Taxonomy of information technology strategy and its impact on the performance of third-party logistics (3PL) in China

2007 ◽  
Vol 45 (10) ◽  
pp. 2195-2218 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Lai ◽  
X. Zhao ◽  
Q. Wang
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Technology Strategy ◽  
Third Party Logistics

Explaining Successful Implementation of Logistics Information Technology (LIT): An empirical study

2013 ◽  
Vol 03 (08) ◽  
pp. 11-19
Author(s):  
Suhana Mohezar ◽  
Azmin Azliza Aziz ◽  
Mohd Aidil Riduan Kader Awang
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Process Reengineering ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Third Party Logistics ◽  
Management Support ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Top Management Support ◽  
Logistics Information

This paper aims to examine the factors influencing successful logistics information technology (LIT) among third-party logistics (3PL) service providers. Cross-sectional data from 136 Malaysian 3PL service providers were collected. Our findings indicate that the existence of technological capability, top management support, effective enterprise-wide communication and business process reengineering are pertinent. Nonetheless, the result demonstrate that firm size do not play a role in such initiative.

Logistics, Information Technology, and Retail Internationalisation

2011 ◽  
pp. 257-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Constatine A. Bourlakis ◽  
Michael A. Bourlakis
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Supply Chain Coordination ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Technology Strategy ◽  
Strategic Information ◽  
Logistics Network ◽  
Logistics Strategy ◽  
Strategic Impact

In the present work we suggest the notion of the strategic information technology competitive advantage and its potential strategic impact upon a retailer’s organisational supply chain coordination. The existence of a logistics strategy and an information technology strategy constitute two functions that offer the platform for retail firms to “internalise” the effective management of the supply chain by converting it to a coordination competitive advantage. The latter depends upon the ability of the retail firms to transform a logistics strategy and an information technology strategy into what the authors call strategic logistics and strategic information technology. We also argue that logistics and information technology can assist a retailer to form a “logistics network” with third-party firms in the supply chain, with the aim to capture and to protect to the full the differential returns generated via the internalisation of the supply chain activities. The coordination competitive advantage owned by the retailer enhances retail change in domestic and in international markets, as the retailer enters foreign markets via a similar network of third party and its own account logistics operations, giving rise to new retail organisation schemes, such as the international strategic retail network.

An Empirical Investigation of Third Party Logistics Providers in Thailand

2010 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 68-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duangpun Kritchanchai ◽  
Albert Wee Kwan Tan ◽  
Peter Hosie
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Empirical Investigation ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Third Party Logistics ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Logistics Service ◽  
It Capabilities ◽  
Important Trend ◽  
Survey Results

Third Party Logistics (3PL) in Asia emerged as an important trend in logistical management and Thailand continues to develop in this service rapidly. While a great deal has been written about the dissemination of information technology (IT), few empirical investigations address the use of IT in relation to 3PLs in Thailand. In this article, the authors use an empirical study to investigate the profiles of 3PLs in Thailand and their company strategies for providing logistics service and use of IT. Survey results show that Thailand’s 3PL companies must expend more effort to strengthen basic IT and infrastructure to enhance competitiveness. IT capabilities in Thailand are increasing rapidly and its effective adoption has the potential to significantly enhance the competitiveness of small 3PLs. Still many barriers exist to the successful adoption of IT by these providers. Given the importance of such companies in supply chain management, these issues must be fully understood.

An Empirical Investigation of Third Party Logistics Providers in Thailand

2012 ◽  
pp. 272-288
Author(s):  
Duangpun Kritchanchai ◽  
Albert Wee Kwan Tan ◽  
Peter Hosie
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Third Party Logistics ◽  
Chain Management ◽  
Logistics Service ◽  
It Capabilities ◽  
Important Trend ◽  
Survey Results

Third Party Logistics (3PL) in Asia emerged as an important trend in logistical management and Thailand continues to develop in this service rapidly. While a great deal has been written about the dissemination of information technology (IT), few empirical investigations address the use of IT in relation to 3PLs in Thailand. In this article, the authors use an empirical study to investigate the profiles of 3PLs in Thailand and their company strategies for providing logistics service and use of IT. Survey results show that Thailand’s 3PL companies must expend more effort to strengthen basic IT and infrastructure to enhance competitiveness. IT capabilities in Thailand are increasing rapidly and its effective adoption has the potential to significantly enhance the competitiveness of small 3PLs. Still many barriers exist to the successful adoption of IT by these providers. Given the importance of such companies in supply chain management, these issues must be fully understood.

Impact of the Modularity of ERPs on the Information Systems Disintegration

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tarek Samara
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Information System ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
System Integration ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Technology Strategy ◽  
Information System Integration

This paper aims to verify a possible impact of the ERP modularity on the information systems disintegration. As an ERP package could be viewed as an integration indicator, it could thus measure the information system integration rate (ISIR). When an ERP is modular, clients who desire to be independent from an ERP vendor could easily buy other subsystems from a third party; and thus the information system integration rate would be low. On the contrary, when an ERP is not modular, clients cannot easily buy, due to some issues, other subsystems from a third party; and thus the ISIR would be high. Consequently, when the level of modularity, proposed by ERP vendors, is modified from low to high; or when clients change their information technology strategy from dependence on an ERP vendor to an independence from this vendor, the information system integration rate could be affected. This paper tries to understand how these changes could impact the information system integration rate; and especially how they could provoke the disintegration of information system.

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