Logistics Logistics is the management of the flow of goods‚ information and other resources‚ including energy and people‚ between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet the requirements of consumers (frequently‚ and originally‚ military organizations). Logistics involves the integration of information‚ transportation‚ inventory‚ warehousing‚ material-handling‚ and packaging‚ and occasionally security. Logistics is a channel of the supply chain which adds the value
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Logistics is the designing and managing of a system in order to control the flow of material throughout a corporation. This is a very important part of an international company because of geographical barriers. Logistics of an international company includes movement of raw materials‚ coordinating flows into and out of different countries‚ choices of transportation‚ cost of the transportation‚ packaging the product for shipment‚ storing the product‚ and managing the entire process. The concept
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Greenwashing It is now popular to be environmentally conscious in American society. It is completely acknowledged by the populace that oil will‚ indeed‚ run out within a lifetime‚ leaving a demand for a different kind of energy source. Hybrid cars‚ such as the Prius are now mainstream‚ recycling is day-to-day‚ finding organic fruits‚ vegetables‚ and meat is as easy as walking to the nearest grocery store‚ and using plastic bags has been deemed unacceptable. Global warming‚ while debated and questioned
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APES chapter 17 Multiple Choice Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. ____ 1. If the annual consumption of petroleum in the United States is about 23 barrels per capita‚ the total annual consumption of petroleum in the United States is closest to a. 12 million barrels b. 240 million barrels c. 2 billion barrels d. 7 billion barrels e. 10 billion barrels ____ 2. The majority of atmospheric mercury is produced by a. medical
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Subject: Logistics Management Total marks 80 Case 1 (10 Marks) M/s Britecolor Paints Ltd. (BPL) is a manufacturer of decorative paints for households commercial premises and industrial application. (a) M/s. BPL had embarked on a policy of satisfying every possible customer in respect of shades‚ delivery and durability. Thus it went ahead and created twenty-five depots‚ one almost in every major city. The manufacturing base however‚ was maintained at Pune. The factory received information
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By Hossam El- Deen Mustafa Dawood Under the supervision of Dr. Amr Elsaeed Third Party Logistics ( 3PL ) 3PL stands for a third-party logistics provider. This is a company that provides third-party (or outsourced) logistics services for the partial or complete functions of their supply chain management. These types of logistics providers usually specialize in transportation‚ warehousing or integrated operation services that are able to be customized and scaled to the requirements of
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Logistics Administration. Objective: To provide the students with the basic elements of the logistics administration and the physical distribution in order to take the right decisions. Compendia: a) Total Distribution Concept and logistics administration b) Customer service‚ logistics and customer service and customer service vs. cost c) Channel of distribution strategy‚ selection of the channel and distribution d) Warehousing Total Distribution Concept and logistics
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A brief History The first oil deposits in India were found in Digboi‚ Assam in 1889. That is when India’s journey in the Petroleum Industry began. Post Independence‚ Oil India Limited was formed which was a joint venture involving the Indian Government and the British owned Burmah Oil Company (presently known as BP) whilst the Indo-Stanvac Petroleum Project in West Bengal was between the Indian Company and the American Company SOCONY-Vacuum (presently known as Exxon Mobil). This changed in 1956
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Innovation of Agriculture Logistics Managing Food Inflation © 2011 KPMG‚ an Indian Partnership and a member firm of the KPMG network of independent member firms affiliated with KPMG International Cooperative (“KPMG International”)‚ a Swiss entity. All rights reserved. About the study This is a briefing paper written by KPMG that assesses the underlying reasons for the high levels of inflation in the food economy of the country and its subsequent impact on innovations in business models
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Business logistics The way business is done was revolutionised by the Internet and caused emergence of the e-commerce. The main changes from the business perspective happened in the supply chain. Supply chain is important for any business‚ because it literally shows the way inputs go through to reach the customers. It is often very sophisticated and complex‚ but simple version could be shown in the following scheme: As far as the logistics is concerned‚ we can look closely to that aspect
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