TY - JOUR AB - Discusses the implications of the advent of open systems, and the effect which they are having on the logistics industry. Examines the reasons why open systems are appropriate today and the various motivations for moving to them. Describes the effects that open systems will have on the structure of the computing industry through the increased competition they are creating: how they will affect computing architectures; and points to consider in the implementation of open systems. VL - 5 IS - 3 SN - 0957-6053 DO - 10.1108/09576059210016243 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/09576059210016243 AU - Martin Nigel AU - Hough Deborah PY - 1992 Y1 - 1992/01/01 TI - The Open Systems Revolution: Opportunities for the Logistics Industry T2 - Logistics Information Management PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 19 EP - 22 Y2 - 2024/04/16 ER -