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 in IT systems‚ and with the launch of the Internet
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Logistics is the management of the flow of resources between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet some requirements‚ for example‚ of customers or corporations. The resources managed in logistics can include physical items‚ such as food‚ materials‚ equipment‚ liquids‚ and staff‚ as well as abstract items‚ such as time‚ information‚ particles‚ and energy. The logistics of physical items usually involves the integration of information flow‚ material handling‚ production
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Unit Code & Unit Title: DL101 Introduction to logistics management 2. Course of Study: Diploma in Logistics Management 3. Year of Study: Year One 4. Year and Semester: Semester 2‚ 2014 5. Reading List: Main Text: 1. Paul R. Murphy‚ Jr‚ Donald F. Wood‚ Contemporary Logistics‚ Pearson education 2. John J. Coyle‚ C. John Langley‚ Jr.‚ Brian J. Gibson‚ Robert A. Novack‚ Edward J. Bardi (2011)‚ Supply Chain Management: A Logistics Perspective‚ 8th Edition‚ Cengage Learning
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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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products that are new to the world or have superior attributes to existing products. Process innovation is the development of a new process for producing products and delivering them to customers. Examples include Toyota‚ which developed a range of new techniques known as the Toyota lean production system for making automobiles: just-in-time inventory systems‚ self-managing teams‚ and reduced set-up times for complex equipment. Product innovation creates value by creating new products‚ or enhanced
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Integrated Virtual Logistics Network for Quick Responses By Diatha Krishna Sundar October 2001 Please address all correspondence to: Professor Diatha Krishna Sundar Associate Professor & Chairperson - ERP Centre Indian Institute of Management Bangalore Bannerghatta Road Bangalore 560 076 Phone : 080 - 6993276 Fax : 080-6584050 E-mail : diatha@iimb.ernet.in Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2160390 Working Paper on Integrated Virtual Logistics Network for Quick Responses
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Subject: Logistics Management Total marks 80 Case 1 (10 Marks) M/s Britecolor Paints Ltd. (BPL) is a manufacturer of decorative paints for households commercial premises and industrial application. (a) M/s. BPL had embarked on a policy of satisfying every possible customer in respect of shades‚ delivery and durability. Thus it went ahead and created twenty-five depots‚ one almost in every major city. The manufacturing base however‚ was maintained at Pune. The factory received information
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Content 1. Logistic also plays a role in customer satisfaction 1.1 Overview 2. What is a logistic strategy? 3. Why implement a logistics strategy? 4. What is involved in developing a logistics strategy? 5. What is involved in developing a logistics strategy? 5.1 Strategic 5.2 Structural 5.3 Functional 5.4 Implementation 6. Components to examine when developing a logistics strategy 1. Transportation 6.2 Outsourcing 6
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Logistics Logistics is the management of the flow of goods‚ information and other resources‚ including energy and people‚ between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet the requirements of consumers (frequently‚ and originally‚ military organizations). Logistics involves the integration of information‚ transportation‚ inventory‚ warehousing‚ material-handling‚ and packaging‚ and occasionally security. Logistics is a channel of the supply chain which adds the value
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1Toyota the world largest automaker. Continuing gas pedal problems prompted Toyota to recall 2.17 million cars Thursday - marking the third time the automaker has made such a move since 2009. Toyota issued the recall at the urging of the U.S. Department of Transportation. The world’s No. 1 automaker said the recall will address a problem with accelerator pedals getting jammed under floor mats or driver’s side carpeting. The new recall includes 600‚000 4Runner SUVs made between 2003 and 2009
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