Logistics information technology practice in manufacturing and merchandising firms – An international benchmarking study versus world class logistics firms

International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 869-886

  Closs, David J ^a   xu, Kefeng ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Benchmarking; Information technology; Logistics; Manufacturing industry; Merchandising

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986180806     PISSN: 09600035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09600030010351264     Document Type: Article

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