The Strategic Role of E-Commerce in Supply Chain Management

Nowadays, organizations have turned to using various tools to gain competitive advantage. One of these tools can be considered information technology in the field of trade. The increasing advances in information technology have been able to create strategic changes in e-commerce and consequently in supply chain management. This article, by examining research in the field of e-commerce and supply chain, explains the strategic role of e-commerce on supply chain management. E-commerce can be considered a platform for improving supply chain performance, because the use of this tool can lead to cost reduction, improved scheduling, and system coordination.