TY - JOUR
T1 - Current and future uses of IT in Europe and the Far East
T2 - achieving competitive advantage with 3PL
AU - Hosie, Peter J.
AU - Lim, Ming K.
AU - Tan, Albert Wee Kwan
AU - Yu, Yong Keong
PY - 2012/8
Y1 - 2012/8
N2 - Current and future IT applications effecting supply chains in Europe and Pacific Asia are investigated. 3PL providers increasingly use IT systems for logistics, to enhance supply chain collaboration with business partners. Advanced systems are not always immediately profi table. Most companies already implement IT systems for processing transactions but motivations vary and barriers remain since 3PL providers incompletely understand clients' IT requirements. Long-term productivity gains require sophisticated IT systems to streamline cycles and improve supply chain visibility to facilitate, plan and make decisions. RFID and advanced integration systems, including Business Process Management, are probably the next trend in IT logistics systems.
AB - Current and future IT applications effecting supply chains in Europe and Pacific Asia are investigated. 3PL providers increasingly use IT systems for logistics, to enhance supply chain collaboration with business partners. Advanced systems are not always immediately profi table. Most companies already implement IT systems for processing transactions but motivations vary and barriers remain since 3PL providers incompletely understand clients' IT requirements. Long-term productivity gains require sophisticated IT systems to streamline cycles and improve supply chain visibility to facilitate, plan and make decisions. RFID and advanced integration systems, including Business Process Management, are probably the next trend in IT logistics systems.
KW - BPM
KW - business process management
KW - competitive advantage
KW - Europe
KW - Far East
KW - information technology
KW - IT
KW - SCM
KW - supply chain management
KW - third party logistics (3PL)
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UR - http://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticle.php?artid=48674
U2 - 10.1504/IJLSM.2012.048674
DO - 10.1504/IJLSM.2012.048674
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84865792776
SN - 1742-7967
VL - 13
SP - 112
EP - 137
JO - International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management
JF - International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management
IS - 1
ER -