Innovative Information and Communication Technology for Logistics: The Case of Road Transportation Feeding Port Operations and Direct Short Range Communication Technology

Adrian E. Coronado Mondragon, Etienne S. Coronado Mondragon and Christian E. Coronado Mondragon

Chapter 14 in Supply Chain Management and Knowledge Management, 2009, pp 254-268 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract In the 21st century, logistics has emerged as a leading and complex field. Logistics deals with everything involving planning, organizing and managing activities that provides goods or services (Logistics World 1997). Main factors that have contributed to the emergence and complexity of logistics include: globalization, outsourcing, contract manufacturing, shortened product life cycles, pressure to reduce carbon-emissions, multichannel distribution and the need for adequate return channels.

Keywords: Supply Chain; Supply Chain Management; Internet Protocol Address; Enterprise Resource Planning System; Port Operation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230234956_14

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