... at: dtruong@uncfsu.edu © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Purchasing Communication technologies Electronic commerce Electronic data interchange Manufacturing resource planning Electronic funds transfer systems The wide application of internet technologies promises a dramatic...

.... In today’s business environment, where there are a great variety of standards in various computer systems that make the linking of modules to enable bi‐directional electronic data interchange difficult and costly. This paper attempts to introduce a model which embraces a neutral format approach to realise...

...Kulwant S. Pawar; Helen Driva Discusses the effect of electronic commerce on the management of the supply chain. Particular emphasis is placed on electronic data interchange (EDI). EDI has in the past been confined to larger companies. However, as more companies are becoming switched...

... marketplace is itself being reorganized as Internet‐EDI (I‐EDI) facilitates the formation of intranets, extranets, and now, “supranets”. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Electronic data interchange Internet Value added networks Supply chain Value chain Electronic data interchange (EDI) involves...

... by electronic data interchange and discuss issues of feasibility and directions for further research and development. In his highly critical work, Paul Strassman (1990) points out that if one read what experts have been saying about IT investments they would become severely discouraged. Although recent...

... for improving the existing workflows by developing an auto vouchering system and an electronic data interchange system are suggested. The cost and benefit analysis is applied to evaluate these methods. Implications and recommendations for the top management are discussed, including the insights of the cross...

... in 1969, this latest move may also have a significant impact on the shaping of the parcel courier business. © MCB UP Limited 1997 Electronic data interchange Parcel delivery services City Link is one of the UK’s largest business‐to‐business courier companies. Founded in 1969, it stole...

...James E. Ricks Considers the growing importance of automatic data collection (ADC) and electronic data interchange (EDI) in logistics and distribution, and the need for an additional paradigm. ADC and EDI require additional conceptual consideration in logistics pedagogy. The utilization...

... Company 1995 Computer networks Computer systems Containers Data communications Data transmission Electronic data interchange Freight operations Graphical user interfaces Ports Shipping Systems integration The development of containerization in world trade took place in the 1960s...

... “virtual” organization. Electronic commerce services include technologies such as electronic data interchange (EDI), E‐mail, information services and shared applications. The term electronic commerce was originally coined by the US Department of Defense (DoD) to describe CALS‐computer assisted...

... technology Organizational change Organizational design Supply‐chain management Electronic data interchange 16 LOGISTICS INFORMATION MANAGEMENT 6,5 IT can transform a business in more ways than simply increasing efficiencies. Implications of Developments in Electronic Trading: A Cross-industry View...

...G.N. Evans; M.M. Naim; D.R. Towill Outlines cost benefits for information system implementation using electronic data interchange as the enabling tool. Highlights rarely cited on‐cost benefits through the examination of supply chain dynamics,and their relative reductions created through increased...

...Paul F. Takac Aims to facilitate a clearer understanding of the issues involved in formulating and implementing an electronic data interchange (EDI)strategy. In particular, analyses the potential benefits to be derived from EDI implementation, outlining operational and management difficulties...

...Andy Bytheway; Ashley Braganza Explores the business implications for electronic data interchange(EDI) in logistics using techniques highlighted by the Cranfield School of Management′s enterprise model. Develops two fundamental views of a business: a structured view of information and a structured...

...Ralph Cole States that the introduction of a Single European Market will bring more competition for customers. Suggests that electronic trading (ET) is the key to survival because of the quality service it provides. Examines E‐mail, on‐line communication and electronic data interchange (EDI...

...Alan C. McKinnon Electronic data interchange (EDI) can bring many benefits. It allows orders, invoices and other commercial information to be relayed directly between different firms′ computer networks. Distribution contractors must, like the suppliers, become integrated into these EDI networks...

...Ludo Cuyvers; Gerrit K. Janssens Standardization and simplification of trade procedures constitute an urgent need to line up the document flow with the goods flow in international trade. Electronic data interchange (EDI) is a co‐operative inter‐organizational information system providing electronic...

...Alfredo Sarich The growth of Electronic Data Interchange is reviewed, asking why should management invest time and resources into developing EDI? A short list of benefits is provided, arguing that EDI may become a prerequisite for conducting business. It can force through a change in market...

...Cliona Curran A company′s need and ability to respond to market changes has become crucial, with failure to do so often resulting in disastrous consequences. In this context, the next phase of supply chain management after electronic data interchange (EDI) is examined, advocating the merits...