Logistics Information Management: Volume 15 Issue 4

A generic tool for the selection and management of supplier relationships in an outsourced manufacturing environment: the application of case based reasoning

K.L. Choy, W.B. Lee

Many companies that were once centrally involved in the actual manufacture of products, and the delivery of their supporting services, now find themselves primarily engaged in…

IT/IS projects selection using multi‐criteria utility theory

Rodney Stewart, Sherif Mohamed

In recent years, there has been a growing awareness that most decision makers are not only concerned with the financial implications of information technology/system (IT/IS…

Methodology for monitoring supply chain performance: a fuzzy logic approach

H.C.W. Lau, Wan Kai Pang, Christina W.Y. Wong

An organization’s supply chain is the upstream fraction of the value chain activities, aiming to ensure that the right materials, services, and technologies are purchased from the…

A simulation approach to manage finished goods inventory replenishment economically in a mixed push/pull environment

Massimo Bertolini, Antonio Rizzi

In this paper we introduce a simulative model, designed and developed to optimally manage an integrated finished goods inventory system, and suitable for adoption in a wide range…

Information systems outsourcing: reasons, reservations and success factors

Enrique Claver, Reyes González, José Gascó, Juan Llopis

The aim of this paper is to determine the main reasons that lead to information systems outsourcing, the reservations that are initially present in front of this kind of contract…

Telemedicine and its role in improving communication in healthcare

Lynne P. Baldwin, Malcolm Clarke, Tillal Eldabi, Russell W. Jones

Information and communication technology (ICT) plays an increasingly important role in delivering healthcare today. Healthcare professionals, including consultants, doctors and…

Implementing information supply chains: the IST Adrenalin project

Filippos Koutsakas, Panos Hatzaras, Apostolos Vontas, Adamantios Koumpis

Presents the most recent work carried out in the wider context of IST‐Adrenalin project, dealing with the facilitation, formation and lifecycle management of networked enterprises…