Reviews the literature of purchasing and transportation management to identify factors in the purchasing and transportation processes that influence a firm’s ability to reduce total cycle time. Presents a model of these factors to establish a framework for guiding research into comprehensive,...

Surveys the importance of logistics services attributes to small and large international shipping firms (shippers/sellers). It appears that service priorities of international shippers are consistent with the findings of previous (US domestic) carrier selection. Reliability, transit time and...