供應商管理存貨系統是企業為了因應庫存成本的降低、供料服務水準的提高、以及能夠滿足市場需求的系統。本計畫透過相關文獻及訪談廠商高階經理人員後彙總出五構面與三十個研究變項,並建構VMI的運作流程圖及研究架構圖。本計畫使用問卷調查台灣三家薄型液晶顯示器(thin-film transistor liquid-crystal display, TFT-LCD)製造商相關人員,將所蒐集的資料利用結構方程模式和AMOS軟體進行分析,探討影響VMI績效之因素,以及進行廠商間實施VMI績效之差異分析。本計畫模型配適度及整體模式配適度皆達到標準,顯示本計畫的理論模型正確。研究結果發現:1.資訊技術對VMI績效有直接影響。2.夥伴關係對作業執行有直接影響。3.績效衡量對財務會計有直接影響。4.核心廠與供應商間的夥伴關係程度、資訊分享程度及市場需求穩定性,對提升VMI績效有很大的影響。此外,本計畫的實證結果與業界的觀點和實際情形非常吻合,印證本計畫實證結果的正確性,希望藉由本計畫案例提供未來計畫導入VMI的廠商之重要參考依據。
A vendor-managed inventory (VMI) system can be used by a firm to lower inventory cost, increase the service level of materials supply, and satisfy the market demand. In this project, we select five dimensions and thirty research variables through reviewing the literature and visiting top managers of three Taiwanese TFT-LCD companies which have implemented VMI systems. This research draws a flowchart in which the relevant VMI operations are presented. In addition, a research framework is formulated. This study uses questionnaires to collect data from respondents in the three TFT-LCD companies and then analyzes it through formulating a theoretical structural equation model and solving the model using AMOS statistic software. The purpose is to explore the factors that affect the VMI performance and make comparisons among the three TFT-LCD companies on VMI performance. The results indicate that the proposed theoretical model has a high degree of goodness-of-fit and has been shown that it is correct. We also find that 1. Information technology and impact directly on the VMI performance. 2. Partnership has direct influence on the operational implementation. 3. VMI performance also affect directly on financial accounting.4.The degrees of partnership, information sharing, and demand stability impact significantly on the improvement of the VMI performance. Most importantly, the results of this empirical study are shown to be correct since they are extremely similar to the view points of practitioners and real-world practices. We expect to provide practitioners who plan to install VMI systems in the future with the experience of the three empirical cases.