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Štemberová, Kateřina. "Logistika v ČR." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2009. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-113235.
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The Master's Thesis analyzes a logistic background of the Czech Republic in the context of the recent economic crisis and its influence on the development of selected indicators of the logistic market. The objective of the Thesis is to evaluate the impact of these aspects on lo-gistic competitiveness of the Czech Republic in Central and Eastern Europe. The Thesis de-scribes the current situation of the European logistic market together with the main future development trends. The recent development on logistics and industrial property market is worked out in detail, including the changes in attractiveness of logistics locations and criteria influencing developers' activities. Subsequently the Thesis analyzes the situation in logistics and transport infrastructure, characterizes the freight transport and presents current options for their further development. The final part of the Thesis introduces options for education in logistics available in the Czech environment.
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Nguyen, Binh, and Maria Kemkes. "Does the e‐commerce development affect the warehouse and logistics market?" Thesis, KTH, Fastigheter och byggande, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-191555.
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“Property owners who start to understand the new demands from the e--‐commerce companies and start handling the risks it implies can probably have a lot to win.” Johan Franzén, Catena The e--‐commerce sector is growing rapidly as a result of the current digitalization,changing the society's day--‐to--‐day consuming patterns. E--‐commerce companies have a unique set of characteristics, creating new demands within the warehouse and logistics segment in the leasing market. Leases with durations between 10--‐15 years have traditionally been common for warehouse and logistics properties. However the current trend is towards lease agreements with shorter lease duration. This report intends to analyze how the e--‐ commerce expansion affects the warehouse and logistics market, and to determine if the statement regarding if there is a gap between different players in the market holds. The selection of participants in the study consists of e--‐ commerce companies, property owners and third--‐party logistics companies. In addition to this, interviews have been held with a variety of property consultants as well as with a professor in retail and logistics. Using a Qualitative method, the aim to examine the different market participants’ views and perceptions on the subject. The result of the study clearly shows there is an asymmetry between the different participants active within the segment. The e--‐commerce companies demand lease agreements with shorter lease duration, whilst the property owners prefer longer lease durations in order to decrease the risk. Furthermore, shorter lease duration affects the transaction market and property value considerably. The demand for city logistics is increasing and the demand for central warehousing will remain. Finally, it becomes more common with automation in the warehouse and logistics space.
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Madan, Alican, and Kemal Erkin Araz. "Fine Art Logistics : How Innovation Creates Niche Market for Third Party Logistics Service Providers." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Akademin för teknik och miljö, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-15315.
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Fine art logistics concept is revealed by Innovative third party logistics services. However, fine art logistics concept is quite new topic of current logistics literature and existing resources, acquired knowledge are limited. Furthermore, innovative logistics services, which are provided by third party logistics service providers and their relation with niche market strategy, are not well researched. This study is prepared for making contribution to current logistics literature about fine art logistics and to investigate relation between niche market strategy and innovative third party logistics services. The method used is a qualitative case study at Benice Logistics, a fine art logistics service provider firm, located in Turkey. This study concludes and suggests how, third party logistics service providers should be more innovative for settle new business trend, and how they can create new opportunities and new specialization areas with their innovative services.
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Yan, Ming Yu Hua. "Logistics solutions for Company A's Latin American market /." Burnaby B.C. : Simon Fraser University, 2004. http://ir.lib.sfu.ca/handle/1892/3637.
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Flognman, Elise, Emilia Grönlund, and Falk Maja Ticehurst. "Optimizing Warehouse Logistics with Artificial Intelligence : Market analysis." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-25565.
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This report is a part of a larger project with the aim of developing a proof-of-concept prototype. The project was started on the initiative of Company X and is a collaboration between them and the University of Borås. Company X are a logistics consultant firm specialized in warehousing operations. Through this project Company X hope to strengthen their standing on the market and offer their customers new and innovative solutions. The purpose of this project is to, with the assistance of AI, calculate in what cluster within a warehouse a product should be placed in order to create more efficient picking routes and to research the market in order to evaluate the business potential for this kind of service. This specific report aims to conduct a market analysis for the potential service. It will do so by conducting interviews and creating a theoretical framework consisting of relevant literature. When performing the market research and analysis of the potential IT-service there are a few limitations caused by a number of factors that could potentially affect the significance of the end result. The service is not yet developed and cannot be described in detail but only as an idea, which could make it difficult for the interview respondents to fully understand the service. The report will also be limited for certain practical reasons such as the Covid-19 pandemic. Because of this, the report has not had the opportunity to conduct the interviews with potential customers on site but have been conducted online, via link. The theoretical framework has two different main focus areas. The first area addresses basic warehouse logistics and difficulties in selling high technology products, while the second area includes marketing strategies and strategic marketing planning. The market analysis will consist of a SWOT-analysis and an STP-analysis. The report has concluded that the service has potential and suggests that company type B is the best suited potential customer. Personal and demand driven sales are also considered helpful factors when selling high-tech products and solutions.Detta arbete är en del av ett större projekt med syftet att utveckla en proof-of-concept prototyp. Projektet, som är ett samarbete mellan ”Företag X” och Högskolan i Borås, startades på initiativ av Företag X. Företaget är specialiserat på logistiklösningar och lagerverksamhet. Förhoppningen med projektet från Företag X perspektiv är att stärka sin marknadsposition och kunna erbjuda sina kunder nya och innovativa lösningar. Projektets syfte är med hjälp av AI beräkna i vilket kluster inom ett lager en produkt ska placeras för att skapa effektivare plockrundor samt att undersöka marknaden för att kunna utvärdera affärspotentialen för denna typ av tjänst. Detta arbete syftar till att genomföra en marknadsanalys för den potentiella tjänsten som underlag för forskningsprojektet. Marknadsanalysen baseras på kvalitativa intervjuer med personer utvalda genom ett experturval samt ett teoretiskt ramverk. Marknadsanalysen har vissa begränsningar som potentiellt kan påverka resultatet. Bland annat det faktum att tjänsten inte är utvecklad än och därför bara kan beskrivas som idé vilket kan bidra till svårigheter för intervjurespondenterna att förstå tjänsten fullt ut. Även Covid-19 pandemin anses vara en begränsning rent praktiskt då intervjuerna inte har kunnat ske på plats utan har fått ske digitalt istället. Det teoretiska ramverket har två huvudfokus, det ena berör lagerlogistik och svårigheter med att sälja högteknologiska produkter medan det andra behandlar marknadsföringsstrategier och strategisk marknadsplanering. Marknadsanalysen består av en SWOT-analys och en STP-analys. Arbetet har kommit fram till att tjänsten har potential och föreslår företagstyp B som den mest optimala kunden att rikta försäljning av denna typ av tjänster mot. Personlig och efterfrågestyrd försäljning anses vara viktiga aspekter av försäljning av högteknologiska produkter och tjänster.
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Martinsen, (Sallnäs) Uni. "Green Supply and Demand on the Logistics Market." Licentiate thesis, Linköpings universitet, Logistik, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-68843.
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A well-known concept, both in practice and in literature is the logistics market. This market is a place where shippers’ demand for logistics services meets Logistics Service Providers’ (LSPs’) supply of such services. Although this market has been given much attention in previous research, focus has been on shippers, while the LSP perspective has to a large extent been neglected. Several logistics related trends indicate that there is an increasing need for strong relationships between LSPs and supply chains, and one such trend is the “greening” of companies and supply chains. Although it is widely recognised that transports and logistics are a major cause of greenhouse gas emissions, environmental logistics literature has only focused on the interaction between LSPs and their customers to a very limited extent. This is despite the fact that LSPs could include so-called green categories in their offerings, just as shippers could include green categories in their demands and that this interaction could in turn contribute to a decrease of greenhouse gas emissions. The purpose of this thesis is to describe the extent to which green categories are taken into account in the logistics market and suggest explanations. This includes identifying those green categories that are relevant for the logistics market, as well as a description of matches and mismatches with regard to these green categories. The matches and mismatches are studied from both a general market perspective and a relationship perspective. Initial explanations for the matches and mismatches in the relationship perspective contribute to the final part of the purpose. There are two basic theoretical starting-points in this thesis. Firstly, it is recognised that the logistics market is important to the purpose and different ways to view this market are therefore discussed. Secondly, general environmental logistics literature provides a basis for the research into green categories that can be offered or demanded on the logistics market. In the exploratoryresearch conducted for the thesis, the insights from literature are combined with empirical datafrom a survey, a homepage scan and four case studies of buyer-supplier relationships. One main contribution of this thesis is the large number of green categories that are identified as relevant for LSPs and shippers on the logistics market. These green categories range from environmental management systems, vehicle technologies and CO2 reports, to reviews of sustainability reports, relationship specific green projects and general desires among shippers to decrease CO2 emissions. A comparison of the supply of and demand for the green categories indicates that from a general market perspective, there appear to be clear mismatches between green supply and green demand. The same comparison made from a relationship perspective also indicates severalmismatches between green supply and green demand, but the buyer-supplier relationships studied show matches between green offerings and green demands to a greater extent than the market perspective does. Interestingly, the LSPs seem to include more in their offerings than the shippers appear to include in their demands for almost all mismatches in both the market perspective and the relationship perspective. Seven propositions are made to account for the matches and mismatches between green categories in buyer-supplier relationships. Three of these propositions are related to the characteristics of those green categories that are found in the relationships. It is suggested that the tangibility level of green categories influences the occurrence of matches and mismatches in the relationships and the more tangible a green category is, the higher is the likelihood of a match between supply and demand in that relationship. The opposite is also suggested, as well as the idea that the more relationship specific green categories are, the fewer the mismatches that appear in that relationship. The remaining four propositions relate to the potential connection between the type of relationship between LSPs and shippers and green matches and mismatches in their relationships. It is suggested that the closer a business relationship is, 1) the greater the number of green categories it has 2) the better green categories are communicated 3) the greater the number of matches compared to mismatches of green categories and 4) the higher the level of green category collaboration is.
