[Vorwort] Unternehmen verfolgen mit der Beteiligung von Mitarbeitern in jedem Fall anreizorientierte Motive, seien sie im Schwerpunkt finanzwirtschaftlicher oder motivationsfördernder Art. Direkte Beteiligungen von Mitarbeitern an betrieblichen Entscheidungsprozessen dienen u. a. dazu, sowohl...

The purpose of this research is to provide the humanitarian logistics community with an overall picture about competencies and skills in humanitarian logistics and if there is a lack of professionalization of the logistics function in the humanitarian context from an international perspective....

[Zielsetzung] Ziel dieses Beitrages ist es zu zeigen, welchen Beitrag die Implementierung der Kontraktlogistik in der humanitären Hilfe leisten kann. Dabei erfolgt eine Abgrenzung der kommerziellen Kontraktlogistik zu der gemeinnützigen Kontraktlogistik. Ferner sollen die folgenden...

Many changes are influencing the working situation of drivers in the transport sector, mainly internationalization and globalization impacts for example by regulations from the European Union or competitive forces putting pressure on costs and wages. Interestingly the main research and political...

For more than 2 decades the popularity of text messages has been continuously increasing. At the same time the abuse of short message services (SMS) in terms of SMS-Spam is also increasing and leads to high costs and data security issues for mobile users as well as for service providers. In this...

[Aim of the Paper] Aim of this work is a discussion of demographic changes and the consequences within the logistics branch, in particular the CEP industry. Furthermore, it is analysed what effects arise through the lack of specialists like qualified drivers especifically in the CEP industry....

This research contribution delivers an approach for the materials management in humanitarian logistics with the help of ABC- and XYZ-analysis which is widespread in the industrial praxis. Based on the increase of the number of disasters caused by humans and nature and on the high volume of...

This research paper observes the sector of humanitarian logistics as this field becomes very important in business science and business practice in the future. For decades poverty, war and natural disasters have increased. The deteriorating humanitarian situation leads to a growth of annual...