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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Case 1 Integrated Logistics Overview This case finds Tom Lippert‚ sales representative for DuPont Engineering Polymers (DEP)‚ in a situation common to today’s competitive sales environment. His company‚ as a supplier to a major manufacturer (GARD)‚ is faced with changing times. GARD is in the midst of a “changing of the guard” as Mr. Lippert’s long-time contact‚ Mike O’Leary‚ retires. O’Leary’s successor‚ Richard Binish‚ brings a new set of supplier expectations to the fore of GARD’s
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MRT advantages and disadvantages The MRT is opened in 1987 and now‚ it is going to fully operate 9 lines‚ North-South‚ East-West‚ North-East‚ Circle line‚ including the under-constructing Downtown line‚ and the under-planning Thomson line Eastern and Jurong lines and also Cross Island line by an estimated 2030‚ which all these operated lines are going to connect almost the whole of Singapore so as to extend its operating systems and increase its accessibility to all Singaporeans such as the students
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J PROD INNOV MANAG 2010;27:143–160 r 2010 Product Development & Management Association Success in Global New Product Development: Impact of Strategy and the Behavioral Environment of the Firm Ulrike de Brentani‚ Elko J. Kleinschmidt‚ and Soren Salomo ¨ Product innovation and the trend toward globalization are two important dimensions driving business today‚ and a firm’s global new product development (NPD) strategy is a primary determinant of performance. Succeeding in this competitive and
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– chain and logistics industry includes companies that move raw materials‚ finished goods‚ packages‚ and documents across the globe. It is one of the main phases in value chain concept in international business. The massive increase in the international trade has increased has increased the complexity of company supply chains. MNEs and other internationalizing firms require speed and efficiency in moving goods via supply chains around the world. To fulfil this need‚ competent logistic service providers
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Running head: EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF PRODUCT ATTRIBUTES ON PERCEPTION TOWARDS BRAND PRODUCT Examining the Impact of Product Attributes On Perception towards Brand Product [The name of the writer appears here] [The name of the institution appears here] TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface ………………………………….………………………… 3 Abstract ……………………………………….…………………… 4 Chapter 1: Introduction ……………………………………….. 5 1.1 A Brief History ………………………………… 9 Chapter 2: Literature Review ………………………………… 12 2.1 - The Figurative
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China’s transportation system is rapidly expanding to support economic growth‚ meet projected global intermodal freight demands‚ and promote expansion into underdeveloped regions of the country. Given the current understanding of intermodal freight movement that was not available when the United States developed its port capacity‚ the purpose of this scan was to identify how China provides intermodal access to its new‚ greenfield maritime ports and the possible application of those methods in the
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obvious to imagine that the more numerous the countries‚ in which IKEA as the focused company wants to be present‚ are‚ the harder it will be to deal with cultural aspects and then to be successful thanks to a correct understanding on every side. How does a multinational company deal with culture within the company and across borders? This above research question is the base of our research process. It seems indeed to be interesting to focus on a company implemented all over the world to wonder then
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of urban transportation has not changed with the cities; cities have changed with transportation. In the early years of transportation it was the mass transit of horse and buggies or electric rail cars that shaped cities. Then as the automobile became affordable to the public‚ personal transportation redefined the city as it was known. It is the automobile and the movement to the suburbs that has public transportation struggling to make money today.<br><br>The very first transportation was with the
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Marketing Channel and Logistics of HTC Executive summary HTC Corporation deals in the manufacture of mobile wireless technology. The firm faces extensive competition from companies such as Nokia‚ Samsung‚ Apple and RIM among others. To stay afloat in the competitive field of mobile technology‚ HTC has continued to undertake extensive R&D in mobile technology‚ efforts which have been rewarded by the production of many ‘firsts’ including the
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