<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The rapid development of digital technology and its applications in almost all business areas has resulted in the emergence of new terms such as e-supply, e-administration, e-CRM, e-sport, m-commerce etc. This paper describes one of the logistics models in e-commerce based on outsourcing of logistics services, i.e. dropshipping. Presented are logistics processes in e-commerce, various logistic models, applied IT technologies and innovations, as well as principles of functioning and determining marketing methods for this type of trade. The research was conducted on the example of an online store selling toys and children’s articles, which operated on the market based on the dropshipping model. A comparative analysis of the dropshipping warehouse offer was the main part of the research.</p></abstract>

The rapid development of digital technology and its applications in almost all business areas has resulted in the emergence of new terms such as e-supply, e-administration, e-CRM, e-sport, m-commerce etc. This paper describes one of the logistics models in e-commerce based on outsourcing of logistics services, i.e. dropshipping. Presented are logistics processes in e-commerce, various logistic models, applied IT technologies and innovations, as well as principles of functioning and determining marketing methods for this type of trade. The research was conducted on the example of an online store selling toys and children’s articles, which operated on the market based on the dropshipping model. A comparative analysis of the dropshipping warehouse offer was the main part of the research.

Logistics Models in E-Commerce

Faculty of Economics and Management, Department of Logistics and Information Systems

Research Papers Faculty of Materials Science and Technology Slovak University of Technology

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The rapid development of digital technology and its applications in almost all business areas has resulted in the emergence of new terms such as e-supply,...

Logistics Models in E-Commerce

Publié en ligne: 06 juil. 2020

Pages: 90 - 97

Reçu: 08 avr. 2020

Accepté: 27 mai 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rput-2020-0012

Mots clés
Logistics processes, logistics models, e-commerce, dropshipping

© 2020 Krzysztof Witkowski et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Logistics Models in E-Commerce

Publié en ligne: 06 juil. 2020

Pages: 90 - 97

Reçu: 08 avr. 2020

Accepté: 27 mai 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rput-2020-0012

Mots clésLogistics processes, logistics models, e-commerce, dropshipping

© 2020 Krzysztof Witkowski et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
Logistics processes, logistics models, e-commerce, dropshipping