Logistics Outsourcing: Lessons from Case Studies Aldo Srabotiˇ c Mitja Ruzzier This paper investigates key success factors in logistics outsourcing. A model is used to illustrate outsourcing relationships and then applied to three examples from the logistics sector. The model is presented as a tool which can help managers to minimize the chance of failure by explicitly addressing key issues prior to the implementation of a partnership. In order to fully capture the complexity of the outsourcing
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EVALUATION OF MARKETING AND LOGISTICS INTERFACE AND ITS ADVANTAGES IN AN ORGANIZATION Submitted Manikanta ABSTRACT This study ON EVALUATION OF MARKETING AND LOGISTICS INTERFACE AND ITS ADVANTAGES IN AN ORGANIZATION. This research paper is basically to evaluate the marketing and logistics cooperation and to know its importance in any organization .The primary purpose of the paper is to find the advantages of an organization to have Marketing and logistics interface. This research required
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LogForum > Electronic Scientific Journal of Logistics < http://www.logforum.net ISSN 1734-459X 2010 Vol. 6 Issue 3 No 3 EVOLUTION OF COMPETENCIES OF LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGERS Danuta Kisperska-Moroń University of Economics‚ Katowice‚ Poland ABSTRACT. One new concept emerging in current business reality is a virtual supply chain. This paper indicates in what way a virtual supply chain‚ that is subject to constant changes‚ influences the requirements for competencies of managerial
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Article Title Page Benchmarking green logistics performance with a composite index Author Details: Kwok Hung Lau School of Business Information Technology and Logistics College of Business Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University Level 17‚ 239 Bourke Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia Corresponding author: Kwok Hung Lau charles.lau@rmit.edu.au Please check this box if you do not wish your email address to be published NOTE: affiliations should appear as the following: Department (if applicable);
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Vitali‚ the earlier Director of logistics in Barilla SpA proposed an idea of Just- In- Time Distribution (JITD). The proposed JITD system required the distributors to share their sales data with Barilla‚ who would then forecast and deliver appropriate amounts of products to the distributors at the right time in order to effectively meet demand. Instead of Distributors giving orders according to them‚ company should deliver its products on time by its own logistics system on the basis of end consumer
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Logistics is a Diverse and dynamic function. As Rushton (2006) contents that a widely accepted view of logistics shows the following relationship: Logistics = Supply + Materials management + Distribution It is first important that we get a better understanding of the relationship shown above by defining the variables involved. Supply in the above equation can be said to incorporate supply chains while materials management comes into play because it is mainly concerned with the flow of materials
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Introduction to Logistics Lesson 1 – Assignment 1. What are the expectations of Starbucks’ customers in terms of Starbucks’ coffee beverages? Starbucks’ customers expect a high quality beverage‚ fast friendly service‚ and a competitive price. 2. What should be the primary goal of Starbucks’ coffee bean supply chain be if they plan to be a customer focused organization? The primary goal of Starbucks’ coffee bean supply chain should be similar to the expectations of Starbucks’ customers. The
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Integrated Logistics for DEP/GARD Case Study -Tin Yeung Ma -2/27/2014 Tom Lippet‚ sales representative for DEP‚ feels the challenge when the successor of Mike O’Leary‚ Richard Binish‚ becomes the new purchasing agent at GARD who plans to trim the product line in the next three years. His plan to narrow the service window for suppliers from the original 5 days to 3 days in the next three years to the eventually 1 day window forces Tom to consider ways that can increase the performance and service
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CHALLENGES FOR LOGISTIC & SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IN SLOWDOWN A distinct feature of this economic slowdown is the direct degradation of consumer’s assets which has wiped out hundreds of billions of dollars in wealth. And consumers have responded by spending conservatively and concentrating on improving their savings. This new era of low spending and unpredictable consumer behaviour has rendered many demand-forecasting models inaccurate or even obsolete. Therefore‚ companies across the world are
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OPRE 6370 Logistics and Distribution Assignment Two Sixue (Shawn) Du Question 1 When comparing performance during the first five months of 2010 with performance in 2009‚ which warehouse shows the most improvement? Answer After calculated all of the warehouse costs per unit of every city in 2009 and 2010 which showed on EXHIBIT 3-A and compared them‚ we found that St. Louis is the only one that shows any improvement‚ using cost per unit shipped as the performance criterion. The cost for the
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