Physical Distribution Management Part of logistics management‚ physical distribution is concerned with the transporting of merchandise‚ raw materials‚ or by-products‚ such as hazardous waste‚ from the source to the customer. A manager of physical distribution must also assess and control the cost of transporting these goods and materials‚ as well as to determine the most efficient way to store them‚ which usually involves some form of warehousing. Hence‚ physical distribution (PD) is concerned with inventory
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CASE STUDY OF LOGISTICS STRATEGY GROUP WORK ASSIGNMENT “Assuming you are the Regional Administration Manager ABC (Hong Kong) Limited‚ please work out a Planning of how you would execute a special project on the re-engineering of the logistic flows in the Hong Kong Region.” Hints: As there are various parameters that can be considered in planning a project‚ such as “formation of project team(s)‚ resources consideration‚ availability of time and people‚ management style to be applied‚ definition
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Semester IV Retail Supply Chain Management Paper code: FMRM403 Block: 1 Unit: 1. Introduction to Retail Supply chain‚ Supply Chain and Logistics‚ Elements of Supply Chain and Elements of Logistics‚ Retail Logistics and Retail Supply Chain‚ Elements of Retail Supply Chain 2. Category Management: Introduction‚ Category Management Process‚ Components of Category Management‚ Challenges in Category Management 3. Merchandising‚ Types of Merchandise‚ Merchandise Hierarchy‚ Merchandise
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Cover Letter Dear Sir / Madam‚ Application for the post of Logistics Manager It is with great enthusiasm that I am applying for this Logistics Manager position. I firmly believe I will bring the energy and commitment to excellence necessary to thrive in a simulative working environment. I am in the positive that I can keep up with the demands of this challenging job efficiently and I can contribute my knowledge and past working experience to the company. I believe my
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Global 3PL Market 2014-2018 3PL is a business process through which companies outsource their logistics and distribution functions to a service provider that specializes in handling logistics functions such as transportation‚ warehousing‚ and freight and forwarding. A logistics service provider that provides these services is called a 3PL provider. Often‚ 3PL providers go beyond logistics and provide value-added services such as inventory management‚ cross-docking‚ door-to-door delivery‚ and packaging
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Business Model Comparison MGT/401 Business Model Comparison The transportation and logistics industry is a six hundred and seventy billion dollar a year industry according to SJ Consulting Group. A logistics company helps transport people‚ cargo‚ and merchandise‚ by land‚ or sea. It consists of many channels of transportation‚ which include freight trains‚ cargo ships‚ and planes. Logistics and transportation companies are an important part of everyday business and life. The need of exports
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which‚ according to its director of logistics，was “maintaining our leadership in the shelf-stable juice Drink category.” The company also wanted to centralize its transportation operations. Looking carefully at the issue of overall performance in the logistics and transportation areas‚ a significant amount of variability was found in its operations. For purposes of uniformity and control‚ a major priority was attached to centralization of its logistics operations. In addition‚ Ocean Spray
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For this assignment I decided to observe three different companies: vehicle shipping company National Transport‚ LLC‚ medium size‚ kitchen cabinet-making Kraftmaid Cabinetry Company‚ and a freight and logistics trucking company RM Logistics‚ LLC. The first company‚ National Transport‚ LLC ships vehicles statewide‚ nationwide‚ and worldwide. They cooperate with local auctions‚ personal buyer and sellers‚ and insurance companies; I think that is the main reason of their success. The owner manages
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BUSINESS STRATEGY CASE ON LI & FUNG By SUJITHA VATTIKONDA (57) PGDM-IB Submitted to: PROF.C.P.JOSHI K.J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research Mumbai ` Q1. Explain briefly Li & Fung’s business model today. Comment on the sources of its competitive advantage. Is it sustainable?
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1. Introduction Haier was just found in 1984. At the beginning stage of its business‚ it mainly produces household refrigerators as the core product. 20 years later‚ Haier has obtained the leadership position in the Chinese home appliance industry which consists about 21% of market share. More importantly‚ Haier has become a multinational company and has expanded its business to America and elsewhere Asia. According to sales‚ Haier was ranked fourth in the major home appliances industry in the world
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