Mobile Business in Logistics
نویسندگان
چکیده
Mobile business is a successor of electronic business and is defined as exchange of goods, services and information with the help of mobile devices. In the paper we investigate potentials of wireless technology for logistics and develop criteria of suitability of logistics processes for mobile business. Furthermore, we investigate core logistics tasks and consider possible applications of mobile technology to logistics activities.
منابع مشابه
A Research on Application of Mobile Commerce in Logistics Industry
The rapid development of mobile commerce (m-commerce) has profound influence on logistics industry. Firstly, through analysis that combines m-commerce and the logistics industry, the paper draws a conclusion that main m-commerce applications in logistics industry include cargo tracking, mobile inventory management, vehicle positioning and M2M (machine to machine) mobile services. Then, we think...
متن کاملAn Agent-Based Approach for Integrating Logistics Services into a B2B Marketplace
In e-commerce, Business-to-Business (B2B) interactions, like e.g., electronic negotiations and auctions between suppliers and customers, could be significantly improved by enabling their participants to adapt their negotiation and bidding strategies to current logistics information (e.g., about estimated transportation cost) while the interaction goes on. In this paper, we present an agent-base...
متن کاملImplications of mass customisation on business information systems
Modern information and communication technologies like the internet or mobile computing are enforcing changes of Business Information Systems (BIS) in the context of an evolving e-business and global economy. This paper analyses the impact of mass customisation on future BIS, with focus on globally distributed value chains. Consequently, we address the question of how to scale mass customisatio...
متن کاملBuilding a New Eco-System to Transform a Smarter Logistics Industry with Smarter Logistics Cloud
China is well known as a "World Factory", where logistics is one of the key service industries. The market of logistics in China is huge. The logistics cost is over 18% of Chinese GDP, and it is rapidly growing at 14% increasing rate yearly. However,the logistics industry in China is inefficient and fragmentary. The rate of total logistics cost of entire GDP is even twice times bigger than deve...
متن کاملGreen Supply Chain Management Practices’ Effect on the Performance of Turkish Business Relationships
The main aim of the study is to examine the influence of both external and internal actors on green supply chain management (GSCM) practices. By the way, this paper is to provide a first-hand understanding about the procedures taken by Turkish business firms and their logistics providers and supply chain business firms to operate in an environmental friendly supply chain. The result of this res...
متن کامل