One usually thinks of logistics as an “outbound” activity, e.g. the physical distribution of finished products from factory to warehouse to retailer. A firm’s Logistics Information System (LIS) would thus generally be designed to support these outbound shipments. However, when a...

The aim of the paper is to investigate maritime logistic processes, focusing on efficiency and coordination. The topic is timely because, in the European context, the EU Directive no. 2010/65/EU imposes the adoption of digital procedures concerning documents and information, in order to...

This paper explores the integration process that firms follow to implement Supply Chain Management (SCM) and the main barriers and benefits related to this strategy. This study has been inspired in the SCM literature, especially in the logistics integration model by Stevens [1]. Due to the...

Adversarial relationships have long dominated business relationships, but Supply Chain Management (SCM) entails a new perspective. SCM requires a movement away from arms-length relationships toward partnership style relations. SCM involves integration, co-ordination and collaboration across...

Grundlagen -- Bezugsrahmenorientierte Herleitung des internetbasierten Supply Chain Management-Modells -- Modellspezifikation und Hypothesenentwicklung -- Ergebnisse der empirischen Untersuchung -- Zusammenfassung und Implikationen.

Supply Chain Management concerns organizational aspects of integrating legally separated firms as well as coordinating materials and information flows within a production-distribution network. The Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) systems being used for transaction handling and order execution...

Supply Chain Management concerns organizational aspects of integrating legally separated firms as well as coordinating materials and information flows within a production-distribution network.The Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) systems being used for transaction handling and order execution...