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Volume 6, Issue 5
1 May 1993
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Logistics Information Management
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Research Article| May 01 1993

Applications Management in Logistics

David Walker
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-7948
Print ISSN: 0957-6053
© MCB UP Limited
1993
Logistics Information Management (1993) 6 (5): 27–31.
https://doi.org/10.1108/09576059310045943

Research commissioned by a major UK open systems supplier, Hoskyns plc, reveals that cost containment is the key issue driving IT departments, not management performance or customer service. Also shows a disparity among users, with no real preference for systems or suppliers emerging.

Keywords: Cost reduction, Hoskyns plc, Information technology, Management, Open systems, Outsourcing, Research, United Kingdom
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