CONCLUSIONS
This paper was divided into two parts. The first part of the paper summarized the categorization and prioritization of the most crucial
R&D topics that should be dealt with in order to help enterprises to face the new logistics challenges of e-business. On the second part
of the paper a research agenda towards supply networks was presented with three themes to support the development of e-business
logistics. In order to achieve efficiency and operational quality in supply networks we suggest three interrelated R&D themes:
?? integrated supply network structure with suitable visibility and collaborative usage of real-time data;
?? research and development of new logistics service concepts and their effect on the whole supply network; and
?? research on the effects and possibilities of using new identification methods in the supply network.