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e-Supply Chain Management in Tourism Destinations

In: Handbook of e-Tourism

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  • Xinyan Zhang

    (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

  • Pimtong Tavitiyaman

    (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)

Abstract

Supply chain management (SCM) was originally introduced in the early 1980s with the focus on increasing economic values in the manufacturing sector. The term has gained tremendous attention over the years. The rising focus on competitiveness and sustainability along with the fragmented nature of tourism represented as networked supply chains led to the novel perspective of tourism supply chain management (TSCM). Despite the popularity and benefits of SCM initiatives, enhanced supply chain performance has been hindered by the cost of communication and coordination among individual actors in each supply chain. Recent developments in information systems and technologies, however, have gained expectations that SCM performance will be enhanced. Research shows that information technology can enhance SCM performance by making real-time information available to the coordination process of the various supply chain actors. Therefore, e-SCM, defined as the use of information and communication technology to improve SCM operations, has been acknowledged as an outstanding topic in the supply chain literature. The purpose of this chapter is to analyze the interaction of TSCM and e-SCM. Moreover, the main contribution of this chapter is to show how research in e-SCM has evolved and to identify lines of future SCM research in the e-tourism domain.

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  • Xinyan Zhang & Pimtong Tavitiyaman, 2022. "e-Supply Chain Management in Tourism Destinations," Springer Books, in: Zheng Xiang & Matthias Fuchs & Ulrike Gretzel & Wolfram Höpken (ed.), Handbook of e-Tourism, chapter 53, pages 1289-1309, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-48652-5_78
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-48652-5_78
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