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Park, Won Geun. "Logistics outsourcing : empirical research on subjective decision-making of logistics service buyers in the Korean market." Thesis, University of Salford, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.314009.
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COSTA, MIRIAM CARDOSO. "ANALYSIS OF THE EFFICIENCY OF LOGISTICS OPERATORS IN BRAZILIAN MARKET." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2010. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=16841@1.
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CONSELHO NACIONAL DE DESENVOLVIMENTO CIENTÍFICO E TECNOLÓGICOO trabalho tem como principal objetivo avaliar a eficiência de operadores de logística que atuam no mercado brasileiro. Dentro desse contexto, serão avaliadas as empresas listadas na Revista Tecnologística de junho de 2008. Serão sugeridas soluções para as questões ligadas ao foco das empresas e as tendências do mercado de operações de logística. O estudo deverá destacar as variáveis que têm impacto positivo e negativo na eficiência dos operadores, e propor soluções para os problemas de ineficiência. A metodologia de Análise Envoltória de Dados será utilizada para eliminar o efeito escala, enquanto o modelo tobit balizará a avaliação do impacto das variáveis selecionadas no mercado.
The study has as its main objective to evaluate the efficiency of logistics operators in the Brazilian market. Within this context, we will evaluate the companies listed in the June 2008 edition of the Tenologística Magazine. Solutions regarding the focus of business and market trends of logistics operations will be suggested. The study will highlight the variables that have positive and negative impact on the efficiency of operators and propose solutions to inefficiency problems. Data Envelopment Analysis will be used to eliminate scale effect, and the tobit model to assess the impact of selected variables on the market.
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Gassman, William A. (William Anthony). "Application of the logistics cost model : market analysis of FastShip." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/11053.
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Isaksson, Karin. "Logistics Service Providers going green : insights from the Swedish market." Licentiate thesis, Linköpings universitet, Logistik, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-73991.
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During recent years pressures on the logistics and transport industry to involve and engage more in environmental work have increased. Governmental awareness of environmental impact has led to an increased pressure on the logistics and transport industry to reduce the emissions incurred by their operations. In addition, customers have become more interested and demanding regarding green initiatives in their purchasing of transport services. Although logistics service providers (LSPs) are becoming more aware of environmental problems, the development of green initiatives in the logistics and transport industry is described in the literature as being in its infancy phase. Considering the scarcity of studies on LSPs’ green initiatives, a study that reveals potential factors influencing the adoption of green initiatives may be helpful to fill the knowledge gap and provide opportunities for further research in this field. The purpose of this licentiate thesis is therefore to describe how different factors can affect the adoption of green initiatives among LSPs, and how the adoption of green initiatives can be reflected in the service offering. This includes identifying different kinds of triggers, drivers and barriers, as well as firm characteristics and describing how these factors can affect the adoption of green initiatives. Furthermore, ways in which the adoption of green initiatives can be reflected in the service offering are exemplified in order to answer the second part of the purpose. The theoretical base in this licentiate thesis can be linked to general environmental logistics literature, sustainable service, and product development research. The research in this study is in its nature explorative and empirical data have been obtained from a cross case study of six companies, and a survey study investigating LSPs active on the Swedish market. Based on the findings from the analysis, the LSPs studied have commenced to adopt green initiatives since they experience the pressure to adapt to future expectations and, understand the consequences. This will enable the LSPs to respond to the increasing and more global competition. Although increased competiveness seems to act as a trigger, the role of competitors as a driver affecting the adoption of green initiatives among LSPs are neither stressed in the case study nor singled out in the survey study as a significant driver. Increased, interest from customers and decisions from top management are both highlighted as triggers for LSPs to start adopting green initiatives, in the literature as well as among the LSPs studied. The role of customers and top management also seem to be prominent drivers in the further green development. By adopting green initiatives, LSPs strive to win new customers and there is also a desire to improve customer relationships. Furthermore, the engagement and support from top management can be crucial for how successfully the adoption of green initiatives is integrated into the company and received by the employees. In addition, among the LSPs studied, their employees can be considered as an essential driver and a resource when adopting green initiatives.
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Cahill, David L. "Customer loyalty in third party logistics relationships : findings from studies in Germany and the USA /." Heidelberg : Physica-Verlag, 2007. http://www.myilibrary.com?id=72753.
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Stone, Marilyn A. "The expansion of UK-based logistics service providers into continental Europe." Thesis, Heriot-Watt University, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10399/1216.
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Savchenko, D. V. "The world market of logistics services: modern tendencies and features of development." Master's thesis, Sumy State University, 2021. https://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/86542.
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The qualification work is devoted to the study of theoretical and practical aspects of the world transport and logistics business. Trends, scales and prospects of development of the transport industry are revealed. Factors of competitiveness of domestic logistics enterprises in world markets are determined. Attention is paid to material flows and processes of fulfillment of consumer orders, promotion of products in the country and abroad.
Recommendations for the development of a universal competitiveness strategy for logistics companies in the context of international business development are provided.Кваліфікаційна робота присвячена дослідженню теоретичних та практичних аспектів розвитку світового транспортно-логістичного бізнесу. Виявлено тенденції, масштаби та перспективи розвитку транспортної галузі. Визначено фактори конкурентоспроможністі вітчизняних логістичних підприємств на світових ринках. Приділена увага матеріальним потокам, та процесам виконання замовлень споживачів, просування продукції по країні та за її межами. Надані рекомендації, щодо розробки універсальної стратегії конкурентоспроможності для логістичних компаній в контексті розвитку міжнародного бізнесу.
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Lűckert, Andreas. "Optimization of Polymer Distribution to European Market." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-191939.
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The aim of this master's thesis is to combine academic knowledge with a real business world situation. Main goal of the thesis is to analyze the possibility of developing a distribution channel in Europe rather than selling on CFR basis. The theoretical part will define the main terms and conditions of the container logistics in the 21st century along with the specifications of the European market. This will set up a more stable ground for understanding the whole polymer distribution process. In the practical part, Tricon Energy will be introduced and its current distribution to Europe strategy analyzed. Based on the polymer market situation in Europe and findings from the theoretical part, an optimization of the supply chain process can begin. The optimization will start with the purchase side, followed by the transportation and warehousing to the sales side. In the last chapter, three complex scenarios of the new distribution strategy will be presented and compared as the outcome of this master's thesis.
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Kwon, Oh Kyoung. "Managing heterogeneous traffic on rail freight networks incorporating the logistics needs of market segments." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/35994.
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Song, Moxi. "Information sharing, ordinary capabilities and firm performance: the moderating role of market orientation." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2014. https://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_oa/97.
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Today’s turbulent business environment has made external knowledge a dominant source of information in firms’ attempt to develop and maintain a sustainable competitive advantage. Firms need to share and acquire new knowledge as they seek to develop new applications and to survive. Therefore, whether inter-firm information sharing has a direct effect on firm performance has become a central question in studies on strategic management and supply chain management. However, the empirical results remain largely divergent and inconclusive, ranging from a positive relationship to a negative relationship. This study advanced the literature by examining the mediating role of ordinary capabilities (manifested by operations capabilities) in the relationship between information sharing and firm performance. By drawing on the dynamic capabilities perspective, we propose that information sharing, as a dynamic capability, deploys and reconfigures the existing operations capabilities, which in turn lead to superior firm performance. Furthermore, we used a dimensional approach to look at how the two types of information sharing, focal manufacturer-key suppliers (MS) information sharing and focal manufacturer-key buyers (MB) information sharing, may affect both ordinary capabilities and firm performance. Moreover, this study investigated how a firm’s market orientation moderates the information sharing-operations capabilities link. We argue that market orientation positively strengthens the effects of both MS information sharing and MB information sharing on operations capabilities by driving a continuous and proactive disposition to meeting customer needs. We randomly chose as our sample manufacturing firms from the official list provided by the provincial Association of Entrepreneurs in the Ning Xia autonomous region of China. The data collection was performed over a two-month period and 154 cases were considered valid for our study. Multiple regression and bootstrapping methods were used to test our model. Most of the key hypotheses have been supported. First, operations capabilities fully mediate the relationships between both types of information sharing and performance. Moreover, the three dimensions of market orientation (i.e., market intelligence generation, dissemination, and responsiveness) positively moderate the effects of both MS and MB information sharing on operations capabilities, except for the moderating effect of market intelligence generation in the relationship between MB information sharing and operations capabilities. Several implications, both theoretical and practical, are envisaged. First, our findings, which reveal that operations capabilities fully mediate the effects of information sharing on firm performance, contribute to unpacking the black box of information sharing and performance relationship in the buyer-supplier relationship context. The study offers an alternative explanation for the inconclusive empirical results regarding the relationship between information sharing and firm performance. We propose and verify a theoretical claim suggesting that information sharing is a necessary but insufficient condition to improve firm performance, and operations capabilities that are extended, modified, changed, and/or created by using information sharing determine the firm’s market position, which in turn transforms the potential benefits of information sharing into superior firm performance. Second, our study goes one step beyond existing studies on the interactive effects of marketing capabilities and marketing orientation on firm performance. We demonstrate that it is the interactive effects of dynamic capabilities (information sharing) and market orientation on the development of ordinary capabilities (operations capabilities) that really matter to a firm’s sustained performance supremacy in the long term. The practical implication is that managers must ensure that their firms have ongoing inter-firm information sharing arrangements with their suppliers and buyers. At the same time, they should have good operations capabilities to take advantage of the shared information and transform the benefits into superior firm performance. Another practical implication is that manufacturers need a corporate culture of market orientation to maximize the positive effects of both MS and MB inter-firm information sharing on the development of operations capabilities since at the end of the day it is operations capabilities that contribute directly to the supremacy of a firm’s performance. Keywords: Information Sharing; Dynamic Capabilities; Ordinary Capabilities; Market Orientation
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Антонюк, І. Б. "Тенденції розвитку світового ринку логістики." Thesis, Видавництво СумДУ, 2012. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/26394.
