article that assesses a JIT$-$information performance model and answer the following questions related to the article.

$1.$ What is the purpose of the study? What specific research question do the authors pose?

$2.$ How do the authors describe their theorized JIT$-$Information performance model?

$3.$ How do the authors describe JIT strategies?

$4.$ List and briefly describe the three generations of ERP systems identified by Siau and Tian $(2004)$

$5.$ Briefly describe Rajagopal$$s $(2002)$ idea of $$one single information.$$

$6.$ The authors say that the $$one single information$$ is accessed seamlessly in real$-$time. Briefly describe what is meant by $$seamless$,$ real$-$time$$ access.

$7.$ How do third$-$generation ERP systems eradicate waste as required by JIT systems?

$8.$ How do the authors define the four study variables$/$constructs $($JIT$-$information, SCM strategy, logistics performance, and organizational performance?

$9.$ Describe the sample of experts that provided the study data.

$10.$ Look at the correlations among the variables in Table $2.$ Are the study variables positively and significantly related as hypothesized?

$11.$ Look at the study results presented in Figure $1.$ Answer the following questions based on the standardized coefficients $($betas$)$ and significance levels.

a$.$ Is SCMS directly related to JITI?

b$.$ Is JITI directly related to organizational performance?

c$.$ Is JITI directly related to logistics performance?

d$.$ Is logistics performance directly related to organizational performance?

e$.$ Is JITI indirectly related to organizational performance through logistics performance?

f$.$ Is SCMS indirectly related to organizational performance through JITI?

g$.$ Is SCMS indirectly related to logistics performance through JITI?

$12.$ Based on your answers in $11,$ is the theorized model in Figure $1$ supported by the results of the study? How does SCMS impact performance? I am asking about the role of JITI in the model.

$13.$ In the conclusions section, how do the authors summarize the results of their study?

$14.$ In the last paragraph in the conclusions section, what advice do the authors have for practicing supply chain managers?

$15.$ Based on what you know so far $($Wal$-$Mart$/$Bon Ami article, TAL Article, and this empirical study$),$ describe the role that seamless, real$-$time information plays in the successful implementation of a SCM strategy.