The Hog Problem: Integrated Logistics Executive Summary The hog slaughtering plant located in Brendon‚ Manitoba has the capacity to slaughter 2.5 million hogs per year‚ around 50‚000 per week and 10‚000 per day. Hogs arrive at the slaughter plant from all over Manitoba and certain parts of Saskatchewan via truck. Every farm is located within a different distance from the slaughter facility and delivery lead times vary from as low as half an hour to as high as three and a half
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Third-party logistics company CEVA Logistics has appointed Didier Chenneveau to lead its growing business in Asia-Pacific. Chenneveau is currently executive vice president and chief supply chain officer for LG Electronics‚ with worldwide responsibility for global supply chain management for the company’s $50 billion operations. Prior to joining LG in 2008‚ Didier was vice president of Americas operations for HP’s Imaging and Printing Business. He was based in San Diego. He also worked in Europe
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2008 Reverse Logistics* How to realise an agile and efficient reverse chain within the Consumer Electronics industry *connectedthinking 4 PricewaterhouseCoopers Foreword Welcome to PricewaterhouseCoopers’ first Reverse Logistics report in the Consumer Electronic industry. This report is designed to help companies in the Consumer Electronics industry to better explore‚ understand and share the ideas about today’s pressing business and strategic topic: Reverse Logistics. Our unique
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PREFACE Over the last few years‚ the concept of logistics has become more and more recognized‚ it has even become a vital part of foreign trade activities. Integrating with the trend of globalization‚ Vietnam has gradually developed forwarding and logistics industry‚ created incentives to develop export and import activities in the country. After a long period of time fostering professional knowledge‚ I found this internship program a chance that the university had offered to students to gain actual
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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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Global Value Chain Logistics Case Analysis University of Phoenix Global Value Chain Management ISCOM/383 June 25‚ 2012 Global Value Chain Logistics Case Analysis ISOL + Group produces and sells a variety of products within France‚ Spain‚ and Italy. The general manager Mr. Dupont has initiated a thorough rethinking of logistics matter for the group. Based on his recommendations‚ the management team must identify‚ analyzed‚ discuss‚ and recommend the most appropriated solutions for
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ROBERT C. LIEB BROOKS A. BENTZ The Use of Third-Party Logistics Services by Large American Manufacturers: The 2003 Survey Abstract This article reports the findings of a survey of large American manufacturers concerning their use of third-party logistics services. Data generated in the survey show that the use of such services by this group of companies continues to grow and that the service providers continue to deliver logistics cost and service improvements to their customers‚ both domestically
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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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Lesson 3.6: Acquisition Logistics: Supportability Planning Support Elements Every Acquisition program‚ regardless of size‚ must plan for 10 logistics support elements: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Maintenance Planning Manpower and Personnel Supply Support Training and Training Devices Support Equipment Packaging‚ Handling‚ Storage‚ and Transportation Facilities Computer Resource Support Technical Data Design Interface Maintenance Planning The purpose of maintenance planning is to ensure that
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2‚ 2008 Outsourcing Distribution to a Third Party Logistics Provider Relying Upon Cost Savings Criteria B. Hirkó Department of Logistics and Forwarding‚ Széchenyi István University H-9026‚ Győr‚ Egyetem tér 1. Hungary e-mail: hirko@sze.hu Abstract: Outsourcing logistics areas is widely regarded for the last decades as a useful approach to reducing costs and gaining competitive advantage. Thus‚ the strategy of employing third-party logistics (3PL) providers’ services has attracted growing interest
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