The purpose of this paper is to describe the challenge of managing logistics at corporate level in construction industry; and to present and evaluate vendor-managed-inventory (VMI) as a potential solution for small item logistics.
To provide empirical evidence of benefits from IT in supply chain management.
Recent research into last mile e‐grocery logistics has revealed that goods reception mode is one of the key issues for the operational efficiency of home deliveries. Hitherto, the research has considered home delivery concepts using attended reception and concepts enabling unattended reception based on customer‐specific reception boxes and delivery boxes. Customer‐specific reception boxes…
This work aims to combine the perspectives of logistics-service providers (LSPs) and small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in the development of value-added logistics services. The purpose was to create a theory-based and initially tested framework that could help both service providers and SMEs identify new opportunities for developing their logistics.
The launch of a wave of Internet grocery retailers over the last five years was a serious attempt to challenge the dominant supermarket business model. However, after a string of business failures, it is evident that the task of selling groceries on the Internet and delivering to the home of the consumer is more difficult than was anticipated. Six important lessons can be drawn, based on direct…