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1、Thecurrentissueandfulltextarchiveofthisjournalisavailableathttp://www.emerald-library.com/ftStrategiclogisticsStrategiclogisticsmanagementinmanagementinSingaporeSingaporeChee-ChuongSumandChew-BeenTeoDepartmentofDecisionSciences,NationalUniversityofSingapore,1239Singapore,andKwan-KeeNgProductivitya
2、ndQualityResearchCentre,NationalUniversityofSingapore,SingaporeKeywordsSupply-chainmanagement,Logistics,SingaporeAbstractIntoday'shighlycompetitiveenvironment,manycompaniesaregoingglobaltoacquiremarketshareandtakeadvantageofhigherproductionandsourcingefficiencies.Akeydeterminantofbusinessperforman
3、ceistheroleofthelogisticsfunctioninensuringthesmoothflowofmaterials,productsandinformationthroughoutthecompany'ssupplychains.Tocompeteeffectively,companiesmustrecognizethestrategicimportanceofthelogisticsfunction.ThestrategicmanagementoflogisticsandsupplychainpracticesofcompaniesinSingaporeisexami
4、ned.Aframeworkisproposedtoclassifycompaniesaccordingtotheextentthatlogisticsisusedasacompetitiveweapon.Thepracticesandcharacteristicsofthevariousstrategicgroupsarethenexaminedandanalyzed.Thebestpracticesofcompanieswithstrategiclogisticsarealsoidentified.Theuseofinformationtechnology(IT)andthefacto
5、rsthatwillshapethelogisticsindustryinthefuturearealsoexplored.BeingoneofthefirstmajorstudiesontheSingaporelogisticsindustry,generatesnewinsightsandinformationforlogisticsmanagersandbusinessmeninterestedintheSingaporelogisticslandscape.IntroductionThescopeandroleoflogisticshavechangeddramaticallyin
6、recentyears.Logisticshastraditionallyplayedasupportiveroletofunctionalareassuchasmarketingandproduction,anditsscopelimitedtotransportationandwarehousing.Morerecently,logisticshasbecomemoreprominentandisrecognizedasacriticalfactorofcompetitiveadvantage(BowersoxandCloss,1996;BowersoxandDaugherty,199
7、5;Christopher,1993).Thegrowingimportanceoflogisticsarisesfromcompaniesgoingglobaltoaccessnewmarkets,realizegreaterproductionefficiencies,andtaptechnologicalcompetenciesbeyondtheirowngeographicalborders(Bovet,1991
