Electronic logistics marketplaces

Wang, Yingli ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5630-9558, Naim, Mohamed Mohamed ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3361-9400 and Potter, Andrew Thomas ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3157-9735 2010. Electronic logistics marketplaces. Lee, In, ed. Encyclopedia of E-business Development and Management in the Global Economy, Hershey, PA.: IGI Global, pp. 218-226.

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Abstract

As B2B e-business shifted to the Internet, Electronic Marketplaces (EMs) have grown rapidly in usage (Rask & Kragh, 2004). Definitions of an EM are diverse. One of the earliest and broadest definitions is offered by Bakos (1991), who referred to an EM as “an inter-organizational system that allows the participating buyers and sellers to exchange information about price and product offerings”. In the context of logistics, EMs can be termed Electronic Logistics Marketplaces (ELMs), referring to an electronic hub using web-based systems that link shippers and carriers together for the purpose of collaboration and/or trading (Wang, Potter, & Naim, 2007a). ELM is a context specific type of EM, which facilitates the provision of logistics services. Traditional forms of communication between a shipper and a carrier are rather fragmented when a shipper has a number of carriers to manage. Such one-toone exchanges can be costly and sometimes very time-consuming. Communicating through an ELM allows the connection of a number of shippers and carriers using a single interface, normally a Webbased system. This has brought advantages to organizations in terms of low cost inter-organization information connectivity, (near) real time visibility, and flexible partnership configurations.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Business (Including Economics) Centre for Advanced Manufacturing Systems At Cardiff (CAMSAC)
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management
Publisher:	IGI Global
ISBN:	9781615206117
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Last Modified:	19 Oct 2022 10:17
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/23872

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