The question managers face is how to maintain such an advantage given factors such as the homogenization of products and shortening product-to-shelf cycles. A careful review of the work by Porter (1985), Bowersox, Mentzer, and Speh (1995) and Innis and LaLonde (1994)
reveals some insights. Each refers to logistics as instrumental and central to providing competitive advantage. Unlike a product change or enhancement, achieving logistics superiority (because it involves changes in the people, technology, facilities and/or strategic corporate
relationships infrastructures of the company) is a capability difficult to imitate. In addition, regardless of whether managers define their market as competitor-focused or customer-driven, achieving competitive advantage through leveraging logistics is likely to achieve and maintain
competitive superiority
The question managers face is how to maintain such an advantage given factors such as the homogenization of products and shortening product-to-shelf cycles. A careful review of the work by Porter (1985), Bowersox, Mentzer, and Speh (1995) and Innis and LaLonde (1994)reveals some insights. Each refers to logistics as instrumental and central to providing competitive advantage. Unlike a product change or enhancement, achieving logistics superiority (because it involves changes in the people, technology, facilities and/or strategic corporaterelationships infrastructures of the company) is a capability difficult to imitate. In addition, regardless of whether managers define their market as competitor-focused or customer-driven, achieving competitive advantage through leveraging logistics is likely to achieve and maintaincompetitive superiority
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