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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www.pwc.com/tl2030 Transportation & Logistics 2030 Volume 4: Securing the supply chain Strategies to help companies take an active role in improving supply chain security. Acknowledgements The editorial board of this issue of our Transportation & Logistics 2030 series consisted of the following individuals: PwC Klaus-Dieter Ruske +49 211 981 2877 klaus-dieter.ruske@de.pwc.com Dr. Peter Kauschke +49 211 981 2167 peter.kauschke@de.pwc.com Gautam Basu +358 5040 16830 gautam.basu@fi.pwc
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DHL Logbook - in cooperation with Technical University Darmstadt Historical development of logistics The great logistics success story Logistics has been playing a fundamental role in global development for almost 5‚000 years now. Since the construction of the pyramids in ancient Egypt‚ logistics has made remarkable strides. Time and again‚ brilliant logistics solutions have formed the basis for the transition to a new historical and economic era. Examples of this fundamental progress include
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marketing and major logistics objectives. Although marketing and logistics can be classified as two totally different subjects in the University‚ there are a lot of similarities‚ and undoubtedly‚ some critical differences. In this article‚ I will begin by discussing the similarities and differences between major marketing and logistics objectives‚ followed by some other discussion on warehousing and inventory management issues. First of all‚ one of the major objectives of both logistics and marketing
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Jaypee Business School A constituent of Jaypee Institute of Information Technology (Declared Deemed to be University u/s 3 of UGC Act) A-10‚ Sector 62‚ Noida (UP) India 201 307 www.jbs.ac.in Logistics and Warehousing Corporate Internship Report Internship Report submitted as a partial requirement for the award of the two year Master of Business Administration Programme MBA 2012-14 Name: Nitin Sharma Central Warehousing Corporation‚ Inland Container Depot‚ Patparganj Corporate
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Reverse logistics and the return portion of the supply chain is often an overlooked and mismanaged process. Companies tend to focus their efforts on the forward portion of supply chain management‚ while failing to take advantage of the many opportunities that reverse logistics presents (Benton‚ 2007). What these companies do not realize is that the effective management of reverse logistics has the potential to make them more profitable‚ and to add value to many other parts of their supply chain
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Advantages of Logistics Outsourcing In the face of increasingly intensified competition in the emerging globaleconomy‚ manufacturing and retail firms are progressively turning to outsourcing of their logistics functions. Outsourcing is a viable business strategy because turning non-core functions over to external suppliers enables companies to leverage their resources‚ spread risks and concentrate on issues critical to survival and future growth. One way of extending the logistics organization
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pter Measuring logistics costs and performance Logistics and the bottom line 83 Logistics and shareholder value 88 Logistics cost analysis 95 The concept of total cost analysis 96 Principles of logistics costing 99 Customer profitability analysis 103 Direct product profitability 109 Cost drivers and activity-based costing 111 3 81 LSCH_C03.QXD 12/11/04 12:04 pm Page 82 LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT This chapter: Outlines the many ways in which logistics management can impact
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ANTICIPATORY LOGISTICS IN THE CORPORATE WORLD What is anticipatory logistics? It’s a system made of information which anticipates the requirement of customers needs so suppliers can provide adequate service production to meet their needs. Anticipatory logistics is part of the supply chain management which is how things get from the manufacturer to the customer‚ but it also is the raw materials that are needed in manufacturing. The U.S. Army uses Anticipatory logistics in their supply chain
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“Pricing Techniques” Studied in- Mobile Industry Company- Nokia Background of the study: Pricing Techniques: are the methods adopted by a firm to set its selling price. It usually depends on the firm’s average costs‚ and on the customer’s perceived value of the product in comparison to his or her perceived value of the competing products. Different pricing methods place varying degree of emphasis on selection‚ estimation‚ and evaluation of costs‚ comparative analysis‚ and market
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