TABLE OF CONTENTS 1) INTRODUCTION 2) KEY OBJECTIVES 3) HUMANITARIAN LOGISTICS ADOPTED BY WFP a) SHIPPING b) AVIATION c) SURFACE TRANSPORT 4) EMERGENCY RESPONSE 5) DISASTERS RELEIF EMERGENCY FUNDS (DREF) d) UNITED NATIONS HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE DEPOTS IN DUBAI UAE 6) THE LOGISTICS ENVIRONMENT OF DUBAI a) AIR PORT AND FREE ZONE AREA b) LEGAL FRAMEWORK c) INFORMATION ABOUT OPERATIONS i. IMPORTS ii. DOCUMENTATIONS FOR
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1. What is Logistic Management and its Objectives? Logistics means having the right thing‚ at the right place‚ at the right time. In business‚ logistics is defined as a business planning framework for the management of material‚ service‚ information and capital flows. It includes the increasingly complex information‚ communication and control system required in today’s business environment. (Logistix Partners Oy‚ Helsinki‚ FI‚ 1996). Objectives of Logistics Management is to make available
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DCH Logistics Planning for La Cafetière What are the advantages of having a bonded Warehouse and how can it help in doing international business? A Bonded Warehousing can be defined as storage‚ manipulation‚ or further manufacturing of dutiable goods in a building or other secured area without the payment of duty on it. Advantage: Goods can stay in a bonded warehouse for an unlimited period of time‚ and no import duties and VAT will have to be paid until the moment they are actually imported
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What is Logistics? Overshadowed behind all the excitement given to supply chain management and the technology developed to support it is a lesser known part of the business operations known as logistics. Some might regard logistics as mundane and staid compared to other supply chain initiatives but they don’t get the whole picture. However‚ logistics professionals and knowledgeable managers know that to fulfill customer orders effectively and efficiently‚ a business should employ a good logistics
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What is logistic? Deal with the management of the flow of goods or materials from point of origin to point of consumption‚ and in some cases even to the point of disposal. Logistics is not confined to manufacturing operations alone. It is relevant to all enterprises‚ including government institutions such as hospitals and schools‚ service organization such as retailers‚ banks and financial service organizations. Logistics is dependent upon natural‚ human‚ financial and information resources for
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Transport and logistics Comprehensive sectoral analysis of emerging competences and economic activities in the European Union European Commission Submitted to the European Commission‚ DG Employment‚ Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities Executed by: TNO Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research SEOR Erasmus University Rotterdam ZSI Centre for Social Innovation DG EMPL project VC/2007/0866 Transport and logistics This report is published as part of a series of forward-looking sector
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many companies are automating their logistics processes by setting up supply chains that connect them with their customers and suppliers. Simply defined‚ logistics is a practice that ’s used to determine how to move people and materials most efficiently between a source and a destination. The "chain" metaphor is used to describe a group of companies connected loosely‚ all collaborating on the most efficient and economical delivery of a product. Logistics management requires that equipment
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Impact of Outsourcing Logistics Levels on Logistics Service Performance Mr. Zaryab Sheikh (Corresponding Author) Email: justzaryab@gmail.com Ms. Shafaq Rana Email: shafaq_rana@hotmail.com Mr. Samiullah Email: sami.mgt@gmail.com Ms. Sadia Umar Email: sadiaumar@ciitlahore.edu.pk Address: Department of Management Sciences‚ COMSATS Institute of Information Technology‚ Lahore‚ Pakistan ABSTRACT The contemporary dynamic business environment is characterized by the short life span of the products due
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ST Logistics Pte Ltd (STL) is a company that deals in Contract Logistics & freight management. It started off in 1983 when they are awarded SAF logistics contract by MINDEF (Singapore Ministry of Defence) managed by Army Logistics Base (ALB) The Function of ST Logistics is to outsources purchasing and storage by ABL. It also acts as the contact point between ALB and suppliers In 1999 STL merged with SembCorp Logistics and in the year 2005‚ STL was acquired by Toll Group (Australia).
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Running head: Transportation and Logistic Chain Ahmed Lajili Ali UB.ID# 0860828 University of Bridgeport Mechanical Engineering Master of science Principle of Logistic ((MEEG 574)) Pr. David Burnell Abstract Purpose: to introduce the issue of the transportation and logistics chains. Finding: outlines how the individual papers affect debate on the nature and development of transportation
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