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The Determinants of Transport Costs in Brazil's Agribusiness
Filho, José Vicente Caixeta - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008
This presentation discusses the shape of present Brazilian transportation system as a crucial sector for the competitive success of the entire agricultural sector and market transport infrastructure needs. The document covers an introduction to the dynamics of cargo transportation in Brazil, the...
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Dealing with Coordination Issues in Rural Development Projects: Game Theory Insights
Wenner, Mark D. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2007
The purpose of this paper is to review the literature on coordination failures, apply game theory to coordination issues within selected rural development projects in order to develop a set of guidelines to avoid and minimize coordination failures. The ultimate aim is to promote development...
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Supply Chain Dynamics in Asia
Banomyong, Ruth - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009
played by Asian based logistics providers in facilitating supply chain integration is explored. Logistics providers must be …
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The Determinants of Transport Costs in Brazil's Agribusiness
Filho, José Vicente Caixeta - Inter-American Development Bank - 2008
This paper discusses Brazil's transportation infrastructure policy implications. This sector is crucial for the competitive success of an agricultural enterprise or of the entire agricultural sector. The Brazilian Government has proposed investment in large projects to improve transportation...
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Is Industrial Districts Logistics Suitable for Industrial Parks?
Musso, Fabio - In: Acta Universitatis Danubius. OEconomica (2013) 9(4), pp. 221-233
The paper discusses the role of logistics for industrial districts, highlighting the current status and defining a … logistics model supporting the relationships between providers and users of logistic services within the local context of an …
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Integrated distribution and loading planning via a compact metaheuristic algorithm
Zachariadis, Emmanouil E.; Tarantilis, Christos D.; … - In: European Journal of Operational Research 228 (2013) 1, pp. 56-71
The present article examines a vehicle routing problem integrated with two-dimensional loading constraints, called 2L-CVRP. The problem is aimed at generating the optimal route set for satisfying customer demand. In addition, feasible loading arrangements have to be determined for the...
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Biomass supply chain design and analysis: Basis, overview, modeling, challenges, and future
Sharma, B.; Ingalls, R.G.; Jones, C.L.; Khanchi, A. - In: Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 24 (2013) C, pp. 608-627
Biofuels are identified as the potential solution for depleting fossil fuel reserves, increasing oil prices, and providing a clean, renewable energy source. The major barrier preventing the commercialization of lignocellulosic biorefineries is the complex conversion process and their respective...
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The discrete forward–reserve problem – Allocating space, selecting products, and area sizing in forward order picking
Walter, Rico; Boysen, Nils; Scholl, Armin - In: European Journal of Operational Research 229 (2013) 3, pp. 585-594
To reduce labor-intensive and costly order picking activities, many distribution centers are subdivided into a forward area and a reserve (or bulk) area. The former is a small area where most popular stock keeping units (SKUs) can conveniently be picked, and the latter is applied for...
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Prepositioning of supplies in preparation for a hurricane under potential destruction of prepositioned supplies
Galindo, Gina; Batta, Rajan - In: Socio-Economic Planning Sciences 47 (2013) 1, pp. 20-37
Hurricanes are a type of natural disaster for which it is possible to plan for prepositioning of supplies to improve the efficiency of the post-disaster relief effort. This paper develops a model for prepositioning supplies in such a setting. Our model has a distinguishing feature the possible...
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CUSTOMER SERVICE – THE IMPORTANT GOAL OF LOGISTICS
SCRIOSTEANU, Adriana; POPESCU, Daniela - In: Annals of University of Craiova - Economic Sciences Series 1 (2012) 40, pp. 55-60
This paper presents the connection between logistics and customer service. The customer service is one the most … this article is that performance of customer service depends the skill with the logistics system designed and managed. The … output of all logistics activity is customer service. The customer service is the most important means of gaining and …
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