Constructs

Items

Standardized Factor loading

ISC (Cronbach’s Alpha = 0.888)

ISC1: Please rate the extent of customization of master production schedule.

0.601

ISC2: Please rate the extent of customization of material requirements planning.

0.753

ISC3: Please rate the extent of customization of finite capacity scheduling.

0.589

ISC4: Please rate the extent of customization of shop floor control.

0.480

ISC5: Please rate the extent of customization of purchasing.

0.770

ISC6: Please rate the extent of customization of demand planning.

0.528

ISC7: Please rate the extent of customization of order management.

0.752

DF (Cronbach’s Alpha = 0.898)

DF1: Automatic data capture (e.g. bar code) systems are used across the supply chain.

0.707

DF2: Definitions of key data elements (e.g., customers, orders, part numbers) are common across the supply chain.

0.911

DF3: Data stored in different databases (e.g., order status) is consistent across the supply chain.

0.878

PF (Cronbach’s Alpha = 0.856)

PF1: To what extent do you agree with supply chain planning applications, such as demand planning, transportation planning and manufacturing planning communicate in real time.

0.760

PF2: To what extent do you agree with supply chain transaction applications, such as order management, procurement, manufacturing and distribution communicate in real time.

0.763

PF3: To what extent do you agree with supply chain applications with internal application within our organization (such as enterprise resource planning) communicate in real time.

0.762

PF4: To what extent do you agree with customer relationship applications with internal applications in our company communicate in real time.

0.489

SF (Cronbach’s Alpha = 0.854)

SF1: To what extent does your information system facilitate knowledge about inventory mix/levels to suppliers.

0.628

SF2: To what extent does your information system facilitate scheduling and tracking of delivery to suppliers.

0.58

SF3: To what extent does your information system facilitate purchase orders to suppliers.

0.690

SF4: To what extent does your information system facilitate demand forecasting to suppliers.

0.536

SF5: To what extent does your information system facilitate knowledge about inventory mix/levels to customers to customers.

0.597

SF6: To what extent does your information system facilitate delivery scheduling and tracking to customers.

0.577