Success factors for information logistics strategy - An empirical investigation

Providing analytical information to all stakeholders in a timely manner remains, in the face of current challenges, a key issue in organizations. Information logistics (IL) extends present concepts of decision support like business intelligence by focusing on enterprise-wide information supply and the exploitation of synergies. The article investigates which factors play critical roles in the success of IL strategies. An empirical study by means of a causal analysis provides evidence for significant relationships between those factors and organizational performance. The study identifies comprehensiveness, flexibility, support, communication, IT strategy orientation, business/IT partnership, and project collaboration as influencing factors for IL strategy success. Not all success factors, however, validated in related strategy research can be confirmed in the IL context. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.