Logistics Runs the World English 4 10 May 2013 Outline Thesis: For industries‚ logistics helps to optimize the existing production and distribution processes based on the same resources through management techniques for promoting the efficiency and competitiveness of enterprises. I. Logistics is considered to have originated in the military ’s need to supply itself with arms‚ ammunition‚ and rations as it moved from a base to a forward position. In the
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which companies outsource their logistics and distribution functions to a service provider that specializes in handling logistics functions such as transportation‚ warehousing‚ and freight and forwarding. Often‚ 3PL providers go beyond logistics and provide value-added services such as inventory management‚ cross-docking‚ door-to-door delivery‚ and packaging. They also provide strategic and operational value to many shippers worldwide. Currently‚ 3PL are improving logistics by introducing innovative SCM
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Big Bazaar 1. INTRODUCTION TO LOGISTICS One of the most important challenge in organized retail in India is faced by poor supply chain and logistics management. The importance can be understood by the fact that the logistics management cost component in India is as high as 7% -10% against the global average of 4% - 5% of the total retail price. Therefore‚ the margins in the retail sector can be improved by 3% - 5% by just improving the supply chain and logistics management. In India‚ with demand
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whom is selling grass‚ flower‚ and vegetable seeds. The demand for the seeds is increasing. In order to fulfill orders for different customer need‚ Walton nowadays must provide various services to satisfy customers. Walton should achieve the 7Rs in logistics concept‚ right product of right quality and right quantity delivered to the right customer in right time and right place with the right cost. The seed business is such that sales are traditionally very heavy in the spring and early summer and
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technology‚ most likely the communication methods that we currently use would not even exist and economic and growth power of the country would not have been in the levels in which they currently are. For the individual business however‚ Logistics Management plays a huge role in the supply chain operations. Without Information Technology‚ the supply chain must collapse at a certain point of its growth. Information Technology eases the system interactions within the supply chain therefore
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& Definition • Logistics • Relation with other Marketing Mix Variables • Importance of Physical Distribution • Components of Physical Distribution Chapter 2 Physical Distribution Definition • Physical distribution ‘involves planning‚ implementing and controlling the physical flows of materials and final goods from place of production to the place of end use to satisfy buyers ‘ needs.’’ – Philip Kotler Chapter 2 Physical Distribution Logistics • Logistics management includes
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Applicability of logistics management to bank’s branch operation 1 Onaolapo Adekunle R. and 2Ajiboye Araoye Olarinkoye 1 Department of Management and Accounting‚ Faculty of Management Science‚ Ladoke Akintola University of Technology‚ Ogbomoso‚ Nigeria. E-mail: adeonap@yahoo.com Tel: +2348033892807 2 Department of Transport Management‚ Federal University of Technology‚ Minna. Email:rinkoyemii@yahoo.com ABSTRACT The paper examines prospects of applying logistics management to branch
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expand its logistics network. Interest in 3PL During an investigation of Ocean Spray’s transportation capabilities‚ the director of logistics wanted to take a serious look at 3PL providers. The rationale for his idea to use 3PL is that 3PL can provide more depth and breadth of service offerings‚ allowing for less focus on transportation and warehousing and more on core competencies. It will allow Ocean Spray to centralize logistics‚ reduce variability in operations and expand its logistics network
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target of this paper is to figure out the best way for the JD.com which is the largest B2C online shopping website in China in the area of supply chain management. The main issue is under the assumption of using two logistic methods including self-run logistic mode and third-party logistic mode for the company to ship the products. Under this condition‚ we use the Monte-Carlo Model to calculate the total cost of two methods and then to analysis two models in specific to work out which mode cost less
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Introduction E-LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT 2007 Abstract With the development of e-logistic practices in the global IT industry‚ There is a strong curiosity of how e-logistic activities are actually Performed in well-established companies. Within this I am Elaborating some standards of e-logistics best practice and then compare them with the application of e-logistic strategy in Dell Inc ‚ a well known computer manufacturer and provider of computing solutions . The literature
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