| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 253 pages) : illustrations |
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data file rda |
| Series |
Supply chain integration : modeling, optimization, and application |
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Supply chain integration series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Internet retailing : from experimentation to execution -- The world wide web and information technology -- Scale economies and the network effect in internet retailing -- Operations strategy for the internet -- Supply chain management for a virtual world -- Defining the value -- Outsourcing internet retail operations -- Understanding the drivers of cost-to-serve -- The last-mile challenge -- Managing product returns -- Amazon : supply chain strategy and innovation -- Eship-4U -- Freshdirect : expansion strategy -- Musictoday, LLC. : managing inventory for night train -- Better world books -- Cooking.com -- Relayfoods.com, Inc. -- Ebags: managing growth. |
| Summary |
The increasing popularity of online shopping makes Internet retailing a megatrend that cannot be ignored. The collaboration of two co-authors bringing academic rigor and broad consulting experience into the mix, Internet Retail Operations: Integrating Theory and Practice for Managers offers enduring insights on operational issues and principles for the management of internet supply chains. Covering a range of emerging issues supported by a variety of case studies, the book details the evolution of information technology's role in retail supply chain networks, its impact on supply chain network. |
| Subject |
Electronic commerce.
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Business logistics.
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Commerce électronique. |
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Logistique (Organisation) |
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Business logistics. |
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Business enterprises. |
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Electronic commerce. |
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Business. |
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Business logistics |
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Electronic commerce |
| Added Author |
Rabinovich, Elliot.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Laseter, Timothy M. Internet retail operations. Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, ©2012 9781439800911 (DLC) 2011026875 (OCoLC)244418268 |
| ISBN |
9781439800928 (electronic bk.) |
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1439800928 (electronic bk.) |
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9781466509245 |
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1466509244 |
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(hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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(hardcover ; alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
10.1201/b11029 doi |
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