...Fangli Zeng; Anqi Chen; Shuojiang Xu; Hing Kai Chan; Lei Xu Purpose This study aims to define Digital Freight Forwarders (DFFs) within the maritime shipping industry and examine how they address the digitalization gaps in compared to traditional freight forwarders. Design/methodology/approach...

.../methodology/approach Recent management studies have offered criteria for selecting research phenomena that hold truly disruptive opportunities for lasting transformation. We advance those criteria with specific supply chain criteria. Sustainability, risk and digitalization are identified as relevant...

...Haidi Zhou; Qiang Wang; Liang Wang; Xiande Zhao; Gengzhong Feng Purpose The authors investigate how logistics digitalization affects two types of third-party logistics (3PL) performance: financial performance and service performance. In particular, the authors explore the mediating role...

...Silke Herold; Jonas Heller; Frank Rozemeijer; Dominik Mahr Purpose The purpose of this paper is to achieve a collective understanding of the capabilities required for digital procurement transformation (DPT). Design/methodology/approach The authors contextualize theory about dynamic...

... supply chain disruptions. The aim of this paper is to provide indications on how digitalized information-sharing (DIS) enhances flexibility capability utilization. Design/methodology/approach The methodology follows a qualitative approach, including 31 transcribed semi-structured interviews...

... pressure. LSPs require new sources of competitive advantages (Lin and Lin, 2014). Technologies can help improve an LSP’s competitive standing by aiding service innovations or improving existing logistics solutions (Lin, 2008). Third, digitalization is leading to increasingly shorter technology innovation...

..., but would benefit from considering the context of application. This study presents interventions and explores how these enable improved demand planning by analysing usage and effects. Forecasting Big data Digitalization Aftermarket Demand planning Product-in-use This study details...