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Розвиток світового ринку логістики в 21-му столітті визначається достатньо суперечливими тенденціями. Будучи, по своїй природі, складовою інфраструктурного сектору міжнародної економіки, світовий транспортно-логістичний комплекс знаходиться в залежному положенні від галузей матеріально-речового виробництва. Тому кризові явища у виробничій сфері не можуть не позначатися на світовому ринку логістичних послуг. Водночас, логістичний ринок сам виступає чинником інтенсифікації та оптимізації виробництва. Тому виробничий сектор та сектор транспорно – логістичних послуг є взаємопов’язані складним чином, але мають дещо відмінну один від одного динаміку та тенденції розвитку.
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Wigsten, Sebastian, and Alexandru Mihailenco. "Expansion on the Domestic Market for Fresh Products, A Freight Forwarder’s Perspective. The Case of Schenker Arkas." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Centre of Logistics and Supply Chain Management, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-18572.
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Increasing competition on a global scale is forcing companies to rethink their strategiesconcerning their supply chains, launch new products and services, increase customer serviceoriented activities. When launching a new product on a new or an existing market it is crucial toestimate the market potential. The market for fast consumer goods is one of the mostdemanding markets globally and requires special attention from the logistic service providers.There is a lack of theoretical material written on this topic for starting practitioners and forexperienced specialists. Hence we try in this thesis to shed light on what the necessaryprerequisites that a freight forwarder ought to consider when launching a new product in thecategory of fast moving consumer goods, hereafter named “Fresh” products. Schenker Arkasprovides a good example for building a theoretical framework around their case due to theTurkey’s strategic position in the region and the ideal climate for “Fresh” products market.From empirical findings we can conclude that Turkish exports is experiencing a strong growth,in particular “Fresh” products which is growing at a higher rate that the total. For freightforwarders there is a great opportunity capitalize on the steady growth in “Fresh” exports butto completely take advantage of growth it is essential that freight forwarders convincecustomers of the value they bring by participating in the supply chain.
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Hradecká, Eliška. "Logistické zajišťování dodávek Škody Auto na čínský trh." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-162195.
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The thesis deals with logistic ensuring of Skoda Auto supplies to the Chinese market. Its part is the theory of international transportation, information about the company, specifics of Chinese market and Skoda Auto's presence in China. It analyses possible alternatives of cars transportation to China, advantages and disadvantages of each types of transport and introduces supply realization of assembly parts for comparison.
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Koenigs, Leslie E. (Leslie Erin) 1973. "A "go to market" strategy : enabling P&G profitable share growth through streamlined logistics." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/34721.
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Thesis (M.B.A.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Chemical Engineering; in conjunction with the Leaders for Manufacturing Program at MIT, 2002.Includes bibliographical references (leaf 75).
The cosmetics industry is an intensely competitive, fashion-driven industry. As such, new product launch processes are viewed to be a competitive advantage in promoting continued brand awareness in the market place. However, very few resources are in place to encourage manufacturer and retailer collaboration and to monitor new product launches during launch and after the initial 3-6 month promotion period. As a result, large trade inventories and product return charges negatively impact both the profitability of the manufacturer, Procter & Gamble (P&G), as well as their retail customers. This thesis concentrates on supply chain management methods to enhance the profitability of launching new products in the cosmetics industry to both P&G and one retail customer, Retailer A. Of the retailers that P&G sells cosmetics through, Retailer A represents one of the largest opportunities to reducing trade inventory and product return charges. An analysis presented in this thesis revealed that Retailer A ordered an average of 18 months of a new product during the first 2-3 months of launch for products released in the January 2000- May 2001 period. Research was conducted during a six and a half month internship within P&G's Product Supply group at the Cosmetics Division in Hunt Valley, MD. The internship was affiliated with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Leaders for Manufacturing Program. Outputs of this work include a high-level strategy for launching new products within this division, as well as logistics tactics developed via a dynamic supply chain model. Through theoretical and simulation analysis, the project revealed that implementing unique stocking and reordering strategies for launching new products based on item type and retail store sales volume results in significant savings to P&G and Retailer A. For Retailer A alone, the impact of implementing the project recommendations is estimated to be approximately a one million dollar reduction in final retail inventory, which translates into between a half a million and a one million dollar reduction in P&G's product return charges. In addition, an in-stock improvement opportunity is estimated to be one hundred and thirty thousand dollars, translating directly to improved service for the final consumer.
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Dahlin, Klara, and Oscar Säfström. "Causes of the bullwhip effect : A study of the bullwhip effect in the Volvo Group Service Market Logistics’ supply chain." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Logistik- och kvalitetsutveckling, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-177968.
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The bullwhip effect is defined as an upstream amplification of demand variability and has received interest within multinational companies for decades. As early as in the 1950’s, Forrester (1958) discussed what is today known as the bullwhip effect, which has a negative impact on the customer service, costs, and inventory investment in a supply chain (Lee et al., 1997). Even though the bullwhip effect has been noticed in various industries, the consequences, in form of decreased availability and increased costs the further up the supply chain the bullwhip goes, still remain. The employees at Volvo Group Service Market Logistics suspect that their supply chain has been affected by the bullwhip effect and want to know if it is correct and subsequently know why it has occurred. Therefore, this master’s thesis highlights the root causes of the bullwhip effect and presents strategies to mitigate it. To understand how the bullwhip effect affected the Volvo Group Service Market Logistics’ supply chain, the purpose was formulated as follow: The purpose of this study is to identify events in the Volvo Group Service Market Logistics’ supply chain where the bullwhip effect has occurred, its root causes, and how to reduce or eliminate the bullwhip effects. The studied flow was from the Central Distribution Center (CDC) in Ghent, to the Regional Distribution Center (RDC) in Brazil, to the Dealers associated to the RDC in Brazil, and the customers. Data was collected from each node and events were studied to find bullwhip events. After sorting out the part numbers that passed the criteria for bullwhip events, the amount of data had to be reduced even more. A couple of different conditions were applied which resulted in four suitable bullwhip events. Thereafter, the authors conducted interviews with Logistics Managers at each node of the supply chain to find the root causes of the bullwhip effect in each studied event. Among the several found root causes, lack of information transparency was the most frequent occurring root cause, found in three out of four studied bullwhip events. Insufficient communication and lack of information sharing cause bullwhip effects, and the authors found that improved communication both between and within the nodes will contribute to better planning, and consequently avoided bullwhip effects. Other root causes found were issues with the ordering system, lack of learning and experience, neglected lead times, fear of empty stock, price fluctuations, and phase-out of the spare part. To reduce or eliminate the bullwhip effect, the focus was on mitigating the root causes since the root causes create opportunities for the bullwhip effect to occur. Four suggestions were given with suitable mitigation strategies found in the literature, where the four suggestions were sales campaigns, prepare for boosts, keep track of manually placed orders, and ordering system and Logistics Manager behavioural issues. The suggestions could then be connected to the different found root causes. The stated suggestions and mitigation strategies focused on mitigating the root causes in a long-term perspective and consequently the bullwhip effect itself.
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Гайдабрус, Наталія Віталіївна, Наталия Виталиевна Гайдабрус, and Nataliia Vitaliivna Haidabrus. "Logistical and marketing factors in packagingdecisions." Thesis, Sumy State University, 2014. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/45356.
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Every company trying to get the place for its product on the market, plans to receive as many orders and customers as possible. However, the products are not always adequately accepted by the market. Product promotion on the market is possible only when the product satisfies the needs of the customers and its quality meets the market expectations. If it does not, then the product loses its appeal to buyers rapidly and then leaves the market. To prevent this situations, it is very important to use all features of a product including the packaging.
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Baier, Lukáš. "Image společnosti ABC." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2017. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-358812.
