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Food safety problems such as the BSE and dioxin crises focused attention on traceability systems and the certification of such systems. This study analyzes the status and perspectives of traceability systems and certification schemes, and reviews their potential costs and benefits. Results...
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The purpose of this study is to assess and evaluate the most important risks in selected Europeanand international food chains from the perspective of the buying company. The primary objectiveis to identify the “non-acceptable” risks in terms of damage potential and likelihood of...
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During the past years the market share of trade chains has increased substantially in Hungarian food commerce. The concentration of food commerce and the increasing presence of international and national trade chains can beobserved in Hungary as well. It is generally true that small and...
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The paper introduces new dimensions of Information Systems evaluation. Sustainability issues have increasing importance and their influence is compared with the Internet revolution. Customers, policymakers and business partners increasingly require the monitoring and reporting of the impact of...
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This paper presents results of a pilot study completed as part of the BestLog (Best Practices in Logistics) project … Programme. One of the project goals is to identify and promote best sustainable practices in logistics and supply chain … section reviews EC policies on sustainability in transport and logistics. The main part of the analysis concentrates on the …
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innovation in trucking logistics. Transportation usually represents the single most important component in trucking logistics … container industry is how improvements in the trucking logistics impacts a firms overall operating rate. The literature contains … term contracts, and private carrier. This research seeks to identify practices in trucking logistics that box plants might …
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groups: researchers, logistics experts, RFID technology manufacturers, manufacturers' representatives and government …
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-compressed and volatile. Yet many logistics supply chains span continents. This creates complexity for the people who manage them …. Hence logistics operations require managers with a broad range of skills to cope with the challenges these supply chains … bring [1]. As such the area of logistics management skills has recently received some attention from the academic community …
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topics were developed in accordance with the model proposed in Logistics, Strategy and Structure: A Conceptual Framework … the selected sample. Section II of the survey posed questions directly dealing with logistics costs, competitive advantage …, strategy and performance.With regard to logistics costs, the research sought to determine the most significant costs, as …
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