student.They are talking about the new trends of logistics areas.The useful words which may be involved in the dialog are as follows.Please try to design the dialog. J（John） T（Tom） T: Hello Mr.Jonh‚these days I have read some books on the the trends of logistics in the future.But I found that articles about the field is not as enough as I expected. I think the problem has an important significance for the future development of logistics. So I would like to ask your opinion about this
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1. The shipping industry structure will be explained via the 5 competitive forces of Porter: THREAT OF NEW ENTRANTS | New entrants face entry barriers such as: Large financial resources required to invest in a container terminal or in a shipping line. There is a big time lag between the investment (buying cranes‚ ordering vessels) and the start of operations. Conferences among shipping lines will determine the price and other conditions of the market. Vertical integration between terminals
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the organization strives to establish a “superior supply chain” in the U.S. tire division‚ numerous internal changes have been made. Over the last three years‚ the organization has built a hierarchy of collaborative teams to develop and implement strategies that drive cost‚ time‚ and complexity out of the supply chain. Introduction Atlas faced significant financial challenges at the outset of 200X. Founded in 1905‚ the company was in the midst of a severe downturn. In the prior two years‚ consecutive
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Introduction Logistics play a major role in our life. Most of the people might not be aware of the importance of logistics until there are problems appear. Under the pressure of arising competitive environment‚ most of the business entities are initiated to focus on the development of logistics. Logistics can be said as the transfers of goods and services from the point of origin to the point of consumptions effectively and efficiently in order to meet the requirement of the customers (Logistics World‚
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Rachel Darrough Finance 431 9/17/12 Economy Shipping Company (Abridged) – Case #5 Spring of 1950‚ Economy Shipping Company in Pittsburgh was deciding to repair‚ the Conway‚ one of their steam riverboats or to just replace it with a new diesel-powered boat. Currently all the boats owned by Economy were steam-powered and were at least 10 years old‚ majority being 15-30 years old. The Conway was 23 years old and was in dire need of renovation or replacement. The best recommendation I have to offer
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Mr. Romulo Bernas‚ a staff assistant in Prime Shipping Inc.‚ who earns a salary enough to support his family. He is directly reporting to the manager but his position in the company and its description is yet to be determined. He works with Mr. Jose Narciso who was a former member of the NPA and now works as a bodyguard for a politician who is connected to the Bureau of Customs (BOC). Mr. Bernas has been given several credits for his work. As such‚ he was assigned to provide some order and
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disasters place exceptional demands on humanitarian logistics and calls for fast ‚ agile and quick response to alleviate human lives. Deficiencies in the flow of supplies may result in dire consequences. As a result of continuous human and man-made disasters logistics has now become an important factor in humanitarian aid operations‚ to the “extent that logistics efforts account for 80 percent of disaster relief” (Trunick‚ 2005). Humanitarian logistics encompasses a ranges of complicated activities
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1. Did it surprise you that logistics can be such an important component in a country’s economic system? Why or why not? Logistics plays a key role in the economy in two significant ways. First‚ logistics is one of the major expenditures for businesses‚ thereby affecting and being affected by other economic activities. In the United States‚ for example‚ logistics contributed approximately 10.3 percent of GDI in 1996. U.S. industry spent approximately $451 billion on transportation of freight
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create and develop a logistics plan Formulate a logistics plan (create for an existing Company or make your own Company) Five key steps to logistics planning process: 1) Business Goal and Strategies Business goals and strategy comes from overall corporate strategy and the detailed operational strategies. Logistics receives its direction from these sources‚ like all other operational functions of the organization. 2) Specific Customer Service Requirements Logistics planning needs the CS
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Business logistics The way business is done was revolutionised by the Internet and caused emergence of the e-commerce. The main changes from the business perspective happened in the supply chain. Supply chain is important for any business‚ because it literally shows the way inputs go through to reach the customers. It is often very sophisticated and complex‚ but simple version could be shown in the following scheme: As far as the logistics is concerned‚ we can look closely to that aspect
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