About Retail Logistics Logistics is a process of planning‚ implementing‚ and controlling the operations of the supply chain activities to look upon the customer needs more efficiently. It involves planning and management of all activities involved in sourcing and procurement and in conversion of final products. The use of logistics in the Retail industry has led to low fulfillment costs‚ shorter delivery times‚ and enhanced ability to focus on service delivery rather than on administrative processes
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2008 Reverse Logistics* How to realise an agile and efficient reverse chain within the Consumer Electronics industry *connectedthinking 4 PricewaterhouseCoopers Foreword Welcome to PricewaterhouseCoopers’ first Reverse Logistics report in the Consumer Electronic industry. This report is designed to help companies in the Consumer Electronics industry to better explore‚ understand and share the ideas about today’s pressing business and strategic topic: Reverse Logistics. Our unique
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PREFACE Over the last few years‚ the concept of logistics has become more and more recognized‚ it has even become a vital part of foreign trade activities. Integrating with the trend of globalization‚ Vietnam has gradually developed forwarding and logistics industry‚ created incentives to develop export and import activities in the country. After a long period of time fostering professional knowledge‚ I found this internship program a chance that the university had offered to students to gain actual
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Expatriate Policy of Schlumberger Schlumberger Schlumberger is the largest oilfields services company with operation worldwide. It is the leader in the supply of technology‚ integrated project management and information solutions to customers in the oil and gas industry worldwide. It employs approximately 120000 people. The employees come from around 140 different nationalities working in around 85 countries around the world representing the diversity within the workforce of the company. It provides
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Logistics Outsourcing: Lessons from Case Studies Aldo Srabotiˇ c Mitja Ruzzier This paper investigates key success factors in logistics outsourcing. A model is used to illustrate outsourcing relationships and then applied to three examples from the logistics sector. The model is presented as a tool which can help managers to minimize the chance of failure by explicitly addressing key issues prior to the implementation of a partnership. In order to fully capture the complexity of the outsourcing
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Global Value Chain Logistics Case Analysis University of Phoenix Global Value Chain Management ISCOM/383 June 25‚ 2012 Global Value Chain Logistics Case Analysis ISOL + Group produces and sells a variety of products within France‚ Spain‚ and Italy. The general manager Mr. Dupont has initiated a thorough rethinking of logistics matter for the group. Based on his recommendations‚ the management team must identify‚ analyzed‚ discuss‚ and recommend the most appropriated solutions for
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ROBERT C. LIEB BROOKS A. BENTZ The Use of Third-Party Logistics Services by Large American Manufacturers: The 2003 Survey Abstract This article reports the findings of a survey of large American manufacturers concerning their use of third-party logistics services. Data generated in the survey show that the use of such services by this group of companies continues to grow and that the service providers continue to deliver logistics cost and service improvements to their customers‚ both domestically
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The use of 3rd party logistics firms and outsourcing supply chain strategies Introduction For the last couple of decades the interest in logistics alliances and third party logistics (3PL) has been growing in academics and industries. The common viewpoint is to consider 3PL as outsourcing of logistics activities. The aim of this paper is to take a complementary perspective by looking at 3PL as an insourcing of resources. It means the shipper gets access to the providers’ resources. Matthias
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Lesson 3.6: Acquisition Logistics: Supportability Planning Support Elements Every Acquisition program‚ regardless of size‚ must plan for 10 logistics support elements: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Maintenance Planning Manpower and Personnel Supply Support Training and Training Devices Support Equipment Packaging‚ Handling‚ Storage‚ and Transportation Facilities Computer Resource Support Technical Data Design Interface Maintenance Planning The purpose of maintenance planning is to ensure that
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2‚ 2008 Outsourcing Distribution to a Third Party Logistics Provider Relying Upon Cost Savings Criteria B. Hirkó Department of Logistics and Forwarding‚ Széchenyi István University H-9026‚ Győr‚ Egyetem tér 1. Hungary e-mail: hirko@sze.hu Abstract: Outsourcing logistics areas is widely regarded for the last decades as a useful approach to reducing costs and gaining competitive advantage. Thus‚ the strategy of employing third-party logistics (3PL) providers’ services has attracted growing interest
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