Current and future uses of IT in Europe and the Far East: Achieving competitive advantage with 3PL

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 alrea...

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Main Authors:	Hosie, Peter, Lim, M., Tan, A., Yu, Y.
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Inderscience Publishers 2012
Subjects:	Far East information technology supply chain management business process management BPM competitive advantage Europe Third Party Logistics (3PL) IT SCM
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9667

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spelling	curtin-20.500.11937-96672017-09-13T16:07:47Z Current and future uses of IT in Europe and the Far East: Achieving competitive advantage with 3PL Hosie, Peter Lim, M. Tan, A. Yu, Y. Far East information technology supply chain management business process management BPM competitive advantage Europe Third Party Logistics (3PL) IT SCM 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. 2012 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9667 10.1504/IJLSM.2012.048674 Inderscience Publishers restricted
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topic	Far East information technology supply chain management business process management BPM competitive advantage Europe Third Party Logistics (3PL) IT SCM
spellingShingle	Far East information technology supply chain management business process management BPM competitive advantage Europe Third Party Logistics (3PL) IT SCM Hosie, Peter Lim, M. Tan, A. Yu, Y. Current and future uses of IT in Europe and the Far East: Achieving competitive advantage with 3PL
description	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.
format	Journal Article
author	Hosie, Peter Lim, M. Tan, A. Yu, Y.
author_facet	Hosie, Peter Lim, M. Tan, A. Yu, Y.
author_sort	Hosie, Peter
title	Current and future uses of IT in Europe and the Far East: Achieving competitive advantage with 3PL
title_short	Current and future uses of IT in Europe and the Far East: Achieving competitive advantage with 3PL
title_full	Current and future uses of IT in Europe and the Far East: Achieving competitive advantage with 3PL
title_fullStr	Current and future uses of IT in Europe and the Far East: Achieving competitive advantage with 3PL
title_full_unstemmed	Current and future uses of IT in Europe and the Far East: Achieving competitive advantage with 3PL
title_sort	current and future uses of it in europe and the far east: achieving competitive advantage with 3pl
publisher	Inderscience Publishers
publishDate	2012
url	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/9667
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Current and future uses of IT in Europe and the Far East: Achieving competitive advantage with 3PL

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