economic benefits of warehousing occur when overall logistics cost are reduced. For example‚ if having a warehouse reduce the overall transportation cost by an amount greater than required investment and operational cost‚ then the total cost will be reduced. When total cost reductions are achievable‚ the warehouse is economically justification. The four basic economic benefits are: consolidation and break-bulk‚ sorting‚ seasonal storage and reverse logistics. Consolidation occurs when a warehouse pull
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Logistics Management in China: A Case Study of Haier Jason C.H. Chen School of Business Administration Gonzaga University Spokane‚ WA 99258‚ USA (509) 323-3421; chen@gonzaga.edu Binshan Lin* College of Business Administration Louisiana State University in Shreveport Shreveport‚ LA 71115. USA (318) 797-5025; blin@pilot.lsus.edu Lingli Li School of Business Administration Gonzaga University Spokane‚ WA 99258‚ USA lli@gonzaga.edu Patty S. Chen School of Business Administration
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Durand is a Lecturer in Management Sciences at the University of Nantes‚ where he comanages the International Logistic fifth year university program in the Language Faculty (Department ssociation)‚ he pursues his research work within the LEMNA (Nantes-Atlantic Laboratory of Economy and Management)‚ more particularly in the field of e-logistics (e-grocery logistics) and in that of city logistics. Jesus Gonzalez-Féliu is a Post-Doctoral Researcher at the French National Centre of Scientific Research
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costs of automobile enterprises in the Chinese automobile market. Based on prior research we developed a tentative cost reduction model for automobile companies in the literature review‚ which includes entry strategies‚ manufacturing sectors and logistics. The tentative model provides a coherent framework and offers
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nature and importance of marketing logistics and integrated supply chain management. • Discuss the future of retailing Explain how companies select‚ motivate‚ and evaluate channel members. 13- 2 Structure of the lesson 3.1. Concept and functions of the marketing channel: intermediaries 3.2. Types and importance of marketing channels 3.3. Channel behaviour and organization 3.4. Channel design decisions 3.5. Channel management decisions 3.6. Marketing logistics and supply chain management Appendix:
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Introduction In recent years the importance of logistics activities has increased exponentially. Macro environmental factors such as Globalisation and Technologies have contribute to higher the level of customer expectation and at the same time they are putting an ever-increasing pressure to managers in order to lower costs and improve quality and utility to their products so as to achieve a competitive advantage in the market place. Furthermore‚ thanks to the fall of boundaries in the global market
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Logistics and transportation Mei Jin 2011954440 ECOM-ICOM Analysis of Li & Fung Case Logistics and transportation Name: Mei Jin Student No. 2011954440 1 Logistics and transportation Mei Jin 2011954440 ECOM-ICOM Analysis of Li & Fung Case Background Founded in 1906 in Guangzhou by Victor Fung ’s grandfather‚ Li & Fung was the first Chinese-owned export trading company in China at that time. From the traditional export trade companies to large modern multinational supply
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Logistic Management Assignment 1 1- Did it surprise you that logistics can be such an important component in a country’s economic system? Why or why not No‚ it does not surprise me ‚ especially after having deep understanding about the Logistics role on controlling the flow of the product in any economic system‚ and helps all the functional areas in any Supply chain to synergize together to reach the goal (effective ) and reach the maximum utilization (efficient) to decrease waste and cost‚ thus
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How green supply chains will affect and drive the design of next generation logistics and supply chains? Due to the deterioration of global environment‚ increasing concerns of the overall condition of the natural environment have brought the attention on environmental conservation. As Purchasing Magazine (Atkinson‚ 2002) reported that “the most significant factor affecting supply‚ demand‚ pricing‚ and availability of solvents is the environmental issue”. As a result‚ for manufacturers‚ there is
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high standard requirement for the parts‚ limited numbers of suppliers and highly unpredictable demand on the parts. The case will be about how Cathay Pacific manage its spare parts supply chain‚ from procurement‚ inventory management‚ repair management to logistic management in order to reduce the cost and maintain the efficiency. Question 1: What are the supply chain management issues for spare parts operations that Robert and Paul need to consider for their recommendation proposal? The aim o
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