E-Logistics

Managing Your Digital Supply Chains for Competitive Advantage

• Author(s): Yingli Wang, Stephen Pettit,
• Publisher: Kogan Page Publishers
• Pages: 536
• ISBN_10: 0749472677
  ISBN_13: 9780749472672
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Business & Economics / Production & Operations Management , Business & Economics / Facility Management , Business & Economics / Distribution , Business & Economics / Management Science , Business & Economics / E-Commerce / General , Business & Economics / Purchasing & Buying , Business & Economics / Industries / Transportation ,

Description:...

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.