• Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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• v.26 no.6
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• pp.119-138
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• 2019

This work examines whether IT managers adopt of real options such as defer, expand, contract, and abandon in order to cope with ERP risks, which include technological risk, relationship risk with SW vendors, economic risk, and security risk. We collect data of logistics firms in Seoul and its suburbs in 2018 to empirically validate the effect of risks upon the adoption of real options. The results suggest that IT managers adopt all 4 options when facing economic risk and adopt contract and abandon options only when facing security risk. Additionally, we find that IT managers prefers expand option and avoid abandon option when they think ERP compatibility is high.

• Journal of Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.150-157
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• 2001

Since the transportation cost takes two thirds of the logistics cost of Korean firms, significant reduction of business logistics cost can hardly be achieved without effective reduction of the transportation cost. Although consolidated transportation has been regarded as the most promising strategy for reducing the transportation cost, it has not been successful in practice. In this paper, we propose a consolidated transportation model for firms located in industrial complexes, present a heuristic algorithm to operate the system, and analyze the expected cost reduction.

• Management & Information Systems Review
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• v.17
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• pp.315-333
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• 2005

The Internet has been identified as the worlds fastest growing marketplace with seemingly limitless opportunities for marketing products and services. Logistics service quality is considered an essential strategy for success and survival in today's internet environment. Logistics excellence has become a powerful source of competitive differentiation within diverse marketing offerings of internet firms. The quality of logistics service performance is a key marketing component that helps create customer satisfaction. As the business environment has changed, the operations based definition of logistics service have evolved. The objective of this study is to examine the logistics service quality in internet shopping mall and the impact of logistics service quality on customer satisfaction. The quality factors of logistics service in this study are consist of five quality factor. The survey result is drive from a man experienced in used internet shopping mall. The finding suggest that logistics service quality of five factor had a positive effort on customer satisfaction. Specifically, timeliness had the most consistent positive effort on customer satisfaction.

• THE INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE & LAW REVIEW
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• v.13
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• pp.283-302
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• 2000

The firms aim to acquire services and costs advantage from logistics outsourcing strategy. But it is very important to select optimum service provider. A checklist of the criteria for the evaluation of service providers follows : service quality, low cost, logistics information system, service network, financial stability, investments in plant and equipment, management attitude and lookout for the future strategic fit, cultural and psychological barriers etc. Also, a 8-step implement of logistics outsourcing strategy will be of help for maximizing benefits of logistics outsourcing. It follows : 1-step : logistics environment analysis, 2-step : check service provider availability, 3-step : logistics outsourcing determinant analysis, 4-step : select of optimum service provider, 5-step : contract with optimum service provider, 6-step : identify of remaining barriers, 7-step : performance of logistics outsourcing, 8-step : evaluation.

• Journal of Korea Port Economic Association
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• v.21 no.3
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• pp.191-217
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• 2005

Ninety percent of an average Chinese manufacturer's time spent is on logistics. Therefore, logistics presents the greatest challenge for multinational companies conducting businesses in China. Although more than 18,000 registered logistics companies exist in China, 85 percent of their revenues are generated from basic trucking and storage services. These facts indicate that China will need increasing presence of high-quality foreign 3PL providers, who are able to provide sophisticated IT systems, industry/operational expertise, standardized operating processes, and international networks, compared to their Chinese counterparts. However, they are facing complicated array of laws and regulations as well as difficulty of finding qualified people to fulfill these needs. There are a number of foreign 3PL providers engaged in China's logistics sector to reap a huge opportunity. Nevertheless, many 3PL foreign providers are still cautious about making large investments. Thus they arelooking for alliances that can provide complementarities instead. Another salient feature of strategy is to take over the transportation assets and warehousing of major Chinese manufacturers and distributors.

• Journal of Global Scholars of Marketing Science
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• v.8
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• pp.429-449
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• 2001

Objectives of this study were: First, The Purpose of this study is to develope the concept of Third-Party Logistics choice factors and to review effects of Third-Party Logistics choice Factors on the Logistics Performance. Second, to set up research model specifying relationships between Third-Party Logistics choice factors and the Logistics Performance of EC(Electronic Commerce) firms. Third, to test hypotheses derived from the research model of this study and to attempts to explain how to have the effect the Logistics Performance of EC firms. Marketing Implications of this study were: First, As a result factor analysis, Third-Party Logistics choice Factors was divided into three dimensions, credibility, the pursuit of relationship, and assets factors. Second, three factors which are credibility, the pursuit of relationship, and assets factors increase and enhance the Logistics Performance of EC firms. Limitations of this study were: First, validity and reliability of data collection methods used in this study were questionable for the lack of past researches in korea. Second, static research method was employed in this study. Generalization over different time interval was almost impossible from results of this study.

• Knowledge Management Research
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.287-300
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• 2020

We investigate empirically the impact of IT exploration & exploitation capability and operational capability upon organizational agility, especially small and medium sized firms in the logistics industry in South Korea. Based on literature on the bilateral relationship between organizational agility and IT capability, we follow the established research model and propose hypotheses. This work takes an empirical methodology to test the hypotheses: design survey questionnaires, collect data, test reliability and validity of data, and finally test the hypotheses. Our results based on the data collected in 2018 present that IT exploration & exploitation capability significantly increases operational capability, and operational capability increases organizational agility. We find our contribution in updating previous research findings with recent data and in expanding the domain of research more specifically into small and medium sized firms in logistics industry in South Korea. Practically our work suggests that managers and policy makers should consider both fostering newly emerging IT exploration and existing IT resource exploitation capability in order to enhance organizational agility of those small and medium sized firms in logistics industry.

• Journal of Korea Port Economic Association
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.239-253
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• 2005

Although logistics service quality is considered an essential strategy for success and survival in today's internet environment, there are still a lot of question: what variables determine the extent of logistics service effect, how difficultly do the determinants affecting logistics service effect and how accomplish the decision making in the implementation of inter-organization information system. The purpose of this study is to examine a model to utilize the application and effect of logistics service through e-marketplaces. The results of empirical analysis are mentioned as follows; First, among the interorganization information system factors, four variables(top management support in organization characters, competitive degree in environment characters, relative advantage and information efficiency in innovation characters) have been shown to be primary determinant of the effect of logistics service quality. Second, the type of independent variable used results in a significant difference in the effect of logistics service quality. Third, Korean firms have to pursue the corporate strategy focused on logistics service quality.

• International Commerce and Information Review
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.213-233
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• 2007

The third party logistics(3PL) is given a definition as logistics activities providing a comprehensive logistics services, all or partly outsourced by the customer on long-term contract basis, ranging from making logistics strategies to implement information technology services. The growth of the Third Party Logistics (TPL) business has been caused many firms to penetrate into the field from different industries. In this study, it is presented to describe a definition and development process of the third party logistics and shown to present strategic issues comparing to third party logistics in foreign and domestic area. and apply to some issues of importance when managing the continued TPL business strategy in domestic area.

• Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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• v.28 no.5
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• pp.405-411
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• 2004

The aim of this research is to analyze actual condition of port logistics industries in Busan For this, this research identified logistics, based on the concept and definition of port and logistics, and then, divided them into six categories, transportation, cargo handling, storage, service, packing, and information The results of the paper are, first, it was found that there are much differences among industries, in revenue scale, and number of employee and firm Secondly, it indicated that actual occupation rate of these industries in regional economy was not high, except for transportation related industries. Finally, from these findings, this research suggested that it was necessary to build different policies according to competitiveness level of firms, and strategies to promote many firms with low occupation rate.