E-Logistics : Managing Your Digital Supply Chains for Competitive Advantage
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| Název: | E-Logistics : Managing Your Digital Supply Chains for Competitive Advantage |
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| Popis: | E-logistics serves as the nerve system for the whole supply chain and enables smooth information flow within and between organizations. This contributed book focuses on the strategic role of e-logistics in today's dynamic global environment. In E-Logistics international experts from both academia and industry examine how competitiveness and productivity in transport, logistics and supply chain management can be improved using e-logistics systems and technologies. A variety of successful e-logistics business approaches are discussed covering a range of commercial sectors and transport modes. Separate chapters consider e-logistics developments for air freight; rail freight; road freight; sea transport and port systems. Subsequent chapters address in depth support systems for B2C and B2B e-commerce and e-fulfilment, warehouse management, RFID, electronic marketplaces, global supply network visibility, and service chain automation. Industry case studies are used to support the discussion. The book also investigates emerging technologies in e-logistics and considers what the future might hold in this rapidly changing and developing field. |
| Autoři: | Yingli Wang, Stephen Pettit |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Témata: | Inventory control--Data processing, Business logistics--Information technology, Materials management--Data processing |
| Categories: | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Production & Operations Management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management Science, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Distribution, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Facility Management |
| Databáze: | eBook Index |
| Abstrakt: | E-logistics serves as the nerve system for the whole supply chain and enables smooth information flow within and between organizations. This contributed book focuses on the strategic role of e-logistics in today's dynamic global environment. In E-Logistics international experts from both academia and industry examine how competitiveness and productivity in transport, logistics and supply chain management can be improved using e-logistics systems and technologies. A variety of successful e-logistics business approaches are discussed covering a range of commercial sectors and transport modes. Separate chapters consider e-logistics developments for air freight; rail freight; road freight; sea transport and port systems. Subsequent chapters address in depth support systems for B2C and B2B e-commerce and e-fulfilment, warehouse management, RFID, electronic marketplaces, global supply network visibility, and service chain automation. Industry case studies are used to support the discussion. The book also investigates emerging technologies in e-logistics and considers what the future might hold in this rapidly changing and developing field. |
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| ISBN: | 9780749472665 9780749472672 |