This dissertation introduces and analyzes research problems related to Retail Operations and Humanitarian Logistics. In … we investigate the impact of contract type on the optimal order quantity of the retailer.In Humanitarian Logistics, non … logistics operations; the absence of expertly-designed systems is one of the significant reasons why there has been a weak link …

-häusern erschleißen lassen. Konkret soll das „Versprechen“ des betriebswirtschaftlichen Feldes der Logistik für die Lösung der Kosten- und … Ineffizienzen dargestellt und Handlungsempfehlungen abgeleitet. Die Einordnung der Logistik in einen breiteren branchenstrukturellen … will be derived.On a more theoretical level the role of logistics management will be described in a broader research …

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 …

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 …

groups: researchers, logistics experts, RFID technology manufacturers, manufacturers' representatives and government …

-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 …

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 …

the financial trading domain. The construct is augmented with a priority-based scheduling algorithm which selects a set of …