Advantages of Logistics Outsourcing In the face of increasingly intensified competition in the emerging globaleconomy‚ manufacturing and retail firms are progressively turning to outsourcing of their logistics functions. Outsourcing is a viable business strategy because turning non-core functions over to external suppliers enables companies to leverage their resources‚ spread risks and concentrate on issues critical to survival and future growth. One way of extending the logistics organization
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A.I.L.S Project D.H.L Logistics Vinith perla 0901AEET012 Company profile : DHL Express is a division of the German logistics company Deutsche Post providing international express mail services. Deutsche Post is the world’s largest logistics company operating in all four corners of the globe. DHL is a world market leader in sea and air mail. Originally founded in 1969 to deliver documents between San Francisco and Honolulu‚ the company expanded its service
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A Case Study on Cost Estimation and Profitability Analysis at Continental Airlines Francisco J. Román Introduction In 2008‚ the senior management team at Continental Airlines‚ commanded by Lawrence Kellner‚ the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer‚ convened a special meeting to discuss the firm’s latest quarterly financial results. A bleak situation lay before them. Continental had incurred an operating loss of $71 million dollars—its second consecutive quarterly earnings decline that year
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ANTICIPATORY LOGISTICS IN THE CORPORATE WORLD What is anticipatory logistics? It’s a system made of information which anticipates the requirement of customers needs so suppliers can provide adequate service production to meet their needs. Anticipatory logistics is part of the supply chain management which is how things get from the manufacturer to the customer‚ but it also is the raw materials that are needed in manufacturing. The U.S. Army uses Anticipatory logistics in their supply chain
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Logistics is the designing and managing of a system in order to control the flow of material throughout a corporation. This is a very important part of an international company because of geographical barriers. Logistics of an international company includes movement of raw materials‚ coordinating flows into and out of different countries‚ choices of transportation‚ cost of the transportation‚ packaging the product for shipment‚ storing the product‚ and managing the entire process. The concept
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LOGISTICS CYCLE Therefore the emphasis is on designing the logistics management information system and inventory management activities‚ rather than central-level activities such as quantification and procurement. However‚ as the logistics cycle demonstrates‚ all these functions are interrelated and so when the logistics system is designed‚ these other activities must be considered‚ such as ensuring that the data required for quantification are collected and that quality monitoring is incorporated
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Case Study 1-2 Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc.‚ in 2010 In 1979‚ Wal-Mart store was an unknown retailer compared to Kmart‚ the industry leader. “In less than 25 years‚ Wal-Mart had risen to become the largest corporation in sales‚” (Barney & Hesterly‚ 2012‚ PC 1-13). Wal-Mart had many challenges to face in the discount trade. This case displays Wal-Mart’s competitive advantages‚ how they developed them‚ if they are sustainable and how they have battled with their competitors. Furthermore‚ through the
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Logistic planning and management largely focus on lowering the cost associated with producing and distributing products under a variety of constraints. Logistics can be meant in different aspects of terms. In the perspective of Customer‚ the definition is getting the right product‚ to the right customer‚ in the right quantity‚ in the right condition‚ at the right place‚ at the right time and at the right cost. In the perspective of utility and value‚ the definition is providing the time and place
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Discuss the growing demand for logistics. (10m) The reason for the rapid growth of the logistics industry can be attributed to the fact that a majority of the companies dealing in logistics operations target clients of medium size instead of targeting the stalwarts of the logistics industry. Nowadays‚ the advance IT technologies had make the internet retail or online shopping is growing rapidly and this will be an increasing source of demand for both large and smaller logistics units. For example‚ Groupon
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THE VALUE CHAIN CONCEPT Subject Page 1. The Supply Chain 2 2. The Demand Chain 3 3. A ‘Value-Based’ Demand Chain 4 4. Value Benefits and Costs (upstream and downstream) 6 5. Demand and Supply Chain Processes: The Value Chain 7 6. The Value Chain 9 7. Summary 11 8. Discussion Questions 12 9. References / Reading List 12 1. The Supply Chain It will be recalled that the supply chain is a concept that was covered at some length during lecture one. What we shall do here is to offer
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