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This diploma thesis is focused on the analysis of internal and external image of the company ABC. This firm has not wished to be specified. The main goal of this thesis was to analyze image of the company ABC operating on the logistics market in the Czech republic. This goal was fulfilled and according to the results, firm has a positive image from the employee and customer point of view. The reader can find final references in the application part of this thesis. First minor goal was to help reader to identify key points of this topic and extend his knowledge about the image of company. The reader can acquire broader information about mentioned topic in the theoretical part and following sections of this diploma thesis improve her/his ability related to the image of specific company. Second minor goal was to describe internal employee point of view and present it to the employer, company ABC. This goal was accomplished as there is a lot of important information and data included in the replies to the questionnaire. Third minor goal was to characterize Czech logistics market and define competitive companies based on the knowledge of employees and customers of the enterprise ABC. The company is considered as one of the main firms but is not the market leader. It was not possible to analyze customer point of view since the internal NPA file did not contain it or the data was incomplete. The author of this diploma thesis used own questionnaire and internal NPA file received by the company ABC to extract the results. He also used a combination of the literal transcription method and following cluster creating technique to construe the conclusions.
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Widauer, Philipp. "The Business-Related and Logistical Challenges of Entering the African Solar Market." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-198222.
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The thesis evaluates the principal business-related and logistical opportunities and risks on the African solar market which is often associated to offer the last unexploited economic opportunities on this planet. For this purpose, the author examines three major African trade unions and reviews the strengths and weaknesses of each regional coalition. It becomes obvious that each respective trade bloc contains one dominant player, in this case Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa. The practical section starts with an analysis of the appropriate entry market for the Czech solar wholesaler Solarity. Subsequently, the author identifies South Africa as the best fitting market primarily because of good infrastructure, high purchasing power and a similar business culture. The author recommends that Solarity should apply an exporting entry mode due to its size and inexperience on the African market. Secondary research, first-hand experience and close cooperation with Solarity support the author in his final conclusions.
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Senková, Katarína. "Expanzia českej spoločnosti na slovenský trh." Master's thesis, Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, 2012. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-142240.
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The aim of my thesis is to evaluate whether on the Slovak market there is opportunity for expansion of the Czech company Pelmi spol., s.r.o. Based on analysis of the target market, the SWOT analysis, competition, and economic characteristics of Slovak market I will suggest my own recommendation what kind of form entry is the most convenient for company.
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Roh, James Jungbae. "From Responsiveness Strategy to Market Responsiveness: A Pursuit of Responsive Supply Chains." Toledo, Ohio : University of Toledo, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=toledo1245265314.
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Dissertation (Ph.D.)--University of Toledo, 2009.Typescript. "Submitted as partial fulfillment of the requirements for The Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Manufacturing Management." "A dissertation entitled"--at head of title. Title from title page of PDF document. Bibliography: p. 205-221.
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Patterson, Christopher L. "Assessing business models for the local food market in the Pacific Northwest." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/34138.
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Master of AgribusinessDepartment of Agricultural Economics
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Local foods is a growing market segment, and there are multiple businesses attempting to capitalize on the interest in buying from local producers. As consumer interest in local food continues to grow, businesses will be created to meet a growing demand. This research identifies areas in current customer segments in local foods that are not being serviced or are being underserviced. Potential business models are then identified in order to service the identified customer segments. One primary service gap that was identified in the research was that end consumers were not able to purchase local food per their definition of local food. Major retailers sell local produce and food items that were grown within the state boundaries, but few sell produce that is grown within the community. A cost/revenue framework simulation was built to compare three different types of business models that could potentially fill the identified service gap in the target area of Washington State. After the simulation was performed, the models were compared on net present values in lowest feasible, expected, and best case scenarios. Factors such as imitability and scalability were also considered. The three models were a micro-farming app and website, a CSA delivery and management service, and a non-profit community garden. The micro-farming site and app would allow producers and artisans, no matter the scale, to have an online marketplace to sell and trade food products. The CSA management and delivery model delivers CSA shares to customers while charging a delivery and management fee to the farm on which the CSA is based. The non-profit community garden is a five-acre parcel with a water retention system and offers tiered services for garden management in King County. Results suggest that even though each business model could potentially be feasible in the targeted areas, the most visibly promising model was the micro-farming website and app. Beyond the financial overview and analysis reported in the thesis, the business models could be ranked in a variety of ways according to an entrepreneur’s interest. More importantly, there is no better time than now to start building a business model that services customer’s interest in local food.
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Zenikov, D. A. "Logistics of transport companies and supply chain management in international business." Master's thesis, Sumy State University, 2021. https://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/86555.
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Qualifying master's thesis is devoted to the study of logistics in Ukraine and in the world. Theoretical bases of research of logistic activity are considered. The activity of the logistics company "Nova Poshta" is analyzed. The efficiency and practicality of work, the impact of the logistics services market and the efficiency of the company are studied. The analysis of activity is carried out and recommendations on improvement of work process are given.Робота присвячена дослідженню діяльності логістичної сфери в Україні та у світі. Розглянуто теоретичні основи дослідження логістичної діяльності. Проаналізовано діяльність логістичної компанії «Нова Пошта». Досліджено ефективність та практичність роботи, вплив ринок логістичних послуг та ефективність діяльності компанії. Проведено аналіз діяльності та надано рекомендації щодо вдосконалення процесу роботи.
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Hwang, Ki Soon. "A comparative study of logistics services in the container liner shipping market in the U.K. and South Korea." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/447.
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In line with the dramatic changes of business environment, certain liner shipping companies have claimed that what they are providing is a 'logistics service' rather than a 'traditional shipping service'. It was found that there is a shortage of discussion in existing literature related to the liner shipping industry regarding the introduction of logistics service and no empirical study on how the operation of such a logistics service has been perceived by shippers. The prime objective of the research is to provide a practical clarification to understanding an operation of logistics service in the liner shipping market. The Delphi technique was used to investigate the difference between the features of traditional shipping service and those of logistics services. It also explored the driving forces, which appear to stimulate liner shipping service providers to adopt logistics service concepts into their business area. A mail questionnaire was developed to analyse shippers' perception of logistics service and measure the performance of logistics service operation with reference to the international shippers in the U. K. and South Korea. An analysis of the survey revealed that there is a significant association between years in business and the perception of logistics service. With regard to the analysis of relationship between service providers' performance and choice of service providers, the research reached an answer by analysing the correlation between service providers' performance and the behaviour of choosing service providers. A positive correlation was found for transport, payment, and cargo related factors. On the other hand, no correlation was found for the document factor. With reference to these findings, service providers could initiate the target marketing for various classes of shippers. The comparisons between the U. K. and South Korean shippers were made in terms of the level of satisfaction on the service functions. The Delphi technique indicated the exploratory findings related to the conceptualisation of logistics service in the liner shipping market. The research dealt with experts' points of view only, albeit in some depth. However, the conceptualisation would be more developed if the views of service providers and service consumers were also sought. Based upon the size of the sample, caution must be exercised when making any broad generalisation. The research makes an original contribution to knowledge by applying a service function approach to a logistics service concept in the liner shipping context for the first time. The researchf indings could help explain consumers' assessmenot f their service provided in a wider variety of industries and therefore add to the understanding of perceptions and the assessmenot f the nature of logistics service operations.
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MARQUES, LEONARDO ANNECHINO. "LOGISTICS E-COMMERCE: A CASE STUDY OF A CASE DISTRIBUTION COMPANY OPERATING IN THE RETAIL MARKET E-COMMERCE." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2010. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=32822@1.
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O objetivo desta dissertação é estudar o e-commerce como forma de comercialização, explorando as características das empresas que fazem uso desse tipo de comercialização, levando em consideração o foco logístico do fluxo de bens e serviços comercializados via lnternet. O presente trabalho pretende
identificar os desafios logísticos do comércio eletrônico, abordando quais os aspectos mais importantes no comércio eletrônico segundo a visão do cliente. Objetiva, ainda, verificar os requisitos básicos para resolver o problema da logística de distribuição e entrega de bens e serviços para o consumidor final por meio de um estudo de caso aplicado ao site da empresa CasaeVideo (www.casaevideo.com.br), que é um ambiente virtual de negócios de comércio eletrônico no mercado varejista. A partir dos estudos dos problemas com relação à
Logística Urbana, procurou-se mostrar a relevância da aplicação de novas recomendações de fatores críticos de sucesso, inseridos no modelo em questão, para ambientes de negócios virtuais.The objective of this dissertation is to study e-commerce as a way of marketing, exploring the characteristics of companies that use this type of marketing, taking into account the focus of logistical flow of goods and services marketed via Internet. This study aims to identify the logistical challenges of electronic commerce, addressing what is the most important in electronic commerce through the perspective of the customer. It also aims to verify the basic requirements for solving the problem of logistic distribution and delivery of goods and services to end consumers through a case study applied to the CasaeVideo s website (www.casaevideo.com.br), which is a virtual environment for ecommerce business in the retail market. From the studies of problems related to the City Logistics, sought to demonstrate the relevance of further recommendations of critical success factors, included in the model in question, for virtual business environments.
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Hveem, Anna. "B2C last-mile deliveries : A mapping of the current market." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-25711.
