Department of Global Business and Transportation An An Introduction to Logistics and the Supply Chain Abstract Abstract Oft times I have found that students come into a course1 that assumes they have knowledge of logistics and the supply chain‚ but‚ in fact‚ lack that knowledge. This note helps to provide a bridge to those students and improve their chances of successfully completing the course. Applicable to the Following Courses TMGT 7200 MIS in Transportation TMGT 8510 System Design
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1 . How can design for logistic concepts be used to control logistics costs and make the supply chain more efficient ? Design for logistics concepts can be used to control logistics costs by applying the concepts to the supply chain process . The DFL focuses on three concepts ‚ which are : packaging and transportation ‚ parallel and concurrent processing ‚ and standardization . In terms of controlling logistics costs ‚ the DFL suggests that packaging and transportation can be improved
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Impacts of Reverse Logistics on the Environment Name: Institution: Impacts of Reverse Logistics on the Environment Introduction Logistics The first thing that comes in mind when one hears the word logistics is the transportation of goods from one place to another but behold‚ the definitions of logistics is the well coordinated channeling of material and information across the chain of supply (Weken and Hoek‚ 1998). In supply chain management‚ it is the link between each tier in a chain of
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CHAPTER 8 Distribution Channels and Logistics Management Objective: examining the nature and role of the channels in attracting and satisfying customers The Nature of Distribution Channels • Distribution channels are intermediaries used by the producers to bring their products to the market. • Why? Because the use of intermediaries bring greater efficiency in making goods available to target markets. In other words‚ they match the supply with the demand. • Most important benefit of using intermediaries
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2012 THIRD-PARTY LOGISTICS STUDY The State of Logistics Outsourcing Results and Findings of the 16th Annual Study 2012 16Th AnnuAL ThIRD-PARTY LOGISTICS STuDY Contents 4 7 15 23 33 41 44 48 50 Executive Summary Current State of the 3PL Market Emerging Markets Electronics Talent Management Strategic Assessment About the Study About the Sponsors Credits GIVE US YOUR OPINION Scan this code and share your suggestions for topics to cover in next year’s study. ©2012 C. John Langley
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com/food-coast-to-coast/ http://business.edf.org/sites/business.edf.org/files/OceanSpray_factsheet_02_0.pdf http://www.slideshare.net/afinn816/exel-transportation-2010 http://www.inboundlogistics.com/cms/article/snapshot-food-logistics-a-lineup-of-challenges/ http://blog.mytmc.com/2013/08/22/logistics-collaboration-a-great-idea-if-you-can-make-it-work/ http://www.foodlogistics.com/article/10879716/food-on-the-move http://www.chrobinson.com/en/us/About-Us/Newsroom/Press-Releases/2008/Ocean-Spray-Awards-CHRW-Supplier-of-Year/
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Lab 1: Decision Trees and Decision Rules Evgueni N. Smirnov smirnov@cs.unimaas.nl August 21‚ 2010 1. Introduction Given a data-mining problem‚ you need to have data that represent the problem‚ models that are suitable for the data‚ and of course a data-mining environment that contains the algorithms capable of learning these models. In this lab you will study two well-known classification problems. You will try to find classification models for these problems using decision
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Logistics Outsourcing and 3PL Challenges Michelle L.F. Cheong Singapore-MIT Alliance‚ N2-B2C-15‚ Nanyang Technological University‚ 50‚ Nanyang Ave‚ Singapore 639798 Abstract — Logistics has been an important part of every economy and every business entity. The worldwide trend in globalization has led to many companies outsourcing their logistics function to Third-Party Logistics (3PL) companies‚ so as to focus on their core competencies. This paper attempts to broadly identify and categorize
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Is the Term Green Logistics an Oxymoron Introduction Over recent years there has been increasingly more pressure from the public and the government on organisations to decrease the environmental impact of their logistics operations. The distribution of products impairs air quailty‚ produces noise and vibration‚ causes motor vechicle accidents and contributes significantly to global warming through greenhouse gas emmisions. The term ‘green logistics’ describes attempts by organisations to minimise
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satisfied or served has decline which in turn has put excessive pressure on the Business Logistics Systems procedures in the retail industry. With all these developments it is only obvious that the transformation of good from point of origin to point of consumption have to be improved‚ implemented and control with greater accuracy in order to meet the end user (consumers) needs. Retailing and Logistics are primarily concerned with availability of goods; many have described this as ‘getting the
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