The logistics industry is due to globalization and technology integration i.e. IT, RFID and GPS a huge growth industry worldwide and especially in Europe and Germany. Although the qualification tracks in academic fields do not match these trends and perspectives as still only a few universities...

This research paper addresses quality management in higher education teaching in general and especially regarding the field of logistics study programmes at universities. Therefore the author gives a detailed overview about quality definitions, trends and concepts in higher education in Germany,...

This paper presents the proposed trend development of new technologies in form of GPS (Global Positioning System) as well as procurement and trade logistics as parts of logistic concepts. This is done by describing these two logistics concepts including their components, current developments and...

This study covers “tapering scale” mechanism in hospital payments, i.e. mechanisms linking unit prices to the volume of services produced. This paper begins with an overview of hospital services and hospital payment methods in OECD countries, focusing more specifically on DRG-based payment....

Productivity is a major concern in the airline and air transport industry. For airlines themselves a lot of research and results has been put forward, for airports themselves such research is scarce. Therefore the following paper is quite interesting as it uses the data envelopment analysis...

In the context of future e-mobility concepts one important research question is the location for public loading stations. Nowadays a study for Berlin has analyzed a location distribution for a e-mobility structure based on existing electricity infrastructure. In contrast to that this paper will...

Many changes are influencing the working situation of drivers in the transport sector, mainly internationalization and globalization impacts for example by regulations from the European Union or competitive forces putting pressure on costs and wages. Interestingly the main research and political...

The logistics industry is complex, dynamic and has high knowledge intensity. Therefore innovative and new qualification-concepts occupy a higher attention. In adult education self-organized learning concepts have potentials to maintain informal learning processes, like wikis e.g. For currently...