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Background: The last-mile logistics of the supply chain is often the most expensive part for an e-commerce retailer. It is also according to Lim and Srai (2018) where the consumers are the most demanding. It is no longer exclusively the e-commerce retailers’ job to choose the delivery method of the parcel they are sending out to their customer. As a consumer in Sweden today, you will often get the option to choose how you want your online order to be delivered. The result of consumers wanting to have more of a say in how their parcel is delivered is that the carrier companies now compete for the opportunity to deliver parcels (Post- och telestyrelsen 2020). Purpose: This master’s thesis has as a purpose to investigate what reasoning there is behindthe choices the actors in B2C last-mile delivery make when it comes to their offerings ofdelivery options, and their chosen strategy. As e-commerce retailing has grown in hugeproportions during the last decades, there will also be a focus on what the industry mightdevelop into, as this will have an impact on the actors in the industry. There is a lack of insightinto the subject of this study, i.e. how e-commerce retailers and parcel carriers tackle theconstantly changing world of last-mile logistics. To help answer the purpose of the master’sthesis, literature on last-mile parcel delivery was compiled together with theories such as agencytheory, co-opetition, dynamic capabilities, and transaction cost analysis. Research questions: What should the different actors in B2C last-mile delivery take intoaccount when developing their parcel delivery strategy? What will the future of B2C parceldeliveries look like according to the different actors in B2C last-mile delivery? Methodology: The study used a qualitative method with an abductive reasoning. Thequalitative method that was used for collecting the data was qualitative semi-structuredinterviews. As this master’s thesis has a focus on the actors in B2C last-mile delivery, theinterviews were conducted with professionals within the e-commerce retailing, parcel carrier,and last-mile logistics industry. Conclusion: The study then concludes that the e-commerce retailer will try to adapt theirdelivery offerings based on what the consumers wish, and to be able to do this, the e-commerceretailer need to be flexible in their offerings. The parcel carriers need to keep in mind that theyhave a dependency towards the e-commerce retailers. The option of co-opetition is alsosomething that they should consider. It is important for the last-mile logistics companies to beaware of all this as they are working with both e-commerce retailers and parcel carriers. Thefindings of the study show that many believe that the future of parcel delivery will be to useparcel lockers. What needs to be kept in mind is that it is important for the consumer to be ableto choose when, where, and how their parcel is delivered. This master’s thesis can be used bye-commerce retailers, parcel carriers, and last-mile logistics companies, to gain insight intowhat the parcel delivery market looks like today, and what is important for all actors on it.
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Colesky, Yolanda. "Investigating sustainable supply chain practices within the luxury brand market." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/14917.
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Luxury fashion brands seem to contradict sustainability. The values of sustainability are commonly associated with terms such as sharing, collaboration, austerity, and collective thinking. Luxury, however, is associated with excess, self-indulgence, delight and decadence (Kapferer & Bastien, 2012:360). Further paradoxes exist where the apparel of the luxury consumer is often manufactured by labourers in low wage-paying producing countries. High wastage is evident in the seasonality of the fashion industry. However, work opportunities are created by the fickleness of the fashion industry and the constant need to own the most current designs (Black, 2012:8). Owing to the high visibility of luxury fashion and the contractions between one -- on the one hand -- supplying income to families by way of employment and -- on the other hand -- not complying to sustainable international human resource practices, fashion brands are the focus of many non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that use the mass media to expose any social wrongdoing in the industry. Luxury fashion brands are constantly in the spotlight, as highlighted in articles posted by the Clean Clothes campaign, a custodian for employees in the global garment industries; Greenpeace; and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). An example of such practices was when Greenpeace reported in 2009 that shoe brands such as Timberland and Clarks were manufactured from leather sourced from the hides of cattle in illegally deforested areas in Brazil. This provided negative publicity for these luxury shoe brands as well as for the Brazilian government that was financing this project (Vurro, Russo & Perrini, 2009:609). The luxury fashion brand industry, as well as the consumers of luxury fashion labels, are accused -- often only for the sake of sensationalism -- of living in the lap of luxury whilst maintaining a supply chain that is riddled with unsustainable practices. The social structure and hierarchy of patrons within a community have, since the Middle Ages, been signalled by the clothes they wore. Social class was a birthright. Today, sporting luxury brands continues to serve as status symbols, but unlike mediaeval times, it is not limited to people with a high social standing at birth as one can work for status, and purchase the items because one deserves them. (Han, Nunes, & Drèze, 2010:15). In 2009, during the International Herald Tribune (IHT) Suzy Menkes, the fashion editor at The Herald, called for “luxury”’ and “fashion” to be separated. Luxury prides itself in its handcrafted garments manufactured by respected tradesmen in the industry. The outcome is that the manufactured goods are made to last a lifetime (Gibson, 2012:23).
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Furuhata, Masabumi. "E-market mechanism design for supply chain management." View thesis, 2009. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/45409.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Sydney, 2009.A thesis presented to the University of Western Sydney, College of Health and Science, School of Computing and Mathematics for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and Docteur de L'Université de Toulouse, Faculté d'Informatique, under a cotutelle agreement. Includes bibliographies.
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Валюх, С. В. "Організаційно методичні засади обліку та аналізу логістичних послуг." Master's thesis, Сумський державний університет, 2020. https://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/81686.
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В кваліфікаційній магістерській роботі розглянуто теоретичні, практичні,
методичні аспекти обліку логістичних послуг та запропоновано шляхи їх
удосконалення.The theoretical, practical, methodological aspects of accounting for logistics services are considered in the qualifying master's thesis and ways to improve them are proposed.
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Ma, Yanqiang [Verfasser], Hans-Christian [Akademischer Betreuer] Pfohl, and Ralf [Akademischer Betreuer] Elbert. "City Logistics in China – An Empirical Study from An Emerging-Market-Economy Country / Yanqiang Ma. Betreuer: Hans-Christian Pfohl ; Ralf Elbert." Darmstadt : Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt, 2014. http://d-nb.info/1110791976/34.
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Simpson, Zane Paul. "The development of a freight flow segmentation methodology to inform rail reform : a South African case study." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/80208.
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Thesis (MComm)--Stellenbosch University, 2013.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Global rail reform is an important topic, especially seen against a backdrop of a worldwide requirement to facilitate modal shift back to rail. This modal shift is required because of growing environmental issues and rising freight cost concerns. Appropriate rail reform is also required to create an environment for South Africa’s freight railway to sustainably achieve modal shift to reverse this trend. This research is based on an idealised design approach that postulates an ideal virtual railway for South Africa, based on Transport Economic and market segmentation principles. It is accepted that major investment will be required to realise this ideal railway, but the exact role, positioning, institutional and organisational structures of the railway system require clarification. The established approach to provide this clarification in a typical business is, first and foremost, to understand the market that needs to be served through appropriate market segmentation. In this regard, the research presents: • an overview of South Africa’s surface freight transport industry, including the specific challenges faced by the industry and the historical evolution of the industry; • a benchmarking exercise of South Africa’s rail system against global rail systems; • a summary of global rail reform case references; • the need for transport economic regulation; • an analysis of current total surface freight flows (road and rail) across the geography of the country’s transport corridors, culminating in a freight flow market segmentation for South Africa informed by rail’s economic fundamentals; • the resultant effect of this analysis on the framing of an idealised network design; and • a rail reform proposal based on the idealised design. The research ‘imagines’ that the country has no existing railway system and analyse the manner in which specific freight (commodities and cargo types) actually flows from origin to destination by all modes of transport within the country’s freight logistics industry. The result of the freight market segmentation exercise informs the crafting of an ideal network. Using this ideal network as a starting point, the most appropriate rail reform option is considered against the background of benchmarking the current system.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die wêreldwye beweging vir ‘n modale verskuiwing terug na spoor is ‘n belangrike faktor wanneer spoorhervorming ter sake kom. Dit word as gevolg van die toenemende klem wat op omgewingskwessies gelê word en stygende vervoerkostes, vereis. Toepaslike spoorhervorming is ook in Suid-Afrika belangrik sodat‘n omgewing waarin Suid – Afrika se vragvervoer volhoubaar modale verskuiwing kan bereik, geskep kan word om sodoende ‘n modale verskuiwing te bewerkstellig. Die navorsing in hierdie tesis word op ‘n geïdealiseerde ontwerp benadering gegrond wat die ideale spoorweg vir Suid – Afrika postuleer. Vervoerekonomiese en marksegmenteringsbeginsels vorm die grondslag van die ontwerp. Beduidende investering sal benodig word om hierdie ideale spoorweg te laat realiseer, maar die presiese rol, posisionering, en institusionele en organisatoriese strukture van die spoorwegsisteem is nog onduidelik. Die gevestigde navorsingsgefundeerde benadering om hierdie vraagstuk te benader is om eerstens markvraag deur middel van marksegmentering, te bepaal. In hierdie opsig bied die navorsing: • ‘n oorsig van Suid–Afrika se landvragvervoerbedryf, insluitend die spesifieke uitdagings en historiese evolusie van die bedryf; • ‘n nomrstellingsoefening van Suid–Afrika se spoorsisteem teen globale spoorsisteme; • ‘n opsomming van globale spoorhervorminggevallestudies; • die behoefte aan vervoerekonomiese regulering; • ‘n analise van die huidige landvragvloeivolumes (pad en spoor) regoor die land se vervoerkorridors wat in ‘n vragvloeimarksegmentering vir Suid–Afrika uitloop, • die gevolglike effek van die analise op die ontwerp van ‘n geïdealiseerde network; en • ‘n spoorhervormingvoorstel gegrond op die geïdealiseerde ontwerp. Hierdie navorsing gebruik ‘n virtuele benadering naamlik dat die land geen bestaande spoorwegsisteem het nie en analiseer die vraag na vervoer op die fynste moontlike vlak. Die resultaat van die vragsegmenteringoefening word gebruik om die ideale netwerk te bou. Deur die gebruik van die ideale netwerk as ‘n uitgangspunt word die mees geskikte spoorhervormingopsie oorweeg met normstelling van die huidige sisteem as ‘n vergelykende agtergrond.
