Unit Code & Unit Title: DL101 Introduction to logistics management 2. Course of Study: Diploma in Logistics Management 3. Year of Study: Year One 4. Year and Semester: Semester 2‚ 2014 5. Reading List: Main Text: 1. Paul R. Murphy‚ Jr‚ Donald F. Wood‚ Contemporary Logistics‚ Pearson education 2. John J. Coyle‚ C. John Langley‚ Jr.‚ Brian J. Gibson‚ Robert A. Novack‚ Edward J. Bardi (2011)‚ Supply Chain Management: A Logistics Perspective‚ 8th Edition‚ Cengage Learning
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1. Did it surprise you that logistics can be such an important component in a country’s economic system? Why or why not? Logistics plays a key role in the economy in two significant ways. First‚ logistics is one of the major expenditures for businesses‚ thereby affecting and being affected by other economic activities. In the United States‚ for example‚ logistics contributed approximately 10.3 percent of GDI in 1996. U.S. industry spent approximately $451 billion on transportation of freight
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Air Transport - Passenger Sujan Bharati (student # ) University of Ballarat Professor 05/01/2013 Air Transport - Passenger In the early 1900’s‚ Wilbur and Orville Wright brothers had a vision to fly one day and dream of building a full size flying machine. On December 17‚ 1903 they reached their goal and flew for the first time in Kitty Hawk sand dunes of North Carolina. This was not the first time they tested their invention though‚ they had several attempts before-hand. Their obsession
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CALCULATING NATIONAL LOGISTICS COSTS Logistics costs are an important factor affecting the competitiveness of both firms and nations. Firms can enhance their market competitiveness by reducing their logistics costs‚ thus lowering the total costs of goods and services. Greater market competitiveness of a nation’s firms can then give rise to greater national industrial competitiveness on a global scale. Total logistics cost analysis is the key to managing the logistics function. It is important
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Haier Logistics’ revolution Case Studies Haier Logistics’ revolution Case Studies 1、 Background Haier is the world ’s largest home appliance brand‚ founded in 1984 in Qingdao; the current Chairman of the Board‚ CEO Zhang Ruimin is one of the main founders. At present‚ Haier has established 21 worldwide industrial park‚ five R & D centers‚ 19 overseas trading companies‚ employs more than 70‚000 people worldwide. In 2011‚ Haier achieved a global turnover of 150.9 billion yuan‚ the brand value was
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LOGISTICS CYCLE Therefore the emphasis is on designing the logistics management information system and inventory management activities‚ rather than central-level activities such as quantification and procurement. However‚ as the logistics cycle demonstrates‚ all these functions are interrelated and so when the logistics system is designed‚ these other activities must be considered‚ such as ensuring that the data required for quantification are collected and that quality monitoring is incorporated
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Logistic planning and management largely focus on lowering the cost associated with producing and distributing products under a variety of constraints. Logistics can be meant in different aspects of terms. In the perspective of Customer‚ the definition is getting the right product‚ to the right customer‚ in the right quantity‚ in the right condition‚ at the right place‚ at the right time and at the right cost. In the perspective of utility and value‚ the definition is providing the time and place
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Exercise 1: Cell Transport Mechanisms and Permeability: Activity 1: Simulating Dialysis (Simple Diffusion) Lab Report Pre-lab Quiz Results You have not completed the Pre-lab Quiz. 09/20/11 page 1 Experiment Results Predict Question: Predict Question 1: The molecular weight of urea is 60.07. Do you think urea will diffuse through the 20 MWCO membrane? Your answer : c. No‚ not at all. Predict Question 2: Recall that glucose is a monosaccharide‚ albumin is a protein with 607 amino acids‚ and
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Degree Enrolled In: Master of International Business (MIB) and Master of Logistics Management (MLM) Student No: 305044575 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION 1 2 GREEN STRATEGIES AND LEAN STRATEGIES 1 3 REVERSE LOGISTICS STRATEGY 2 4 E-LOGISTICS STRATEGY 3 4.1 Forward E-logistics 3 4.1.1 Procurement 3 4.1.2 Inventory Management and Warehousing 3 4.1.3 Transportation and Delivery Management 4 4.2 Reverse E-logistics 4 5 GREEN PURCHASING STRATEGY 5 5.1 Green Purchasing Policy 5 5.2
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Abstract Logistics is the management of the flow of goods‚ information and other resources‚ including energy and people‚ between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet the requirements of consumers. Logistics involve the integration of information‚ transportation‚ inventory‚ warehousing‚ material-handling‚ and packaging.. Table of contents Abstract Table of contents Introduction
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