Reduction‚ Cost Reduction and Process This memo will discuss the efficient ways that Supply Chain Management‚ Inventory‚ and Logistics have been successfully implemented in the Intermountain Healthcare Supply Chain Center. Peggy Lee‚ Card Program Manager at IHC led the tour in the Supply Chain Center. The goal of IHC distribution center is reduce waste‚ cost and centralized the high volume supplies in one location and distribute across all their facilities. This gives Intermountain better control
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Proceedings of the 8th WSEAS International Conference on SYSTEM SCIENCE and SIMULATION in ENGINEERING Reverse Logistics for Electrical and Electronic Equipment: a modular simulation model L. GUERRA‚ T. MURINO‚ E. ROMANO Department of Materials Engineering and Operations Management University of Naples “Federico II” P.le Tecchio – 80125 Napoli ITALY luigi.guerra@unina.it murino@unina.it elromano@unina.it http://www.impianti.unina.it Abstract: In recent years there has been a significant
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Hence‚ the aim of this paper is discuss various information technology trends which support future logistics operations in order to gain a competitive advantage. 2. Using IT for Global Supply Chains In this part of the paper I will clearly outline various information technologies which support future logistics operations. According to Hammant these technologies can be grouped into four different categories namely integration and flexibility‚ electronic
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Project title: “Technology has been at the center of changes taking place that affect the supply chain.” Discuss the impact of the Internet or Information Technology on Logistics Management.” Table of content Page No Executive summary 2 Customer service 2 Warehouse and Storage Management 3 Inventory Planning 4 Transport Management 4 Case study 5 Answer of the question “Would you recommend the use of IT in your work area? Reference 6 Executive Summary Information technology
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Knowledge Management | | Knowledge management (KM) comprises a range of strategies and practices used in an organization to identify‚ create‚ represent‚ distribute‚ and enable adoption of insights and experiences. Such insights and experiences comprise knowledge‚ either embodied in individuals or embedded in organizational processes or practice. An established discipline since 1991 KM includes courses taught in the fields of business administration‚ information systems‚ management‚ and library
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have a lot of technical requirements to be met‚ have a lot of contractual obligations to be taken care off on account of which many suppliers due‚ that with regards to their limited resources and skills which refrain from participating. The Defense Logistics Agency can greatly enhance its performance by developing the current vendors to the level
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University of British Columbia Sauder School of Business COMM 399: Logistics and Operations Management Problem Set 1 1. Solution: (a) Some ideas that you can expand on: • • • • Organizational barriers Business culture undervalues operations Top managers often uninterested in operations Lack of “ownership” of operations (b) Some ideas that you can expand on: • Identify and break constraints • Make the special case the norm • Rethink critical dimensions of work (c) Yes‚ even though it may
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The use of 3rd party logistics firms and outsourcing supply chain strategies Introduction For the last couple of decades the interest in logistics alliances and third party logistics (3PL) has been growing in academics and industries. The common viewpoint is to consider 3PL as outsourcing of logistics activities. The aim of this paper is to take a complementary perspective by looking at 3PL as an insourcing of resources. It means the shipper gets access to the providers’ resources. Matthias
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Improvements in Sri Lankan Logistics Industry in recent years and way forward Prasanna Liyanage BSc (Eng) ‚ MBCS 0|Page prasanna@telsara.com www.rfxworld.com INTRODUCTION : With a steadily growing economy‚ big port projects and other infrastructure planned‚ Sri Lanka is well placed to capitalise on its geographical location and take advantage of the fast growing Indian and Chinese economies. According to the government plan and the vision Sri Lanka to be south Asia’s emerging Maritime
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Freight & Logistics Freight forwarding and logistics: What the high performers know By Rob Knigge Rob Knigge leads the Accenture Freight & Logistics group in Europe‚ the Middle East‚ Africa and South America. rob.a.knigge@accenture.com For further reading Access the complete research report: www.accenture.com/ us-en/Pages/insight-achievinghigh-performance-freightforwarding-industry.aspx Read more industry insights: www.accenture.com/us-en/ industry/freight-logistics/Pages/ freight-logistics-index.aspx
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