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LOGISTICS SALIENCE IN A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT

✍ Scribed by Zach G. Zacharia; John T. Mentzer

Publisher
Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
Year
2004
Tongue
English
Weight
90 KB
Volume
25
Category
Article
ISSN
0735-3766

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✦ Synopsis

The primary purpose of this paper was to empirically explore some of the reasons that logistics has become more important, or salient, in comparison to other functions within the firm. A survey of 296 managers across multiple industries in the U.S. found logistics becomes more important within the firm when the industry increases in uncertainty, when there is an emphasis on time‐based competition, when there is greater adoption of information technology, and when there is an emphasis on cross‐functional integration.

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