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The expanding focus on logistics management makes it necessary to rethink the concept of logistics organizations. In … teleological and ontological fundamentals of logistics organizational ideologies. We suggest certain principles and organizational … practices that are underpinned by these ideologies. Furthermore, given the changes logistics organizations are experiencing …
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offer insights to the logistics managers for each firm. We illustrate how the SPM can help maintain operational superiority …
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Lean logistics refers to the superior ability to design and administer systems to control movement and geographical … take to improve their logistics operations by associating their internal manufacturing practices and customer's external …
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logistics and product development. A solution based on distributed control around the consumers of services in process networks … is proposed. In logistics, it is the physical delivery that becomes the focus for distributed control when you approach …
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with Efficient Consumer Response (ECR) as a backdrop. Using personal interviews with logistics managers in 48 manufacturers … and retailers in Spain, the study focuses on the order fulfillment or demand satisfaction logistics process, and evaluates …
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ISO 9000 and Activity‐Based Costing (ABC) are two useful tools for logisticians. Both of these tools can support efforts to improve customer service and/or reduce total costs. Using survey and case study methods, we investigate whether these two techniques are implemented together as...
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Ever since the Council of Logistics Management (CLM) adopted the definition of logistics in 1986, the integration of …
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Successful job placement of logistics graduates is highly beneficial to organizations offering logistics positions as … well as to university logistics programs. A critical aspect of successful job placement involves understanding the … preferences and perceptions of both students and employers regarding logistics positions. In this paper, we report the results of …
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a firm to meet customer requests while minimizing the total delivered cost. This involves more than logistics, and it …
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While it is widely believed that information technology is a major differentiator of logistics performance, there has … relationship between logistics information technology (LIT) and logistics service performance. The objective of this research is to … develop a framework for managers to understand logistics information technology applications and to justify LIT expenditures …
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