企业信息技术应用与产业链空间变化——以中国服装纺织企业为例

信息通信技术(ICTs)在经济活动空间重组过程中的作用逐渐被认同,然而不同的空间层级不同的部门其重组过程与特征表现各异,形成的观点和争论多样。企业作为最基本的经济单元在信息化浪潮中发生的变化成为一个重要研究议题。本文以服装纺织企业为研究案例,通过企业访谈获取资料,旨在探讨传统制造业在信息技术下的演变特征,尤其是在信息技术下基于时间成本的生产链空间组织的变化特征。本文主要对服装纺织企业具体的信息技术应用进行了剖析,分析了信息技术下不同发展程度企业生产链空间组织特征及其变化。结果发现服装纺织企业在信息技术下,其设计、生产、配送的周期快速缩减,证明了时间因素在信息技术导致生产链空间组织变革中的重要意义;同时发现信息技术对传统加工制造型纺织服装企业的影响主要表现为生产链某个环节管理功能的加强;而对于产业升级后的企业来说,信息技术对整个生产链空间组织的影响明显。

An empirical study on the spatial organization variation with the application of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs): A case study of textile and apparel enterprises in China

It has been gradually accepted that the information and communication technologies have influence on the spatial reorganization of the economic activities. However, the reorganizations of the distinct spatial hierarchy and departments have different characteristics, which bring about fierce arguments and come to different conclusions. As the most basic economic unit, the variations of enterprises with the application of ICTs grow to be a very important research subject. Through the means of case study on the clothing and textile enterprises and collecting materials by enterprises interviews, this paper aims to explore the features of the traditional manufacturing's development by using ICTs, especially the features of the spatial organization variation of the production chain based on time cost. The present paper achieves two main goals. Firstly, the paper analyzes the application of ICTs to the clothing and textile enterprises' operating. Secondly, it probes into the features and the variation of the spatial organization of the production chain with the aid of ICTs in the enterprises at different developing stages. Finally the paper draws a conclusion that these enterprises have shortened the cycle of designing, manufacturing, and dispatching with the help of ICTs, which proves that the time factor plays a key role in the spatial organization variation of the production chain by the application of ICTs. At the same time the present research discovers that the application of ICTs to the traditional processing and manufacturing clothing and textile enterprises chiefly boosts their management of some sections in the whole production chain; while for the industrial upgraded enterprises, the application of ICTs greatly affects the spatial organization of the whole production chain.