Logistics Information Management: Volume 6 Issue 4
Table of contents
Traceability – Problem or Opportunity?
Duncan Florence, Christopher QuereeChanges in legislation, congestion problems and the continuingdrive to improve supply chain profitability are being addressed by newtechnologies. The part of the logistics cycle…
The Impact of Supply Chain Integration on Operating Performance
Colin Armistead, John MapesReports the results of a survey of manufacturing managers to assesstheir perception of the changing manufacturing task and the role of themanufacturing manager. Within this…
Dynamic Supply Chain Performance: Assessing the Impact of Information Systems
G.N. Evans, M.M. Naim, D.R. TowillOutlines cost benefits for information system implementation usingelectronic data interchange as the enabling tool. Highlights rarelycited on‐cost benefits through the examination…
Logistics Systems or Customer Focused Organization: Which Comes First?
Alan BraithwaiteExamines an issue of fundamental importance to marketing andmanufacturing companies – how to implement more customerfocus and responsiveness through better management of their…
Efficient Consumer Response
Andy WoodDiscusses a new methodology – efficient consumer response(ECR) – which the authors describe as an extension of MRP, JIT andQR. ECR aims to optimize the grocery supply chain…