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The most imperative challenge facing a number of managers in recent years has been to regain lost market share and secure new competitive advantages. The impetus for this trend continues to be the ubiquitous tendency toward globalization and the ensuing intensification of international competition. Customer orientation, lean management and re-engineering are the buzzwords that characterize these efforts.
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Kappauf, J., Lauterbach, B., Koch, M. (2012). Introduction. In: Logistic Core Operations with SAP. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18202-0_1
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