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Morganti, Maria Eleonora <1980>. "Urban food planning, city logistics and sustainability: the role of the wholesale produce market. The cases of Parma and Bologna food hubs." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2011. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/4186/.
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At global level, the population is increasingly concentrating in the cities. In Europe, around 75% of the population lives in urban areas and, according to the European Environmental Agency (2010), urban population is foreseen to increase up to 80 % by 2020. At the same time, the quality of life in the cities is declining and urban pollution keeps increasing in terms of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, waste, noise, and lack of greenery. Many of European cities struggle to cope with social, economic and environmental problems resulting from pressures such as overcrowding or decline, social inequity, health problems related to food security and pollution. Nowadays local authorities try to solve these problems related to the environmental sustainability through various urban logistics measures, which directly and indirectly affect the urban food supply system, thus an integrated approach including freight transport and food provisioning policies issues is needed. This research centres on the urban food transport system and its impact on the city environmental sustainability. The main question that drives the research analysis is "How the urban food distribution system affects the ecological sustainability in modern cities?" The research analyses the city logistics project for food transport implemented in Parma, Italy, by the wholesale produce market. The case study investigates the renewed role of the wholesale market in the urban food supply chain as commercial and logistic operator, referring to the concept of food hub. Then, a preliminary analysis on the urban food transport for the city of Bologna is presented. The research aims at suggesting a methodological framework to estimate the urban food demand, the urban food supply and to assess the urban food transport performance, in order to identify external costs indicators that help policymakers in evaluating the environmental sustainability of different logistics measures
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George, Alain. "Découplage et encastrement entre prestataires logistiques et grande distribution : cas d'une pratique volontaire de développement durable au sein d'une logistique « Plug and Play »." Thesis, Montpellier 2, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013MON20255/document.
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La logistique de la Grande Distribution s'appuie sur une organisation multi-acteurs dont les principes de flexibilité et d'adaptabilité au moindre coût sont les leviers d'une performance fondée sur la substituabilité des Prestataires de Services Logistiques (PSL). Cette organisation entraine une dépendance stratégique des PSL vis à vis de la grande Distribution. Néanmoins, certains prestataires intègrent une démarche de Développement Durable. La problématique de la thèse est donc la suivante : Pourquoi et comment les Prestataires Logistiques intègrent-ils, volontairement, une politique de Développement Durable au sein de la chaîne logistique aval de la Grande Distribution ? Le cadre théorique s'appuie d'abord sur le modèle « Plug and Play » permet de caractériser la logistique de la Grande Distribution par la spécificité des actifs et une approche des contrats. Il est complété par la théorie du découplage et l'encastrement, selon de White, ce qui permet d'expliquer le caractère bloquant du modèle « Plug and Play » et d'action possible des PSL. La méthodologie choisie est une approche exploratoire abductive sous un positionnement constructiviste modéré. Elle s'appuie sur l'étude de cas approfondie d'une chaîne logistique aval d'une enseigne de la Grande Distribution et ses PSL. Une triangulation des méthodes mobilise essentiellement une démarche qualitative par le biais d'entretiens, mais également une enquête quantitative. Les résultats de la recherche montre dans le cas étudié que les PSL sont encastré dans le modèle « Plug and Play » de l'enseigne dont ils sont dépendants. En réaction, certains prestataires tentent de se découpler du « Plug and Play », en intégrant une démarche de Développement Durable, et de s'encastrer dans un modèle « Plug and Play » où le rapport de force entre PSL et l'enseigne est plus équilibréThe Mass-market retailing logistics relies on an organization multi-actor whose principles of flexibility and adaptability to the lesser cost are the levers of a performance based on the substitutability of the logistics service providers (LSP). This organization leads to a strategic dependence of PSL with respect to the large distribution. However, some providers incorporate a sustainable development approach. The problematic of the thesis is as follows: Why and how logistics providers incorporate, voluntarily, a sustainable development policy within the outbound logistics chain of the Mass-market Retail? The theoretical framework is first based on the model "Plug and Play". It allows characterizing the logistics of the Mass-market Retailing by asset specificity and contract approach. It is complemented by the theory of decoupling and embeddedness, according to White, which helps to explain the blocking attribute of the "Plug and Play" model and possible action of LSP. The methodology chosen is an abductive exploratory approach in a moderate constructivist position. It relies on an in-depth case study of an outbound logistics of a Mass-market Retailing and its LSP. A triangulation of methods essentially mobilizes a qualitative approach through interviews, but also a quantitative survey. The results of the research show, in the case studied, that the LSP are embedded in logistics 'Plug and Play' of the trade, and on which they are dependents. In response, some providers attempt to decouple themselves from the 'Plug and Play', by integrating a sustainable development policy and embedded themselves in a model of “Plug and Play” where the power relations between LSP and the trade is balanced
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Хобта, В. М., and А. І. Кондратова. "Розвиток ринку логістичних послуг на основі активізації використання аутсорсингу." Thesis, ТОВ «ДД «Папірус», 2013. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/37605.
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Просування товарів і послуг забезпечується раціональною організацією логістики. Тому виникає необхідність в оптимізації матеріальних, фінансових, інформаційних потоків. Питанням управління логістикою приділялась увага як українськими, так і зарубіжними вченими і практиками, серед яких можна назвати Шаповал С.С., Станіславик О.В., Шарчук Т.В., Зборовську О.М., Купера М.М., Ламберта Д.М. та інших.
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Francis, Merwin. "The viability of introducing radio frequency identification to the South African truck tyre market: a cross-sectional study." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/21678.
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Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is revolutionizing business practices across industries worldwide as means for its commercial application continue to be developed. It is surpassing barcoding as the preferred means of product identification due to its’ ability to identify goods at item-level as opposed to batch- or type identification, and with no line-of-sight requirements for item detection. Although many industries have successfully employed the technology and are reaping the rewards, RFID’s adoption in the truck tyre industry is still in its infant stage. A small number of documented cases discuss the limited roll-out and testing of RFID effectiveness in satisfying the demands and expectations associated with this specific application. This study is aimed at evaluating the viability of introducing RFID to the South African market. The market readiness is reflected in the perceptions of Continental Tyre South Africa’s (CTSA’s) customers regarding the perceived benefits of RFID. More importantly, it is revealed in how it affects customers’ buying behaviour and, by implication, the impact on CTSA’s sales. The results of the study also reveal critical aspects unique to the South African truck tyre market which could potentially be addressed through the introduction of RFID. These aspects form the basis of the conclusions and recommendations for future actions by CTSA.
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Mysyk, Jessica Marie. "Supply Chain Operations Planning in a Carbon Cap and Trade Market." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1587675401823912.
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Vieira, José Geraldo Vidal. "Avaliação do estado de colaboração logística entre indústria de bens de consumo e redes de varejo supermercadista." Universidade de São Paulo, 2006. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/3/3136/tde-22072007-144253/.
