Logistics Magnagement - Pull and Push Inventory
Case study - 2 pages - Logistics
The world of business undergoes dynamic changes frequently. These changes occur because of the need for business to grow and survive the competition. Large business companies use various methods to sell their stock. They use various supply chains which will suit them and their customers best...
Logistics techniques for international trade
Dissertation - 12 pages - Logistics
Local companies have traded with foreign companies for many years. These business relationships may consist of the buying and selling of goods, but large-scale corporate buyouts and mergers play a role on the international stage as well. Before an agreement is reached between two (international)...
Summary of: International Marketing and Export Management, G. Albaum, J. Strandskov and E. Duerr
Book review - 95 pages - Management
Increasing importance of international markets has been the result of a number of interrelated factors namely, 1. There has been a continuing lowering of barriers to trade and investment 2. Improvements in transportation and logistics have further lowered the cost of exporting and...
Transport Information Technology in supply chain
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
Supply chain management is the active management of the activities related to the supply chain to increase customer value and satisfaction and achieve competitive advantage (Robert, Jan 2011). Transportation is one of the components of supply chain. Information technology is used to...
Carrefour's logistics strategy
Case study - 9 pages - Business strategy
The term strategy comes from the Greek -statos-, having as meaning -army- with -agen- which means -to drive-, and then from the Italian -strategia-. It is usual to associate this term strategy with an exclusive approach undertaken by the General Management of any company. There are many, and...
Wood delivery in forests
Essay - 6 pages - Business strategy
The efforts outlined above are aimed at the optimization of forest production on a sustainable basis. The rationalization of forest harvesting techniques and improvement of wood supply logistics can be implemented relatively quickly (i.e., over a short time span), hence wood delivery is a...
Bus Terminal-Case Study of transport system in Doha
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
Time and again, the transport sector plays an iconic role of a mediator network to ensure individuals undertake their daily duties. In the era of major technological advancements spread around the globe, the transport industry has revolutionized to ease travel for many riders, so does the bus...
Transport systems
Case study - 3 pages - Management
The Santa Catarina western colonization zones formed from the 1916 newly arrived immigrants of Rio Grande do Sul spent to develop a natural and market economy in their small farms. However, his problem was the disposal of surplus produced. So these small producers depended on the...
Mechanism of Multidrug Transporter- Proteins
Case study - 4 pages - Educational studies
Multidrug transporters are proteins that exist in the membranes of almost every cell. These proteins bind to numerous compounds that are dissimilar both structurally and chemically and efflux them from a particular cell. The process of cytotoxic compounds removal is aided by proton motive force...
Company Logistic Analysis, Drawbacks, And Recommendations
Case study - 5 pages - Business strategy
Home Depot is one of the largest retailers of home improvement products and services. The company has over 2255 retail stores across 50 states in the U.S. The company employs more than 300,000 employees. The company is listed on the New York stock exchange and in the doe Jones. The company enjoys...
Reverse logistics
Case study - 3 pages - Logistics
Reverse logistics refers to all operations to the using again products and materials (Kokkinaki et al., 2001). The Council of Logistics Management defined logistics as the process of “planning, implementing, and controlling the efficient, cost effective flow of raw...
General information on logistics
Case study - 8 pages - Logistics
Logistics is the set of operations that are intended to provide everything, from meeting the basic needs to live, move, fight and for the treatment and evacuation of personnel. It strikes a balance between the place, time and quantity of all necessary factors. Tactics and logistics...
Logistics at H&M
Case study - 6 pages - Logistics
Logistics is a process that forms the heart of modern retailing. Currently, supermarkets are going through major strategic developments. Logistics is one of the key factors that can help them to improve their performance. Logistics involves managing the flow of information,...
Logistic strategies of the companies of luxury - Example of Louis Vuitton
Case study - 42 pages - Logistics
In this paper, we will focus on logistics and strategies of luxury companies. We will also analyze their future prospects. Initially, key concepts and existing models in terms of logistics are defined in the first paragraph. Therefore, one sees three different types of strategies,...
Maximizing Profitability using Lean Logistics
Case study - 8 pages - Management
Lean logistics is a concept that outlines ways through which generation of wastes can be reduced in supply chain systems. The supply chain encompasses all the processes involved from production to consumption. Lean logistics principles aims at minimizing the cost incurred from waste...
