Transportation Logistics and Economic Decline: Politics‚ Infrastructure and the Recession Final Project Ricky Dartez – 4171437 TLMT498‚ Summer 2012 Dr. Ernest L. Hughes October 28‚ 2012 Table of Contents Abstract…………………………………………………………………………………………….3 Introduction…………………………………………….……………….………………………….4 The Scope of Logistics’ Economic Impact..…...………………………….……………………….5 The Economy of Logistics: Macro and Micro Perspectives…………….…………………………8 Impacts of the Great Recession………………………………………………………………
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INNOVATION AND COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE SUPPLY CHAIN SOLUTION: “GO CLEAN – GO GREEN” The supply chain process at Kuehne and Nagel has adopted the "Go Clean - Go Green" initiative which includes joining 14 ocean carriers and 12 shippers as member of the Clean Cargo Working Group (CCWG). The carrier members measure the actual consumption of bunker fuel and subsequently apply a common methodology for calculating and providing their individual trade-lane based carbon dioxide emissions per gram/TEU/km.
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International Logistics Written Assignment Logistics and Supply Chain Management Table of Contents 1.0 Executive Summary 3 2.0 Introduction and Background 4 3.0 Literature Review 5 4.0 Recommendations 8 Reference List 10 1.0 Executive Summary The globalisation of markets has increased customer demand and product differentiation. Higher quality products and shorter delivery times are essential for maintaining customer satisfaction
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military‚ civil and commercial users around the world. In addition‚ GPS is the backbone for modernizing the global air traffic system. CASE STUDY done by Dr ROULA MICHAELIDES‚ Dr ZENON MICHAELIDES and Dr DIMITRIOS NICOLAOU named “OPTIMISATION OF LOGISTICS OPERATIONS USING GPS TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS” presented focuses on development of an integrated GPS/portal solution with an objective of enhancing control and visibility over inland transport thus improving customer service through the application of
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Introduction The aim of this paper is to analyze the supply chain management‚ of United Colors of Benetton‚ in order to understand the key logistic factors that have made this company so successful in the apparel industry. In addition‚ after an overview of the outsourcing model in China‚ I analyze the costs and issues that Benetton has faced in moving its operations in Asia. Although there have been problems‚ Benetton is a clear example of a successful outsourcing process directed to China.
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The Green Berets and Casualties of War The films I chose to do my comparative paper on are The Green Berets and Casualties of War. Both of these films deal with issues concerning the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War was viewed as unpopular and pointless by society; The Green Berets objective was to gain support for the Vietnam War. The film puts great emphasis on liberal war journalist George Beckwith (David Janssen). Beckwith originally doubts America’s involvement in the war‚ but after spending
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affecting organizations‚ affecting international logistic activities Uncontrollable environment is one major condition which is unpredictable and uncertain. Regardless of what it might be‚ an uncontrollable environment will negatively affect any organization effort‚ no matter which function it is and perhaps the objectivities and strategies of the business. Today‚ business is a global market. In one way or another‚ we are all closely connected. The logistics systems have had the result of shrinking the
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Abstract Green computing is the study and practice of using computing resources efficiently. The goals are similar to green chemistry; that is reduce the use of hazardous materials‚ maximize energy efficiency during the product ’s lifetime‚ and promote recyclability or biodegradability of defunct products and factory waste. Taking into consideration the popular use of information technology industry‚ it has to lead a revolution of sorts by turning green in a manner no industry has ever done before
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The Analysis of Hong Kong SASA’s Supply Chain and Logistics System ZHANG Chaoying‚ WEI Xiao Beijing Institute of Petrochemical Technology‚ P.R.China‚ 102600 zhangchaoying@bipt.edu.cn Abstract:Hong Kong SASA International Holdings Limited is the largest and leading cosmetics retailing and beauty care service group in Asia. Its sale prices are much lower than those of exclusive stores and counters because it adopts the strategy of bulk purchase throught the world and marketing many brands comprehensively
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//w w w. doe.gov.my Spearheading a Green Culture Malaysia’s Strategic Green Initiatives During the rise of Western Europe in the 18th century‚ the dominant theme of that era was Industrial Revolution. It was a groundbreaking theme that revolutionalised Western economies‚ socio-economic thoughts and contributed to the creation of the term economies of scale in the Western hemisphere. Today‚ the theme has been gradually substituted by the theme Green Revolution which appears to have penetrated
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