1.0 Introduction Hock Cheong Forwarding‚ Logistics and Transport Group of Companies was established in 1945‚ started by delivering and distributing newspapers‚ movie films and trailers only in Malaya and Singapore. They also carried huge engineering products like valves and generator sets to delicate electronic products like computers and printers through cargo. They deal in like door-to-door‚ project cargo deliveries‚ land transportation with sea and air freight services‚ warehousing & distribution
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Logistics comprises of relatively large number of managerial activities. Discuss five of these activities and why they are important of the logistics system. Logistics is the process of planning‚ implementing and controlling the efficient‚ cost-effective flow and storage of raw materials‚ in-process inventory‚ finished goods and related information from point of origin to point of consumption for the purpose of conforming to customer requirements Logistics is responsible for the movement and storage
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12 Distribution Channels and Logistics Management 12.1 The nature of distribution channels Why are marketing intermediaries used? Why use intermediaries? Means giving up some control over how and to whom products are sold – They are used because they have greater efficiency in making goods available to target markets – Contacts‚ experience‚ specialization‚ scale of operation – N-to-M direct selling‚ N-to-1 + 1-to-M through channel – Producers make narrow assortments in large quantities
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confectionery is Cadbury‚ which merged with Schweppes in 1969. One of its products‚ which is Dairy Milk and it is very successful molded chocolate in UK. The main products of Cadbury are bars‚ drinks‚ ice-cream and desserts‚ cakes and biscuits. The major competitors are Nestle‚ Mars‚ and Philip Morris. The first offer for Kraft to takeover Cadbury on September 2009‚ and the offer price was 10.2 billion pounds (BCC News‚ 2009). On November 2009‚ Kraft offered 9.8 billion pounds to takeover Cadbury‚ but Cadbury’s
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A REPORT ON EXPRESS LOGISTICS MARKET Objective of Research This report attempts to understand the express logistics industry from the perspective of both‚ India and Globe. The broad objective of the study is to understand the Players involved in the business of express logistics‚ the factors which helped the industry grow and other factors affecting the industry. Methodology used for the study Secondary data is used for the study. Various websites and portals on the internet
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Yogesh Nimje PGDM‚ 2nd year Roll No. 2011015 Spl: Operations Reverse Logistics in Automotive Industry The review of literature:- Various studies are done in the reverse logistics and factors considered in these studies such as barriers‚ challenges‚ environmental issues faced by the logistics and supply chain industry. Reverse logistics has been defined as ‘The process of planning‚ implementing‚ and controlling the efficient‚ cost effective flow of raw materials‚ in-process inventory‚
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THIRD PARTY LOGISTICS Introduction Third party logistics is an important and growing development within the transport industry. It can be viewed from two perspectives viz. operational point and strategic point. From an operational view‚ third-party logistics may include all logistics activities that are outsourced to a logistics service provider. Third party logistics is defined as the use of external companies to perform logistics functions‚ which have traditionally been performed within
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NATIONAL LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT (Provide services to expedite premium freight to its customers!) Introduction: In less than two decades National Logistics Management has already become one of the most successful and fast growing logistics companies of the USA. Despite increasing competition in logistics‚ NLM continues to adapt itself to the changing environment. Suffice to state just one fact: two years in a row ( in 2004 and 2005 respectively) - two reputable and well-known magazines- Inc. magazine
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What are the problems in the process of developing logistics in China? The economy development in China has experienced a rough way since national founding. It was not until 1978 that Chinese people began to see a hopeful start in Chinese economy. Chinese government implemented reform and open‚ which makes GDP a great leap. With the rapid growth of GDP rate‚ more and more people showered in the sweet breeze of reform and open. Many new industries “immigrate” into China‚ and these new companies
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Read through the case study on Cartes sans Frontières and write a report addressing the issues raised in the questions below. Evaluate the logistics operations carried out within the company highlighting the problems encountered. Cartes Sans Frontières (CSF) is a multi-million organisation that produces maps for the European traveller. Based at Lyons in France‚ they produce maps‚ atlases and travel guides. The production is all done in house‚ saving on external costs. CSF has its own Surveying
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