Business Process Integration of Third-Party Logistics Service Providers in E-commerce

Author

Yan, Li ; Zhixue, Liu ; Juan, Xu

Author_Institution

Sch. of Manage., Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Wuhan

fYear

2006

fDate

18-22 Dec. 2006

Firstpage

974

Lastpage

977

Abstract

This paper is focused on analyzing business processes integration of third-party logistics service providers (3PLs) in e-commerce. 3PLs are often selected to take charge of the logistics design, delivery, storage, and transportation in a supply chain with their professional and value-added services. This paper establishes a framework of 3PLs business processes, which includes strategic processes, operational processes and enabling processes. To integrate the processes, this paper proposes a logistics management information system and studies the key information techniques

Keywords

Global Positioning System; Web services; XML; data mining; electronic commerce; geographic information systems; logistics data processing; management information systems; security of data; supply chain management; 3PL business process integration; GIS; GPS; Web service; XML; data mining; e-commerce supply chain; enabling processes; logistics management information system; operational processes; security; strategic processes; third-party logistics service providers; Costs; Electronic commerce; Logistics; Management information systems; Mass customization; Mass production; Process planning; Strategic planning; Supply chains; Technology management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Web Intelligence, 2006. WI 2006. IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hong Kong

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2747-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WI.2006.53

Filename

4061506