Purpose: To enable reliable food supply and to remain competitive, grocery retailers need to operate efficient distribution networks. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to develop and apply a multi-criteria evaluation framework considering the complexity of grocery retail warehouses while...

Purpose: Automated processes play a crucial role, especially when high product quantities are desired. The automation of manufacturing and order picking processes enables companies to reduce the number of manual transports and order fulfillment time. Nevertheless, manual labor remains relevant....

This research paper addresses quality management in higher education teaching ingeneral and especially regarding the field of logistics study programmes at universities.Therefore the author gives a detailed overview about quality definitions, trends andconcepts in higher education in Germany,...

The technology of RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) is one of the major developmentsin logistics and supply chain management enhancing transparency for all partnersin global transport processes. This paper aims at the basic description of coreelements and success factors of this technology...

The logistics industry is due to globalization and technology integration i.e. IT, RFIDand GPS a huge growth industry worldwide and especially in Europe and Germany.Although the qualification tracks in academic fields do not match these trends and perspectivesas still only a few universities...

This paper presents results from an expert survey regarding logistics trends in accordanceto a trend classification system. A special focus is put on rail traffic as this transportmode is experiencing a “renaissance” in recent trend development and interestingnew organisation systems such as...

Co-operation is a basic concept for several logistics concepts as the co-operation ofdifferent companies in a supply chain defines possibilities and results in operationsmanagement. This paper presents a comparative view onto different approaches,namely supply chain management, efficient...

Business Development traditionally has an incorporated focus on marketing and marketingmodels as well as marketing competencies among business development managers.However, the discussed case studies results and trends in business and marketbehaviour point to the fact that in the future only an...

This paper presents the proposed trend development of new technologies and organisationalconcepts in the logistics services sector. A structure for classifying such trendsis proposed in order to provide overall understanding of basic developments in logistics.From this industry specific outlook...

This paper presents the development and technical concepts of radio frequency identification(RFID) as well as requirements of document logistics. Combining the two topicspossibilities of implementing RFID technologies in document logistics (in finance) arediscussed. This highlights the future...