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É crescente a busca de parcerias entre as empresas de uma cadeia de suprimentos frente à concorrência, ao domínio de grandes empresas, à necessidade do aumento da eficiência logística e, ao mesmo tempo, à necessidade de redução dos custos logísticos. O estudo do relacionamento de parcerias pode traduzir no melhor entendimento das necessidades de cada participante dessa cadeia. Dessa forma, esta tese visa conhecer o estado de colaboração em logística na cadeia do varejo supermercadista no Brasil. Os objetivos são: (a) identificar e avaliar os principais elementos de colaboração existentes entre os parceiros indústria e varejo; (b) identificar quais elementos os parceiros consideram mais importantes para a construção do conceito de colaboração; (c) avaliar o efeito da colaboração na cadeia do varejo supermercadista, em especial no desempenho logístico e nos custos de transação. As teorias e conhecimentos relacionados à pesquisa são referentes a colaboração na cadeia de suprimentos, ao desempenho logístico e a economia dos custos de transação. A metodologia é composta por um estudo qualitativo e quantitativo. O estudo qualitativo, realizado em uma grande rede de varejo supermercadista, teve como objetivo conhecer e avaliar as operações logísticas e servir de entrada para a construção e análise da pesquisa quantitativa. Esta, realizada com uma amostra de 125 representantes da indústria, permitiu construir um modelo de colaboração que pudesse ser utilizado para avaliar os objetivos propostos e servir como ponto de partida para futuras pesquisas. Para tanto, análises estatísticas multivariadas foram utilizadas para testar empiricamente os resultados. Estes mostraram que os principais elementos que formam o conceito de colaboração, segundo os participantes, podem ser classificados em três fatores: fator de integração estratégica (composto pelos elementos de integração estratégica), fator de integração tática (composto pelos elementos ações conjuntas, compartilhamento de custos e ganhos logísticos, compartilhamento de informações logísticas e comerciais) e fator interpessoal de colaboração (composto pelos elementos interpessoais). Estes formam a base da parceria, são os que mais contribuem para uma maior intensidade de colaboração em relação aos demais e que influenciam na construção de um relacionamento sustentável. Por outro lado, a colaboração com base no compartilhamento dos custos e ganhos logísticos tem a menor intensidade e os elementos estratégicos de colaboração, apesar de serem importantes nesse processo, ainda são poucos explorados, tanto pelas empresas, quanto na literatura de colaboração logística na cadeia do varejo supermercadista. Além disso, os resultados mostraram que os participantes julgam como mais importantes, para o processo de colaboração, os elementos confiança, reciprocidade, interação entre as áreas funcionais, compartilhamento de informações e objetivos e metas conjuntas. Conclui-se que alguns desses elementos de colaboração tendem à parceria ou à integração e que outros tendem apenas ao estágio de coordenação das atividades logísticas na cadeia do varejo supermercadista. Alguns elementos de colaboração influenciam positivamente o desempenho logístico das indústrias, principalmente se tratando de desempenho logístico diferenciado (entregas urgentes e em períodos de demanda alta) e realizado por grandes empresas. O aumento de colaboração estratégica (relacionada aos elementos de integração estratégica) e de ações conjuntas (relacionada aos elementos de integração tática) contribui para a diminuição de incertezas entre os participantes e essas ações conjuntas contribuem para o aumento do investimento em ativos específicos.The partnerships between the firms on supply chain are increasing due to: competition, domain by large companies, necessity the increase of logistic efficiency, at the same time, due to necessity of logistic costs reduction. The relationship study of partnerships can mean on the best knowledge the necessities of each participant on this chain. This thesis aims to study the state of collaborative logistic in the retail market chain in Brazil. The objectives are: (a) to identify and to evaluate the main collaborative elements between the industry and retail chain partners; (b) to identify which elements the partners consider more important for the construct of collaboration concept; (c) to evaluate the effect of the collaboration in the retail market chain, in special on the logistic performance and the transaction costs. The theories and knowledge related to the research are collaboration in supply chains, the logistic performance and the economy transaction costs. The methodology consists of qualitative and quantitative research. The qualitative one that was carried through in a big retail chain had as objective to understand and to evaluate the logistic operations. This study also served as the foreward for construction and analysis of the quantitative research. This research is composed by 125 representatives of the industry and had as objective to construct a collaborative model. This model could be used to evaluate the objectives and to serve as starting point for future research. For this, multivaried statistical analysis was used as a way to test the research results. These research results showed that the main collaborative elements, according to participants, can be classified in three factors: factor of strategical integration (composed by the elements of strategic integration), factor of tactical integration (composed by the elements joint actions, logistic sharing of costs and profits, sharing of logistic and commercial information) and factor intangible collaboration (composed by interpersonal elements). The interpersonal elements form the partnership base, contribute for a bigger intensity of collaboration in comparison to others and influence the construction of a sustainable relationship. On the other hand, the collaboration on the sharing basis of the costs and logistic profits has the lesser intensity. The collaborative strategical elements, although to be important in this process, they are still few explored, as such by companies, as much in the literature of collaborative logistic in the retail chain. Moreover, the results had shown that the participants consider as more important, for the collaborative process, the elements of confidence, reciprocity, interaction between the functional areas, information sharing and objectives and joint goals. The conclusions are: some of these collaborative elements tend to develop into partnership or integration and that others tend only a stage of coordination of the logistic activities in the retail chain. Some collaborative elements influence positively the logistic performance of the firms, mainly when it concerns a differentiated logistic performance (urgent deliveries and deliveries in periods of high demand) and carried through by large companies. The increase in strategic collaboration and joint actions contributes for the reduction of uncertainties between the participants and these joint actions contribute for the increase of investment in specific assets.
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Neeley, Concha Kaye Ramsey. "Connective Technology Adoption in the Supply Chain: The Role of Organizational, Interorganizational and Technology-Related Factors." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2006. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc5217/.
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Supply chain management (SCM) is an area that offers organizations significant opportunities for both cost reductions and revenue enhancement. In their article, "Supply Chain Management: Implementation Issues and Research Opportunities," Lambert, Cooper and Pagh defined SCM as the "integration of key business processes from end user through original suppliers that provides products, services, and information that add value for customers and other stakeholders." Adopting and implementing appropriate technology has emerged as a source of competitive advantage for supply chain member firms through the integration of business processes with suppliers and customers. It is important to understand the factors influencing an organization's decision to acquire such technology. In the context of this study, connective technologies are defined as wireless communication devices and their accompanying infrastructure and software which may enhance coordination among supply chain partners. Building on previous literature in the areas of supply chain management, marketing strategy, and organizational innovation, a model was developed to test the relationships between organizational, interorganizational, and technology-related factors and the adoption of advanced connective technology, using radio frequency identification (RFID) as the test case, in the supply chain. A Web-based survey of supply chain professionals was conducted resulting in 224 usable responses. The overall model was statistically significant with four of the predictors significantly influencing the adoption of RFID in the supply chain. Size, centralization, new product advantage and time to achieve targeted ROI were significantly related to adoption of connective technology (RFID). Interorganizational related factors were not significant predictors of connective technology adoption. The study contributes to theory by testing scales from marketing and management in a supply chain context in order to better understand behavioral dimensions of supply chain management and logistics. The conceptualization and measurement of market orientation at the interfirm level advances the market orientation literature. Finally, the study contributes to the technology adoption literature by considering organizational-related, interorganizational-related, and technology-related factors that influence adoption of connective technology in the supply chain.
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Черниш, Д., and В. Мельников. "Услуги логистической компании на глобальном рынке." Thesis, Сумский государственный университет, 2017. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/64675.
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Глобaлизaция рынкa товaров и услуг привелa к рaсширению услуг
логистических компaний. Логистическaя компaния – это предприятие ,
окaзывaющее услуги по трaнспортировке, обрaботке и хрaнению грузов,
содействуя своим клиентaм в процессе продвижения товaров от
производителя к потребителю.
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Hagstroem, Agnes. "Prospects for continued use and production of Swedish biogas in relation to current market transformations in public transport." Thesis, KTH, Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-259597.
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Biogas is largely utilised as vehicle fuel in public bus transport in Sweden today. This study investigates opportunities and barriers for continued domestic use and production of biogas, in relation to the ongoing electrification of public bus transport. The analysis is based on interviews with actors in public transport and the biogas sector, experts on biogas systems, and representatives for alternative user segments. Three regions were chosen as case-studies for investigations of prospects in public transport, i.e. Stockholm, Västra Götaland and Skåne, though alternative uses were studied from a national perspective. In addition to public transport, considered uses include road transport, sea transport, industries, and electricity and heat production. The study identifies a broad agreement among stakeholders that renewable resources should be implemented where they provide most benefits from a system perspective. Therefore, electric public buses are valued in urban environments, while biogas solutions are found suitable for regional routes. Biogas is further viewed as environmentally beneficial in all user segments except continuous electricity and heat production, where it largely would replace renewable rather than fossil sources. Regarding costs and competitiveness, probable future uses are identified within light and heavy-duty road transport, and in consumer-oriented industries, i.e. the food industry. Economic support in policy instruments is further considered essential for continuous development of the Swedish biogas sector, though current influential instruments, e.g. the tax exemption, are described as short-term and unpredictable. The willingness to pay for the collected societal benefits of biogas further decrease in transitions from public to private consumers, and as biogas solutions simultaneously are linked with limited or uncertain competitiveness in these sectors, risks prevail that such transitions could imply stagnations and declines in biogas use and production, given today’s situation.Idag används biogas till stor del som drivmedel för bussar inom kollektivtrafik i Sverige. Denna studie undersöker möjligheter och hinder för en fortsatt nationell användning och produktion av biogas, i samband med att bussar inom kollektivtrafiken nu elektrifieras. Analysen är baserad på intervjuer med aktörer inom kollektivtrafiken och biogassektorn, sakkunniga inom biogas, och alternativa användare av biogas. Tre regioner, Stockholm, Västra Götaland och Skåne, valdes som fallstudier för analys av möjligheter för fortsatt användning inom kollektivtrafiken. Alternativa användningar studerades istället ur ett nationellt perspektiv, och inkluderade vägtransporter, sjöfart, industri och el- och värmeproduktion. Studien visar att det råder enighet mellan intervjupersoner att förnybara resurser över lag ska användas där de medför störst samhällsnytta sett till samhället i stort. Inom kollektivtrafiken beskrivs elbussar därför som fördelaktiga i stadsmiljöer, medan biogas ses som lämpligt i regional trafik. Biogas framställs dessutom som miljömässigt fördelaktigt i alla alternativa användningsområden utom kontinuerlig el- och värmeproduktion, eftersom då främst förnybara och inte fossila resurser ersätts. Med hänsyn till kostnader och konkurrenskraft ses lätta och tunga transporter tillsammans med kundnära industrier, t.ex. livsmedelsindustrin, som troliga framtida användningsområden för biogas. Ekonomiskt stöd från styrmedel bedöms vara nödvändigt för en fortsatt utveckling av biogassektorn i Sverige, även om dagens styrmedel, t.ex. skattebefrielsen, beskrivs som kortsiktiga och oförutsägbara. Betalningsviljan för biogasens samlade samhällsnyttor minskar också vid en övergång från offentliga till privata kunder. Eftersom biogas därtill har en begränsad eller osäker konkurrenskraft jämtemot andra alternativ i de privata segmenten, identifierar denna studie risker för stagnation eller nedgång i användning och produktion av biogas vid en eventuell utfasning från den offentliga sektorn, givet dagens situation.
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Сидоренко, А. С. "Світовий ринок логістичних послуг: сучасні тенденції та особливості розвитку." Master's thesis, Сумський державний університет, 2019. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/75559.
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У роботі досліджено сутність функціонування світового логістичного ринку та його інтеграція в світовий ринок. Проведений аналіз сучасного стану світового ринку логістичних послуг.
