transportation capabilities to be able to support the expansion of their logistic network can be challenging‚ investing in a third-party logistics provider will allow the focus of core competency and revamping of transportation logistics. Benefits of 3PL The result of an increasing trend toward outsourcing of logistic activities‚ shippers have been faced with the inevitability of selecting an appropriate third-party logistics provider (Soh‚ 2009). The process of finding the best suitable 3PL provider
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combination of activities which help a company to improve the methods to make a product or service and deliver it to customers. (Larson‚ 2004) SCM encompasses the planning and management of all activities involved in sourcing‚ procurement‚ conversion‚ and logistics management activities. More importantly‚ it includes coordination and collaboration with other people who are associated with the business like suppliers‚ intermediaries‚ third-party service providers‚ and customers. SCM of Dell Computer Corporation
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Confirming Pages P A R T T H R E E Supply Chain Logistics Design One of the two primary responsibilities of a firm’s logistics management‚ as established in Chapters 1 and 2‚ is to participate in supply chain logistics design. Part 3 contains three chapters devoted to various logistics design issues. Chapter 12 establishes the global perspective of today’s business operations. Few firms enjoy the simplicity of conducting business within a single nation. The complexity of globalization
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Fujitsu Activities for Green Logistics V Kazuhiko Niwa (Manuscript received July 8‚ 2008) The revision of Japan’s Energy Conservation Law in April 2006 requires transporters and shippers to make efforts to protect the environment in their logistics activities. Fujitsu‚ which has been active in green logistics for some time‚ is expanding environmental load reduction activities across the entire supply chain‚ setting a tough industry-leading target of reducing transport-related CO 2 emissions
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Banarjee Class : Investment Internet Research The 2GO name embodies a proud legacy of leadership and service built on 148 years of shipping and logistics experience. They pioneered many innovations in the industry‚ including the merging of the heritage Negros Navigation and ATS under the 2GO brand. The group maintains the largest and widest logistics infrastructure across the Philippines with seamless links to over 150 countries. Over 400‚000 TEU capacity (50% market share of domestic freight)
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Upstream logistics. Present what‚ where and who you source from (manufacturing equipment‚ commodities you sell) Try to find costs data. Have a supply chain perspective Therefore be exhaustive: think of the suppliers of your suppliers and so on… Present you partners (use mindmaps‚ tables‚ attributes) Present opportunities for change and improvement (this could be based on a SWOT analysis): You have to evaluate the different alternatives regarding the following aspects: logistics routes‚ transport
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 2 Executive summary Page 3 Introduction Page 4 Main supply chain issues within the Hewlett Packard-UPS case study Page 6 Strategies for the future Page 8 Conclusion 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The concept of supply chain is tightly linked to the concept of collaboration. A supply chain by nature involves the interaction of two or more firms‚ sharing resources‚ risks and capabilities and jointly working to achieve higher business performance. Therefore‚ companies involved
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and distribution system. He is the director of logistics at Barilla who has been working on the concept started Brando Vitali who was his predecessor. This was the Just-In-Time-Distribution (JITD) concept as an extension of the Just-In-Time Manufacturing concept developed at Toyota. This basically toyed with the idea of delivering its products to its distributors as per Barilla’s customer demand projections and workload on its manufacturing and logistics systems. The core problem addressed in this
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Second Term‚ 2014-2015 SEEM 4600/ESTR4500 Logistics Management Course Objectives Logistics management is the planning‚ implementation and control of the processes involved in the flow and storage of materials from the point of origin (as raw materials) through the various valueadded stages to the point of consumption (as finished goods). It has been estimated that logistics costs account for 30% of the cost of doing business. Effective logistics management can lower costs‚ provide better service
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distribution channels are not integrated and exist in stove pipe functional area. The supply chain integrated all of the functions of transportation‚ logistics‚ distribution‚ warehousing‚ and sourcing into one centrally managed operation. Both the supply chain and traditional distribution channels involve the movement of products. 3. What specific role does logistics play in supply chain operations? Customer services‚ movement of goods and materials within the supply chain 4. Discuss the rationale and
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