Article Title Page Benchmarking green logistics performance with a composite index Author Details: Kwok Hung Lau School of Business Information Technology and Logistics College of Business Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University Level 17‚ 239 Bourke Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Australia Corresponding author: Kwok Hung Lau charles.lau@rmit.edu.au Please check this box if you do not wish your email address to be published NOTE: affiliations should appear as the following: Department (if applicable);
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Logistics is a Diverse and dynamic function. As Rushton (2006) contents that a widely accepted view of logistics shows the following relationship: Logistics = Supply + Materials management + Distribution It is first important that we get a better understanding of the relationship shown above by defining the variables involved. Supply in the above equation can be said to incorporate supply chains while materials management comes into play because it is mainly concerned with the flow of materials
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Logistics comprises a relatively large number of managerial activities. Discuss five of these activities and why they are important to logistics system. 1. Transportation Transportation is one of important activity in Supply Chain Management. It is the major connector of the upstream and downstream of a supply chain. It is that aspect of the supply chain that takes goods and services to the retail end. It is the major promoter of globalization and as such is one that is to be given high attention
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1. How can Design for logistic concepts be used to control logistic cost and make the supply chain more efficient? Design for logistics is a series of concepts in the field of supply chain management involving product and design approaches that help to control logistics costs and increase customer service levels. The concepts include the three key components‚ Economic packaging and transportation‚ Concurrent and parallel processing‚ and Standardization. Economic packaging and transportation
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CHALLENGES FOR LOGISTIC & SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT IN SLOWDOWN A distinct feature of this economic slowdown is the direct degradation of consumer’s assets which has wiped out hundreds of billions of dollars in wealth. And consumers have responded by spending conservatively and concentrating on improving their savings. This new era of low spending and unpredictable consumer behaviour has rendered many demand-forecasting models inaccurate or even obsolete. Therefore‚ companies across the world are
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INTRODUCTION TO LOGISTIC AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANGAGEMENT OMGT 2221 MR LOW CHEE SENG GROUP 8 PAK WEI JIAN (S3418191) GOH CHUAN KIET (S3451654) CHIA KANG CHENG (S3446526) DING YOU MEE (S3446534) TEO MING JIE NATALIE (S3451671) LEE KAY HOE (S3418042) Introduction The purpose of this report is to highlight the Supply Chain issues that the two companies’ faced based on the research we did in Assignment 1 by using SWOT analysis. We will be explaining the
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1. SWOT analysis of 2 companies. A. SWOT analysis of AIRTEL : SWOT analysis of VODAFONE : Strength 1.One of the most popular cellular service provider in India 2.One of the largest Telecom operator in the world 3.Only Indian operator‚ with VSNL‚ that has an international submarine cable 4.High brand visibility 5.Strong advertising with ZooZoo concept 6.Tieup with international sports like FormulaOne Weakness 1.Price competition from BSNL and MTNL 2.Untapped Rural
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the international logistics management importance in today’s business practice? Definition Logistics management is that of the supply chain process that plans‚ implements‚ and controls the efficient‚ effective flow and storage of goods service‚ and related information from the point-of origin to the point of consumption in order to meet customers’ requirements. Logistics’ role in economy Logistics play a key role in the economy in two significant ways. First‚ logistics is one of the major
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There third party logistics service providers(3PLs) are experts in the management and flow of freight‚allowing customers to focus their resources on other activities.Some of these larger organizations provide a one-stop shopping solution where customers can purchase all their transportation service needs‚regardless of mode or geographic requirements. Types of 3PL providers While many 3PLs promote themselves as integrated service providers with a comprehensive range of logistics activity.Hence‚the
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The analysis of the cost in logistics distribution of Wal-Mart supermarket Contents 1.The related concepts of the distribution cost…………………………………………………………1 1.1Definition……………………………………………………………………………………………………….1 1.2 The constitution of the logistics distribution cost………………………………………….1 2.The analysis of factors influencing logistics distribution cost………………………………….1 2.1 The service level of logistics distribution………………………………………………………2 2.2 The rationality of transport vehicle
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