Reflecting on ‘Reflective practice’ By: Linda Finlay‚ Phd‚ BA(Hons)‚ DipCOT “Maybe reflective practices offer us a way of trying to make sense of the uncertainty in our workplaces and the courage to work competently and ethically at the edge of order and chaos…” (Ghaye‚ 2000‚ p.7) Reflective practice has burgeoned over the last few decades throughout various fields of professional practice and education. In some professions it has become one of the defining features of competence‚ even if on occasion
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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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What is logistics? "Logistics means having the right thing‚ at the right place‚ at the right time." [pic] Logistics - (business definition) Logistics is defined as a business planning framework for the management of material‚ service‚ information and capital flows. It includes the increasingly complex information‚ communication and control systems required in today ’s business environment. -- (Logistix Partners Oy‚ Helsinki‚ FI‚ 1996) Logistics - (military definition) The science of planning
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CHINA THIRD PARTY LOTISTICS SURVEY AND BETTER LOGISTICS COMPANY STUDY BY S.guo Business Logistics Management Hogeschool van Arnhem en Nijmegen HAN University.2009 6/9/2009 1 Acknowledgements 3 2 Executive summary: 4 3 Introduction 6 4 Company description and problems of company 7 4.1 Company description 7 4.2 Problems of BTL 9 5 Problem definitions 10 6 Research
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Reflective Practice Introduction: Reflection its self is looking into personal thoughts and actions. For nurses this would mean looking at how they performed a particular task taking into consideration their interaction with their colleagues and other members of staff‚ patients and in some cases relatives This then enables the nurse to assess their actions and thought processes. There are various frameworks of reflection that one could choose and the examples used for this work
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costs‚ KLF would like to consider an alternative distribution strategy in which the five regional warehouses are replaced with a single‚ central warehouse that will be in charge of all customer orders. Part A: Describe how you would design a new logistics network consisting of only a single warehouse. Part B: Provide an outline of such an analysis; what are the main steps? Part C: Specifically‚ what data would you need? Part D: What are the advantages and disadvantages of the newly suggested
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Examine the websites of 2 large and comparable companies‚ that operate in the same business area and have to deal with logistics and quality management f.e. UPS and TNT or Philips and Sony or Ford and Toyota . Teams of 4‚ powerpoint presentations 10 minutes in class in tutorial week 3 1.1 Give a short description of the 2 companies Goods and services‚ size‚ PMC‘s‚ structure‚ position in supply chain. Zara Zara is an innovating clothing company which sells clothes throughout the world
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of Technology Brian Fynes Smurfit School of Business‚ University College Dublin Recommended Citation Scholten‚ K.‚ Sharkey Scott‚ P.‚ Fynes‚ B. Le)agility in humanitarian aid (NGO) supply International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management Volume: 40 Issue: 8/9 2010 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the School of Management at ARROW@DIT. It has been accepted for inclusion in Articles by an authorized administrator of ARROW@DIT. For more information
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ABSTRACT Internal logistics is one of the most important sections within enterprises‚ especially in the large manufacturing companies. It manages‚ arranges‚ plans and delivers the finished products. It is an indispensable part of the supply chain‚ as well as reflects the result of implementation company strategy. This study focuses on finding the possible ways to improve the operation process of Nokia-China internal logistics by looking into Nokia-China’s internal logistics in Dongguan Branch-
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REVERSE LOGISTICS: CHALLENGES AND ISSUES FACED BY THE MAJOR RETAIL PLAYERS IN THE UK. INTRODUCTION: “In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground‚ for out of it you were taken; For dust you are‚ And to dust you shall return.” Genesis 3:19. Effective and efficient management of product returns is an intriguing practical and research question. Growing green concerns and advancement of reverse logistics (RL) concepts and practices make it all the more relevant
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