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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Logistics Operation Contents Executive Summary 3 Company profiles: 3 Tesco Plc: 3 Sainsbury: 4 Analysis of logistic operations of TESCO: 4 Logistics in practice: 4 Logistics replenishment policy: 5 Transportation model for national and global operations: 6 Analysis of logistics of operation of SAINSBURY: 7 Logistics practices: 7 Logistics replenishment policy: 8 Transportation model for national and global operations: 8 Comparative
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What is logistics? "Logistics means having the right thing‚ at the right place‚ at the right time." [pic] Logistics - (business definition) Logistics is defined as a business planning framework for the management of material‚ service‚ information and capital flows. It includes the increasingly complex information‚ communication and control systems required in today ’s business environment. -- (Logistix Partners Oy‚ Helsinki‚ FI‚ 1996) Logistics - (military definition) The science of planning
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1. Logistics is the key to the success of supply chain of a business firm. Define. A supply chain consists of the series of activities and organisations that materials move through on their journey from initial suppliers to final customers. Logistics is the function responsible for all aspects of the movement and storage of materials on their journey from original suppliers through to final customers. Logistics are integral to the supply chain. They include inbound shipments‚ outbound shipments
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have the same volume as the original model. Q1. Use a piece of A4 paper to make a box with a length of 10cm and a width of 3cm. Then find the volume of the box and the total surface area of the paper used to make the box. T.S.A: 5 rectangles and 4 squares 5 x L x W + 4W = 5 x 10 x 3 + 4 x 9 = 186cm Volume: 5 rectangles and 4 squares L x W x H = 10 x 3 x 3 = 90cm Q2. Make another box with the same general shape‚ but chose a different length and width. Then find the volume of the box and
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A detailed case study of Federal Express Logistics Management Submitted to:Meenakshi Negi | Submitted by:Chandan SinhaCharu SinghGagandeep KaurGaurav Sharma | FedEx is a supply chain company. We are very cognizant of trying to make our customers’ supply chain more efficient. But‚ at the same time‚ we became very focused on our internal supply chain." - Edith Kelly-Green‚ Vice President and Chief Sourcing Officer‚ FedEx Corporation. "FedEx’s Supply Chain Services represents the best of the best
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1. INTRODUCTION Fertilizers and chemicals Ltd‚ popularly known as FACT‚ is the first large scale fertilizer manufacturer in India. The bulk movement of raw materials ships to their storage areas and reclamation of these materials to their different plants at various sites is a tedious and expensive task‚ for which different material handling systems and equipments are being made use of. Based upon the principles of Material Handling Institute (MHI) of U.S a detailed study of the material handling
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While effective logistics systems should not be designed to hold inventory for extended times‚ there are occasions when inventory storage is justified on the basis of cost and service. Storage has always been an important aspect of economic development. In the preindustrial era‚ storage was performed by individual households forced to function as self- sufficient economic units. Consumers performed warehousing and accepted the attendant risks. Warehouses stored inventory in the logistics pipeline‚ serving
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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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CH1 60. (p. 2) What are the three reasons negotiations occur? Negotiations occur for several reasons: (1) to agree on how to share or divide a limited resource‚ such as land‚ or property‚ or time; (2) to create something new that neither party could do on his or her own‚ or (3) to resolve a problem or dispute between the parties. 70. (p. 15) Describe the strategies and tactics a negotiator would employ in a distributive bargaining situation. In distributive situations negotiators are motivated
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