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Greasing the wheels of international commerce: How services facilitate firms' international sourcing
Debaere, Peter; Görg, Holger; Raff, Horst - 2010
We use unique plant-level data to study the link between the local availability of services and the decision of manufacturing firms to source materials from abroad. To guide our empirical analysis we develop a monopolistic-competition model of the materials sourcing decisions of heterogeneous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277449
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Greasing the wheels of international commerce: how services facilitate firms' international sourcing
Debaere, Peter; Görg, Holger; Raff, Horst - 2010
We use unique plant-level data to study the link between the local availability of services and the decision of manufacturing firms to source materials from abroad. To guide our empirical analysis we develop a monopolistic-competition model of the materials sourcing decisions of heterogeneous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277455
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Theoretical and practical aspects of logistic quality management system documentation development process
Šaulinskas, Linas; Paliulis, Narimantas Kazimieras; … - In: Contemporary economics 7 (2013) 4, pp. 57-72
This paper addresses aspects of logistics quality management system documentation development and suggests models for quality management system documentation development, documentation hierarchical systems and authorization approval. It also identifies logistic processes and a responsibilities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010228378
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Big Data Analytics Based on Logistical Models
Nywlt, Johannes - 2015
Over the past years, a change of feedback data in terms of quantity, quality, and timeliness could be observed in production. The generation of high resolution production feedback data enables producing companies to apply big data analytics in order to create competitive advantages. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013015035
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Governance Mechanisms of Logistics Service Integrated Network
Wang, Fen - 2017
The logistics service integrated network is the primary factor in the logistics integrated service. This paper analyzed both the connotation and structure of the logistics service integrated network. It elaborated on the governance logic of the logistics service integrated network in terms of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012952654
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Multi Agent Systems in Logistics : A Literature and State-of-The-Art Review
Lang, Niels - 2012
Based on a literature survey, we aim to answer our main question: ldquo;How should we plan and execute logistics in supply chains that aim to meet today's requirements, and how can we support such planning and execution using IT?rdquo; Today's requirements in supply chains include...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012755011
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Flexibility of Delivery Frequency in Logistics Competition
Kraemer, Anne K.; Kraemer, Jan - 2010
preference, prices and inventory costs. The service provider which offers the higher delivery frequency is more attractive to … customers, because inventory holding costs are kept low. In reverse, higher delivery frequencies entail higher transportation … is only a strategic advantage for the LSP if customers' inventory holding costs are relatively high compared to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014196492
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Interorganizational Relationships in Italian Logistic Platforms : The Role of Meta-Logistic Operators
Martinez, Marcello - 2012
The logistic system as an element giving a competitive advantage to individual organizations and business firm systems alike, is now becoming increasingly relevant (Håkansson e Persson, 2004). In particular, logistic platforms (in Italian, interporti) carry out a highly central role in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013109857
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Improving service rate for a tree-type three-echelon supply chain system with backorders at retailer's level
Sarker, Bhaba R.; Rochanaluk, R.; Egbelu, Pius J. - In: Journal of the Operational Research Society : OR 65 (2014) 1, pp. 57-72
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010251728
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A review of operational issues in managing physical currency supply chains
Geismar, H. Neil; Sriskandarajah, Chelliah; Zhu, Yunxia - In: Production and operations management : an international … 26 (2017) 6, pp. 976-996
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011718114