Logistics study: Conversion of a rural cottage
Case study - 8 pages - Logistics
According to its definition, logistics is a service activity that is designed to manage material flows in an organization by providing and managing resources to meet the needs, economic conditions and quality of services specified by the standard norms of safety and security...
Career endeavors: A look at a career in logistics
Case study - 5 pages - Logistics
This report will include several aspects of a logistics career field in an appealing approach. First an introductory paragraph labeled Art Teacher to Logistics Major will explain the reasoning for my writing. Following that, the next header, History of Logistics, is self...
Green or environmental logistics
Essay - 5 pages - Logistics
For a number of years, environmental issues have been a growing concerns in society, particularly in the business practices. Under influences of lobby, customers or stakeholders, the idea of sustainable development and of ecological respect has become more popular. Thus, as many other activities...
How tactics and logistics contributed to the victory of the British in the New Zealand Wars of the 1860s
Essay - 4 pages - Modern history
This paper will discuss how British tactics and logistics contributed to their success in the Waikato campaign of the New Zealand Wars in 1863-64. Geoffrey Parker, in his book ‘The Cambridge History of Warfare' explains his five fundamental principles of western warfare. These are: a...
Improving the most important logistics- Changing the supply chain of International Federation of Red Cross Red crescent Societies (IFRC)
Essay - 7 pages - Logistics
Logistics management is “that part of the supply chain process that plans, implements and controls the efficient, effective flow and storage of goods, services and related information from the point of origin to the point of consumption in order to meet customers' requirements”....
The integrated management of the logistic processes (supply chain management) - published: 23/11/2010
Case study - 2 pages - Logistics
The supply chain management: A management philosophy The development of the concept of the ?Supply Chain Management' has its roots in the ability of firms to respond to a client's request in an acceptable period of time while still being able maintain its status as a business by...
Group SEB: Logistics platform
Thesis - 21 pages - Logistics
Present in over 120 countries, Group SEB is now a world leader in two specific areas: small household electrical equipment and cookware. This position gives it a specific profile of equilibrium in terms of products, trademarks, geographical location, and distribution channels. The global market...
The integrated management of the logistic processes (supply chain management)
Case study - 1 pages - Logistics
The development of the supply management chain (SCM) depends on the ability of a company to respond to customer requests. Responding to customer requests has to be done while being able to maintain the economic position of the company through the introduction of new products. By synchronizing a...
Car import logistics: Responding to changes
Essay - 6 pages - Logistics
The whole car industry in Europe is experiencing great changes, mostly due to a new regulation imposed by the European Union of the Block Exemption. Aimed at increasing competition in car distribution, those new rules will have an impact on every actor involved, from manufacturers to car dealers...
Global logistics and assignment
Essay - 8 pages - Logistics
Global logistics and assignment: With respect to the manufacturer of seats for an automotive assembler, the order qualifiers are the conditions that make the products available on a specific market. Without the order qualifiers the product couldn't be sold on a market in accordance...
A closer look at transportation in India
Thesis - 25 pages - Business strategy
Transportation is the movement of products from one node in the distribution channel to another. By providing for the swift and uninterrupted flow of products back and forward through the distribution channel, transportation provides companies distinct markets on an equal footing....
An algorithm to solve multi-objective fractional bottleneck transportation problem with restrictions
Thesis - 8 pages - Computer science
The transportation problems with multiple objectives having more than one restriction are very important from the practical point of view. In this paper, an algorithm is developed to solve Multiple Fractional Time Transportation Problem with Restrictions (MFTPR), which is solved by...
Environmental consequences of universalization: The maritime transport in the United States
Case study - 8 pages - Logistics
While entering a supermarket and by looking at the labels of the various products indicating the source of the manufacturers, we rarely find ‘Made in the USA' labels. A portable DVD costs less than 85 Euros and is manufactured in Singapore; the label of a T-shirt decorated with a character...
Digital innovation - Michelin
Case study - 5 pages - Digital & e-marketing
Michelin has adopted AI to improve its production, reduce costs, and offer a better customer experience. For example, the company has used AI to improve its tire production process, particularly by optimizing the lifespan of tire molds. Thanks to AI, Michelin was able to reduce tire production...
Logistics assessment
Case study - 3 pages - Logistics
“Supply chain management is concerned with achieving a more cost effective satisfaction to end customer requirements”(Christopher, 2005). Logistics traditionally represent the various activities implemented to handle goods from the supplier to the final customer. Today, these...
