PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION AND LOGISTICS A company the size of McDonald’s requires the value chain to be increasingly important. Not only does McDonald’s want to add value for the customers‚ but also the firm looks for ways to improve the operations that makes McDonald’s a more efficient business .McDonald’s is constantly striving to add value to the firm for their customers‚ and in doing so‚ the firm has created efficiency in getting the products to the customers quickly and as fresh as possible
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The Indian roads and highways sector has been a key driver of India’s growth story. With a network of over 4.1 million km‚ Indian roads carry about 60% of the total freight and 85% of total passenger traffic of the country. In the last 5 years‚ the total road network increased by about 0.8 million km from 3.32 million km at a CAGR of 4.4%‚ of which national and state highways network increased by 5‚182 km and 26‚522 km respectively. In addition‚ during this period‚ National Highways Authority of
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Introduction Henry Ford said that “Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.” If Henry Ford knew the value of doing it right the first time‚ then why does this basic practice seem to be missing from so many companies today? The answer is...because it’s hard. It requires a rigorous approach to problem solving‚ a relentless effort to identify and eliminate all forms of inefficiency‚ and a commitment to change the corporate culture that few firms are willing to embrace. In fact‚ a recent
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The University of Memphis | Third Party Logistics | Past‚ Present‚ and Future | | Joseph Fox Kelly Gray David Henry Corin Love MKTG 3620 24 April 2012 Dr. Feng Table of Contents 1. General Information 2 ISP’s 2 3PL’s 3 Decision Making 4 2. History of 3PL’s 4 Trucking Regulations 5 Railroad Regulations 6 Rise of 3PL’s 7
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Hock Cheong Forwarding‚ Logistics and Transport Group of Companies was established in 1945‚ started by delivering and distributing newspapers‚ movie films and trailers only in Malaya and Singapore. They also carried huge engineering products like valves and generator sets to delicate electronic products like computers and printers through cargo. They deal in like door-to-door‚ project cargo deliveries‚ land transportation with sea and air freight services‚ warehousing & distribution‚ customs
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What are the problems in the process of developing logistics in China? The economy development in China has experienced a rough way since national founding. It was not until 1978 that Chinese people began to see a hopeful start in Chinese economy. Chinese government implemented reform and open‚ which makes GDP a great leap. With the rapid growth of GDP rate‚ more and more people showered in the sweet breeze of reform and open. Many new industries “immigrate” into China‚ and these new companies
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outlets in market areas. This particular mode of transportation is subject to the highest levels of economies of scale. The economies of scale that it enjoys are: Economies of distance Pienaar‚ W J and Vogt J J (2012:356) Chapter 16 in Business Logistics Management: A value chain perspective. 4th (eds). “Economies of distance (also known as long haul economies) are attainted when the total transport cost per ton-kilometre decreases as the trip distance increases. Economies of distance arise when
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HOME DEPOT Financial Analysis The Home Depot at the end of 2000 stands on rock solid financial footing as the World’s largest home improvement Retailer. As they continue to grow in size‚ so has their outcome of success. Home Depot’s net revenues have grown 208% between FY 1995 and FY 2000. Home Depot’s growth in net earnings over the same period has been 284%. The revenue that the firm is retaining as profits is outweighing the total amount being brought into the company. In 1998‚ Home Depot was
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Overview of the BASF logistics operation in Southeast Asia 1.1 Company background 1.2 The supply chain and logistics operation of the company in Southeast Asia 2. Company’s problem identification 2.1 Lack of qualified personnel in logistics 2.2 Lack of appropriate logistics strategy 2.3 Overlapped organizational structure 2.4 Weak information system within the whole region 3. Recommendations 3.1 Changes in terms of logistics personnel 3.2 Implementation of one single logistics strategy within
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A project Report on “LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT OF AMUL MILK” Submitted by AKANSHA JAISWAL AT AMUL GUJARAT
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