The Intention of Cloud Supply Chain Adoption : Manufachcher"s Perspective (With Special Reference to Tea Export Companies in Sri Lanka

Abstract

The world is becoming more competitive with the growth of technology. Customers are well updated with those technologies and are seeking more advanced products and services from their service prodders. Tea is one of the ancient industries in Sri Lanka which is recorded as the largest agricultural export earning source. The cloud supply chain is a new supply chain management practice in the Sri Lankan context. Thus, this study was conducted to investigate the cloud supply chain management (C-SCM) usage intention of the tea export companies in Sri Lanka from the manufacturer's perspective. This study was conducted in a quantitative methodology and uses a survey strategy. This study develops a theoretical model of the elaboration likelihood model (ELM). The researcher chose to use the whole population as a sample (census method). The researcher used correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis. Moreover, multiple regression results found that source credibility has a positive significant impact on cloud supply chain management (C-SCM) usage intention while argument advantage, perceived usefulness, and attitude are insignificant in the current context. The final result of this study is that the only affects source credibility the intention of tea exporters to use cloud supply chain management (C-SCM) in Sri Lanka.