...Chad Autry; Gino Marchet; Sara Perotti; Riccardo Mangiaracina Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a parametric model to assess the impacts of information and communication technology (ICT) applications on company freight transportation processes (i.e. “company” perspective). The aim...

... them. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Transportation Road safety Communication technologies Employee turnover Compliance with safety practices is a critical workplace issue in the USA. In 2007, an astounding 5,488 employees in the USA died from work‐related injuries...

... to a disaster on the one hand, and measures triggered by a concrete disaster with directed focus on an affected community on the other hand. This distinction is judged a useful one and is adopted here. Modelling Supply chain management Communication technologies Process efficiency Aid agencies...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Procurement Electronic commerce Purchasing Communication technologies From the late 1990s, a raft of new e‐commerce technologies emerged which promised to revolutionise working practices, threaten existing businesses and potentially create new...

...Gino Marchet; Alessandro Perego; Sara Perotti Purpose Companies in the freight transportation industry can currently make use of an increasing number of applications based on Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to improve the performance of their processes. Although these applications...

... relationship between increased collaborative relationship and perceived forecast information quality. Automatic data communication and registration comprise a second cause of high‐information quality. Different information communication technologies should have different impact on timeliness...

... of knowledge related to the systematic application of technology to foster the appropriate coordination strategies. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Supply chain management Communication technologies Integration Supply chain management (SCM) often involves the coordination...

... of IT in supply chain management. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2005 Information Communication technologies Supply chain management Electronic commerce Current key trends in logistics for application in the near future include e‐business supported supply chain management (Skjoett‐Larsen...