A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF LOGISTICS STRATEGY: 1990–2008
基于Bowersox和Daugherty的物流战略分类法，研究了18年间美国制造企业物流战略的稳定性、替代战略及其对三种结果评估的影响，对从业者、教师和研究者有参考价值。
For over 45 years, the roles of logistics in the firm have been a topic of interest to practitioners, teachers, and researchers. In the 1970's, logistics' role in organizational strategy emerged as a topic of discussion. During the 1980's, Bowersox and Daugherty (1987) presented a typology which postulated three dimensions of logistics strategy: process; market; and information. Their typology has inspired a stream of empirical research over the last two decades which examined it from different perspectives. The analysis and findings reported in this article focus on the Bowersox and Daugherty typology and provides insights into logistics strategy over an 18 year period. This typology was selected because it has been the subject of multiple empirical research studies, and has a reasonable level of credibility and acceptance. The research reported in this manuscript discusses the stability of logistics strategy over time in United States manufacturing firms, alternate logistics strategies, the effects of alternate logistics strategies on three outcome assessments, and implications for practitioners, teachers, and researchers.