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The Soviet Union was able to develop a large military-industrial complex and become the world's second superpower despite deficiencies in its centrally planned economy because defence was given high priority status and special planning, rationing and administrative mechanisms were used to attain...
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rates for Finland as a whole. At the same time, the extent of specialisation has diminished. The production structure of … these, regional activity is also specialised in logistics, hotel and restaurant services, and other social and personal … the Helsinki Region : a business services (KIBS) cluster, an ICT cluster, a wholesale trade cluster and a logistics …
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This study examines "choke points" in the supply chain of two selected commodity groups that are of interest to the ASEAN region; within the HS15 group the study focuses on crude coconut oil (CNO); for HS03 the study covers fish and crustacean, mollusks, and other aquatic invertebrates (HS 03)....
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common practice in the competitive market, which propels the recent practice of reverse logistics in companies. Many firms … usefulness or from other parts of the product life cycle. Reverse logistics is the flow and management of products, packaging … reuse, repair, remanufacture, refurbish, reclaim and recycle. For the conventional forward logistics systems, the flow …
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processing sequence of a single service provider in order to minimize job completion time costs. The clients can move their jobs …
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new mixed-width aisle configurations, we develop analytical models for space and travel time considering randomized …
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concentration of the logistics industry in clusters in the US over time is tested and documented. In addition, some evidence that …Governments around the world are investing significant resources in the development of logistics clusters. This paper … growing, others see them dispersing. To answer this and related questions in the context of logistics clusters the paper first …
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Supply chain network design (SCND) determines the structure of a chain and affects its costs and performance. SCND deals with a variety of decisions such as determining number, size and location of facilities in a supply chain (SC) and may include tactical decisions (such as distribution,...
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The paper highlights the problem of mathematical modeling of a complex manufacturing system which is a potential synthetic representation of a real production environment. Production lines are parallel. Each production line consists of work stations which are placed serially along the...
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Horizontal collaboration among shippers is gaining traction as a way to increase logistic efficiency. The total distribution cost of a logistic coalition is generally between 9% and 30% lower than the sum of costs of each partner distributing separately. However, the coalition gain is highly...
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