Title :
Integrating Processes of Logistics Outsourcing Risk Management in e-Business
Author :
Xu, Juan ; Liu, Zhixue ; Li, Yan
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Manage., Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Wuhan
Abstract :
Logistics outsourcing has been recognized to have important potential benefits, including reduced costs, improved quality, the ability to focus on core competencies and access to new technologies. Most prior studies have articulated the advantages of logistics outsourcing and paid little attention to the risks in e-business environments. The main purpose of this study is to present how the current logistics outsourcing risk management process can be integrated and improved through the use of new e-business applications
Keywords :
customer services; electronic commerce; logistics; outsourcing; risk management; customer demand chain; e-business; logistics outsourcing risk management; process integration; Costs; Intelligent agent; Logistics; Outsourcing; Probability; Quality management; Risk analysis; Risk management; Software engineering; Technology management;
Conference_Titel :
Web Intelligence and Intelligent Agent Technology Workshops, 2006. WI-IAT 2006 Workshops. 2006 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2749-3
DOI :
10.1109/WI-IATW.2006.81