Основною метою цього дослідження є узагальнення сучасних тенденцій та особливостей розвитку світового ринку логістичних послуг.The master’s thesis focuses on the essence of the functioning of the world logistics market and its integration into the world market. An analysis of the current state of the global logistics services market has been carried out. The main aim of this research is to summarize the current trends and features of the development of the global logistics market.
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Janjevic, Milena. "Urban freight consolidation platforms as a means of decreasing costs and enhancing performance of urban logistics chains within the framework of a market economy: Application to Brussels-Capital." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/232373.
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Les centres de consolidation urbaine sont une mesure populaire dans la logistique urbaine visant à rationaliser les trajets liés aux livraisons en ville. Cependant, bien que les avantages environnementaux de ce type de dispositifs ont été largement abordés et documentés, un nombre important de cas d’implémentation n’ont pas parvenu à atteindre une participation suffisante et démontrer un modèle de fonctionnement viable. Les principaux obstacles liés à leur mise en œuvre relèvent des préoccupations financières et de l’acceptation de la part des acteurs de la logistique urbaine. Par conséquent, le succès de ces schémas logistiques est souvent conditionné par un fort soutien réglementaire et financier des pouvoirs publics. Récemment, de nouveaux types de modèles d'exploitation des centres de consolidation urbaine, proposant une gamme d'activités à valeur ajoutée, sont apparus, permettant une meilleure intégration de ces plateformes dans la chaîne d'approvisionnement. En outre, un grand nombre d'expériences récentes se concentrent sur la consolidation de fret à petite échelle, ce qui permet un assouplissement des besoins en ressources matérielles et humaines. L'objectif de cette thèse est d'étudier le potentiel des plates-formes de consolidation de fret urbaines de diminuer les coûts et d'améliorer les performances des chaînes logistiques urbaines. En particulier, la thèse traitera des facteurs qui influent sur la viabilité de ces schémas logistiques dans le cadre d'une économie de marché.La thèse est structurée autour de trois questions de recherche qui portent sur (1) la viabilité du modèle traditionnel du centre de consolidation urbain basé sur les activités de transbordement et de consolidation, (2) les impacts des mesures qui visent à soutenir la mise en œuvre des schémas de consolidation et le niveau d’approbation des acteurs de la logistique urbaine qui en découle, (3) l’impact des nouvelles approches dans le domaine de plates-formes de consolidation de marchandises en ville et en particulier des nouveaux modèles d’exploitation de centres de consolidation urbains et des plates-formes de micro-consolidation. En abordant ces aspects, la thèse démontre que le modèle du centre de consolidation urbain traditionnel peut présenter une alternative viable, mais que le succès de ces schémas logistiques est soumis à un grand nombre de conditions qui sont difficiles à satisfaire en pratique. La thèse identifie les mesures d'accompagnement qui peuvent à la fois accroître la participation dans le schéma de consolidation et l'acceptation des acteurs, ainsi que celles qui rencontrent une réponse plus mitigée de la part des acteurs. Enfin, la thèse identifie les avantages potentiels des nouveaux modèles d’exploitation de centres de consolidation ainsi que les avantages de la consolidation à petite échelle.Urban consolidation centres are a popular measure in city logistics, which aims at rationalizing delivery trips in an urban area. However, although their environmental benefits have been extensively addressed and documented, many of the implementation cases fail to reach sufficient participation and demonstrate a viable business model. Some of the main barriers linked to their implementation are the financial concerns and the stakeholder acceptance. Consequently, the success of these schemes has often been subject to a strong regulatory and financial support from public authorities. Recently, new forms of urban consolidation centre operating models offering a range of value-added activities have appeared, allowing a better integration of these facilities in the overall supply chain. Furthermore, a large number of recent experiments focus on small-scale freight consolidation, relaxing the requirements for material and human resources. The objective of this thesis is to investigate the potential of urban freight consolidation platforms to decrease the costs and improve the performance of urban logistics chains. In particular, the thesis will address factors that influence the viability of these schemes in a framework of market economy.The thesis is structured around three research questions that address (1) the viability of the traditional urban consolidation centre model based on transhipment and consolidation activities (2) the impact of market-based accompanying measures for urban consolidation centre project implementation and the resulting level of stakeholder support and (3) the impact of new approaches in urban freight consolidation platforms and in particular those of new urban consolidation centres operating models and micro-consolidation platforms. By tackling these aspects, the thesis demonstrates that the traditional urban consolidation centre model can present a viable alternative but that the success of the scheme is subject to a large number of requirements that are often difficult to meet in practice. The thesis highlights accompanying measures that can both increase the expected participation in the consolidation scheme as well as the stakeholder acceptance of the scheme, and those that meet a less positive stakeholder response. Finally, the thesis identifies the potential benefits of new operating models of urban consolidation centres and of small-scale consolidation.
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Sillos, Matheus de Aguiar. "Excelência logística e trabalho em equipe: estudo de caso em uma empresa distribuidora da GLP." Universidade de São Paulo, 2011. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/18/18157/tde-13022012-143453/.
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O presente trabalho objetiva identificar e analisar as dimensões de excelência logística, desenvolvidas como forma de se obter vantagens competitivas, buscando analisar a influência do trabalho organizado em equipes na excelência logística de uma organização do mercado de Gás Liquefeito de Petróleo. O trabalho foi realizado através de uma revisão bibliográfica sobre os temas excelência logística nas organizações e trabalho organizado em equipes. Como metodologia foi proposto um construto teórico de excelência logística e trabalho em equipe, realizado através de uma revisão bibliográfica sobre os temas, com a apresentação de um estudo de caso em uma empresa líder do mercado em que atua, de forma a ilustrar a aplicação dos conceitos propostos. Como resultado, o trabalho conclui que a organização do trabalho em equipes se mostra grande apoiadora das práticas de excelência logística nessa organização, integrando e possibilitando o desenvolvimento das diferentes dimensões de excelência logística.This paper aims to identify and analyze the dimensions of logistics excellence, developed as a way to gain competitive advantage, seeking to analyze the influence of teamwork in the logistics excellence of a Liquefied Petroleum Gas organization. The study was conducted through a literature review on the issues logistics excellence in organizations and teamwork. The methodology has been proposed a theoretical construct of logistics excellence and teamwork, accomplished through a literature review on the issues, with the presentation of a case study in a leading company in the market it operates, in order to illustrate the application of concepts proposed. As a result, the paper concludes that the organization of teamwork is a strong supporter of logistics best practices in this organization, integrating and enabling the development of the different dimensions of logistics excellence.
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Tanwari, Anwar U. "Impact of business forecasting on demand planning. A strategy for improving business forecasting and reducing inventories throughout the supply chain for fast moving consumer goods in the Middle East market." Thesis, University of Bradford, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/4336.
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Poor quality of information and forecasting create a number of problems for
manufacturing companies, such as poor planning of products and insufficient
service levels, which leads to increased inventory and stock holding or
stockouts and increased total costs.
Cussons (UK) Limited is experiencing precisely these problems. Apart from
these problems normally associated with forecasting demand for fast moving
consumer goods there is an additional problem of reconciling the Western
calendar with the Muslim calendar, and a recognition of the effects that
Muslim religious holidays, as opposed to Christian religious holidays, have
on demand. Muslim religious holidays rotate backwards with regard to the
Western calendar, but in fact they occur at known dates and therefore the
effect they have on demand for products can be taken into consideration
when attempting to forecast demand.
An additional problem that influences Cussons' sales in the market is the
seasonal pattern of demand. Due to this, there is an increase in demand for
Cussons' products during summer months. From the analysis of both data
sets it was identified that the warehouse movement data is less variable and
more reliable for business forecasting than order data.
In this thesis, these forecasting problems are examined as a case study,
focusing on these particular problems. To overcome these problems and to
improve business forecasting of Cussons' products in the Middle East
market, a forecasting strategy has been suggested which will enable
Cusson's to reduce the inventories throughout the supply chain and to
improve their customer's service.Ministry of Education, Government of Pakistan, Cussons (UK)Limited.
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Tanwari, Anwar Uddin. "Impact of business forecasting on demand planning : a strategy for improving business forecasting and reducing inventories throughout the supply chain for fast moving consumer goods in the Middle East market." Thesis, University of Bradford, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10454/4336.
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Poor quality of information and forecasting create a number of problems for manufacturing companies, such as poor planning of products and insufficient service levels, which leads to increased inventory and stock holding or stockouts and increased total costs. Cussons (UK) Limited is experiencing precisely these problems. Apart from these problems normally associated with forecasting demand for fast moving consumer goods there is an additional problem of reconciling the Western calendar with the Muslim calendar, and a recognition of the effects that Muslim religious holidays, as opposed to Christian religious holidays, have on demand. Muslim religious holidays rotate backwards with regard to the Western calendar, but in fact they occur at known dates and therefore the effect they have on demand for products can be taken into consideration when attempting to forecast demand. An additional problem that influences Cussons' sales in the market is the seasonal pattern of demand. Due to this, there is an increase in demand for Cussons' products during summer months. From the analysis of both data sets it was identified that the warehouse movement data is less variable and more reliable for business forecasting than order data. In this thesis, these forecasting problems are examined as a case study, focusing on these particular problems. To overcome these problems and to improve business forecasting of Cussons' products in the Middle East market, a forecasting strategy has been suggested which will enable Cusson's to reduce the inventories throughout the supply chain and to improve their customer's service.