Fast transformation in e-business environments: third party fulfilment adaptation to online retailer demands
The paper extends previous UK surveys of third party e-fulfilment (3PEF) providers servicing a new segment of online retailers that has generated new sales opportunities for provision of their particular logistics needs. An index of capability transformation previously developed is applied to 6 Aust...
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| author | Alexander, Paul |
| author2 | Piet Kommers, Tomayess Issa and Pedro Isaias |
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| description | The paper extends previous UK surveys of third party e-fulfilment (3PEF) providers servicing a new segment of online retailers that has generated new sales opportunities for provision of their particular logistics needs. An index of capability transformation previously developed is applied to 6 Australian cases to determine the mechanism for this capability transformation; that is, the process and incentives for establishing new capabilities, transforming older capabilities, and also discontinuing specific capabilities. It proposes a model in which each sales transaction serves as a decision node at which a capability is established, expanded, transformed or discontinued. In this model, over a relatively short period there will be a large number of sales transactions which will drive evolution of the 3PEF at a potentially fast rate, with sales revenue as an incentive to modify capabilities transaction by transaction. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-240092017-01-30T12:40:29Z Fast transformation in e-business environments: third party fulfilment adaptation to online retailer demands Alexander, Paul Piet Kommers, Tomayess Issa and Pedro Isaias e-fulfilment sales Online retail e-supply chain e-business transformation The paper extends previous UK surveys of third party e-fulfilment (3PEF) providers servicing a new segment of online retailers that has generated new sales opportunities for provision of their particular logistics needs. An index of capability transformation previously developed is applied to 6 Australian cases to determine the mechanism for this capability transformation; that is, the process and incentives for establishing new capabilities, transforming older capabilities, and also discontinuing specific capabilities. It proposes a model in which each sales transaction serves as a decision node at which a capability is established, expanded, transformed or discontinued. In this model, over a relatively short period there will be a large number of sales transactions which will drive evolution of the 3PEF at a potentially fast rate, with sales revenue as an incentive to modify capabilities transaction by transaction. 2010 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24009 IADIS press fulltext |
| spellingShingle | e-fulfilment sales Online retail e-supply chain e-business transformation Alexander, Paul Fast transformation in e-business environments: third party fulfilment adaptation to online retailer demands |
| title | Fast transformation in e-business environments: third party fulfilment adaptation to online retailer demands |
| title_full | Fast transformation in e-business environments: third party fulfilment adaptation to online retailer demands |
| title_fullStr | Fast transformation in e-business environments: third party fulfilment adaptation to online retailer demands |
| title_full_unstemmed | Fast transformation in e-business environments: third party fulfilment adaptation to online retailer demands |
| title_short | Fast transformation in e-business environments: third party fulfilment adaptation to online retailer demands |
| title_sort | fast transformation in e-business environments: third party fulfilment adaptation to online retailer demands |
| topic | e-fulfilment sales Online retail e-supply chain e-business transformation |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/24009 |