Running head: Transportation and Logistic Chain Ahmed Lajili Ali UB.ID# 0860828 University of Bridgeport Mechanical Engineering Master of science Principle of Logistic ((MEEG 574)) Pr. David Burnell Abstract Purpose: to introduce the issue of the transportation and logistics chains. Finding: outlines how the individual papers affect debate on the nature and development of transportation
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pter Measuring logistics costs and performance Logistics and the bottom line 83 Logistics and shareholder value 88 Logistics cost analysis 95 The concept of total cost analysis 96 Principles of logistics costing 99 Customer profitability analysis 103 Direct product profitability 109 Cost drivers and activity-based costing 111 3 81 LSCH_C03.QXD 12/11/04 12:04 pm Page 82 LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT This chapter: Outlines the many ways in which logistics management can impact
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Relief Logistics What is it? The basic task of a logistics system is to deliver the appropriate supplies‚ in good condition‚ in the quantities required‚ and at the places and time they are needed. In reality‚ relief logistics is a systems exercise‚ which involves a performance that is coordinated and integrated from wide group of specialists. Much of this activity‚ particularly the work of the control and support staff‚ is hardly visible to the outsider. Mainly relief logistics is concerned
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Backwards: Reverse Logistics Trends and Practices Going Backwards: Reverse Logistics Trends and Practices University of Nevada‚ Reno Center for Logistics Management Dr. Dale S. Rogers Dr. Ronald S. Tibben-Lembke © 1998‚ Reverse Logistics Executive Council Contents in Brief CHAPTER 1: SIZE AND IMPORTANCE OF REVERSE LOGISTICS 1 CHAPTER 2: MANAGING RETURNS 37 CHAPTER 3: DISPOSITION AND THE SECONDARY MARKET 73 CHAPTER 4: REVERSE LOGISTICS AND THE ENVIRONMENT
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Pepsico has been in existence since the early 1900’s. Since that time there has been an explosion of new and innovative soft drinks available to the public. Laurent Nielly‚ former vice president of innovation for Pepsi-Cola North America Beverages and currently with the PepsiCo International division says that Pepsi beverages must give the consumer a felling of “joy‚ excitement and fun” (Demetrakakes‚ 2008). His idea is that the consumer should smile when using a PepsiCo product; this is the focus
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supply chain management include the need for large-scale changes‚ re-engineering‚ downsizing driven by cost reduction programs‚ and widespread attention to Japanese management practices. For the integration era‚ This era of supply chain management studies was highlighted with the development of electronic data interchange (EDI) systems in the 1960s‚ and developed through the 1990s by the introduction of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. This era has continued to develop into the 21st century
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pull oriented automobile supply chain is relatively easy to explain; the inventory-order interface in this case‚ is designed for the consumer to place an order‚ and with it‚ he or she creates firm demand. A push oriented supply chain in the automobile industry works with an opposite inventory-order interface‚ namely the products are built‚ distributed‚ and ready for consumer demand. In this case the products waits for the consumers‚ while in the pull supply chain‚ the demand of the consumer creates
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Contents Summary 2 The flow of inventory 2 The improvement of logistics 2 Inventory Cost 3 Delivery Process 4 Other company initiatives to Gain Profitability 4 Launching Amazon in the UK and Germany 4 Launching Amazon in France 4 Amazon’s challenges 5 Globalization and localization 5 Theories 7 Integrated Supply Chain 7 8R’s 8 Supply Chain Issues 9 Appendix 10 Summary The flow of
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with each other in the new Network Economy. FedEx is not only reorganizing its internal operations around a more flexible network computing architecture‚ but it’s also pulling-in and in many cases locking-in customers with an unprecedented level of technological integration. Since its inception in 1973‚ Federal Express Corporation had transformed itself from an express delivery company to a global logistics and supply-chain management company. Over the years‚ the Company had invested heavily
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Transport and logistics Comprehensive sectoral analysis of emerging competences and economic activities in the European Union European Commission Submitted to the European Commission‚ DG Employment‚ Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities Executed by: TNO Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research SEOR Erasmus University Rotterdam ZSI Centre for Social Innovation DG EMPL project VC/2007/0866 Transport and logistics This report is published as part of a series of forward-looking sector
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