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Since logistics employee substance abuse can have a significant egative effect on logistics efficiency and … effectiveness, logistics managers should develop policies and procedures effectively to control logistics employee substance abuse … current US corporate logistics substance abuse policies and practices. Forty per cent of the respondents reported not having a …
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The results of an empirical study which has investigated the cost dynamics of a group of private warehouses is presented. Specifically the article tests the applicability of using a learning curve to plan and evaluate a private warehouse′s average labour cost per case performance. To test the...
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The literature on the role of purchasing in logistics is first reviewed. No comprehensive framework is available that …
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logistics function in both countries. Responses from both groups were very similar in terms of the types of changes required … provide further evidence that JIT programmes can be applied in transport/ logistics across different cultures wherever firms …
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Evaluating capital investments for additions or modifications to warehouses, for replacement of equipment or for entirely new facilities is a complex activity which involves numerous financial, competitive and other considerations. The financial aspect of capital investments is addressed and it...
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Customer service is often described as consisting of a set of measurable elements. Similarly, market response to customer service may be viewed as consisting of a set of components which are measurable. Most published empirical studies of the relationship between customer service and market...
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their efforts to enhance competitive position. Explores the potential of using logistics to facilitate the concurrent usage …
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Uses negotiation concepts as a basis to investigate issues concerning the development of logistics partnerships for … logistics managers face in creating partnership arrangements. The model includes environmental constraints, objectives for …
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With increasingly complex logistics information technology and dynamic logistics operations in a global setting, today …′s logistics managers confront an overwhelming number of decision alternatives. Perhaps the most effective way of evaluating such a … of proper software packages. In selecting proper logistics software, an analytic hierarchy process (AHP) is proposed …
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An integrated paradigm of using multiple software programs in logistics education is proposed as an effective problem …‐solving tool in addition to computer programming and spreadsheet modelling. Presents the essentials of logistics systems management … and how each software program can be used individually and jointly to address logistics issues in detail. In the …
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