Logistics Information Management: Volume 11 Issue 5
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A logistics approach to managing the millennium information systems problem
Ashraf W. LabibThe prevailing discipline in dealing with the Year 2000 computer problem tends to be logistics, which is the main focus of this paper. However, the Year 2000 computing problem is…
Concurrent engineering: a multi‐disciplinary approach for construction
A. Gunasekaran, P.E.D. LoveThis paper addresses the concept of concurrent engineering (CE) and its application to construction. The construction process is faced with an ephemeral shifting coalition of…
Logistics outsourcing in grocery distribution: a European perspective
Gilles PachéDeals with food retailers’ logistics strategies and, more specifically, with the nature of collaboration between retailers and contractors (or third party service providers)…
The politics and ethics of career progression in IS: a systems perspective
Craig Standing, Susan StandingOrganizational politicsExamines the role of politics in the internal promotion of information systems IS professionals. Most studies take a management perspective when looking at…
Case study: business process reengineering in an international company
Bo K. Wong, Wilson X. LiDiscusses a successful business process reengineering project that involved purchasing, receiving and accounts payable departments in an international firm in the USA. These three…
Case study: managing for total quality of logistics services in the supply chain
Patrick Fung, Alfred WongPresents an analysis of the total quality management (TQM) system of a logistics service provider operating in a supply chain context. The company can achieve ongoing improvement…