Many supply chains strive to shorten the time between a customer's order and the actual delivery of the ordered goods, i.e. the response time. However, a shorter response time may induce a higher volatility in goods flows. We present practical methods to determine layouts for the material...

Many supply chains strive to shorten the time between a customer's order and the actual delivery of the ordered goods, i.e. the response time. However, a shorter response time may induce a higher volatility in goods flows. We present practical methods to determine layouts for the material...

Cross docking is one of the options to reduce lead times and inventories and to improve customer response time in supply chains. Cross-docking centres are dynamic environments where products arrive, are regrouped, and leave the same day. In this paper we focus on the process of short-term...

We study an automated container terminal in which Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) are used to internally transport containers and Automated Stacking Cranes (ASCs) to store and retrieve containers. In designing container terminals, the terminal management has to consider the choice for...

Within maritime logistics the containerised trade market is growing rapidly with the uprising of the Far East. European container port competition among the ports in the Le Havre-Hamburg range is fierce as they are threatened by a shortage of terminal capacity. The port of Amsterdam identified...

Within maritime logistics the containerised trade market is growing rapidly with the uprising of the Far East. European container port competition among the ports in the Le Havre-Hamburg range is fierce as they are threatened by a shortage of terminal capacity. The port of Amsterdam identified...

We study an automated container terminal in which Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) are used to internally transport containers and Automated Stacking Cranes (ASCs) to store and retrieve containers. In designing container terminals, the terminal management has to consider the choice for...

Deze studie geefì een overzicht van veranderingen in het socialezekerheidsstelsel en het actief arbeidsmarktbeleid in Nederland in de periode 1987-1995. Daartoe worden achtereenvolgens de beleidsdoelstellingen, -maatregelen en -evaluaties van deze veranderingen besproken. Ook worden nog...

In dit artikel wordt ingegaan op het meten van het succes van informatiesystemen. Het informatiesysteem wordt hierbij niet beschouwd als een 'computerprogramma', maar als een systeem dat informatie verschaft aan gebruikers. Het succes van een systeem wordt dan ook niet door technische zaken...

Na de crisis in Azië zoekt men allerlei manieren om het flitskapitaal aan banden te leggen. De achterliggende gedachte is dat financiële crises veroorzaakt worden door speculanten à la George Soros en het kuddegedrag van beleggers. Onze mening is dat de crisis in Zuidoost-Azië net als de...