Improvements in Sri Lankan Logistics Industry in recent years and way forward Prasanna Liyanage BSc (Eng) ‚ MBCS 0|Page prasanna@telsara.com www.rfxworld.com INTRODUCTION : With a steadily growing economy‚ big port projects and other infrastructure planned‚ Sri Lanka is well placed to capitalise on its geographical location and take advantage of the fast growing Indian and Chinese economies. According to the government plan and the vision Sri Lanka to be south Asia’s emerging Maritime
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Importance of logistics and supply chain management Even as companies have learnt to squeeze efficiencies out of their manufacturing plants through concepts like just in time replenishment‚ statistical process control‚ and lean manufacturing practices‚ they still find that moving goods and services through several layers of their global supply chains is time consuming and costly. Logistics and supply chain management has become one of the last frontiers that still remain to be conquered by most
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Freight & Logistics Freight forwarding and logistics: What the high performers know By Rob Knigge Rob Knigge leads the Accenture Freight & Logistics group in Europe‚ the Middle East‚ Africa and South America. rob.a.knigge@accenture.com For further reading Access the complete research report: www.accenture.com/ us-en/Pages/insight-achievinghigh-performance-freightforwarding-industry.aspx Read more industry insights: www.accenture.com/us-en/ industry/freight-logistics/Pages/ freight-logistics-index.aspx
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Knowledge Management | | Knowledge management (KM) comprises a range of strategies and practices used in an organization to identify‚ create‚ represent‚ distribute‚ and enable adoption of insights and experiences. Such insights and experiences comprise knowledge‚ either embodied in individuals or embedded in organizational processes or practice. An established discipline since 1991 KM includes courses taught in the fields of business administration‚ information systems‚ management‚ and library
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Sample Statement of Purpose for MBA in Logistics & Supply Chain Management program Statement of Purpose Name: xxxxx xxxxxx Having done an inspiring four-year course in Business Economics‚ combined with two years of practical experience in Export Business Company‚ I would like to put to use this knowledge to do my Masters in Logistics and Supply Chain Management at Mae Fah Luang University (MFU). This would give me the leading edge in technology and the practical low-down and information
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have a lot of technical requirements to be met‚ have a lot of contractual obligations to be taken care off on account of which many suppliers due‚ that with regards to their limited resources and skills which refrain from participating. The Defense Logistics Agency can greatly enhance its performance by developing the current vendors to the level
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The Innovation Value Chain of Outbound Open Innovation Yan Ailing1‚ Jiang Hong2 School of Business Administration‚ Zhejiang Gongshang University‚ Hangzhou‚ China. E-mail: alyan@foxmail.com. 2 Institute of Policy and Management‚ Chinese Academy of Science‚ Beijing‚ China. 1 Abstract Open innovation is the focus of academic attention. As one type of open innovation‚ outbound open innovation is central to the survival and growth of firms‚ and ultimately to the health of the economies of which they
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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH © 2011‚ Science Huβ‚ http://www.scihub.org/AJSIR ISSN: 2153-649X doi:10.5251/ajsir.2011.2.4.559.566 Transport and logistics research and its impact on capacity building of local institutions in Nigeria 1 Somuyiwa‚ A.O. Ph.D‚ CMILT‚ 2 Oyesiku‚ O.O Ph.D‚ FCILT and 3Dosunmu‚ V.A. M.sc‚ CMILT Department of Transport Management‚ Ladoke Akintola University of Technology‚ Ogbomoso‚ Oyo State‚ Nigeria. 2 Professor‚ Transport Systems and Planning
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Seimens ROLM Communications‚ Inc.: Integrated Logistics Core Process Redesign REPORT Industry Background ROLM was involved in the production and development of Private Branch Exchange (PBX) systems. The major players in the PBX industry at that time were AT & T‚ Northern Telecom and ROLM. In the early 1990’s the US PBX industry was facing a difficult time. None of the major PBX suppliers made any profit from their PBX operations from 1990 to 1992. The market place was highly competitive and
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A study of impact the outbound training programme for developing soft skills in university students. Introduction Today all higher educationalorganizations are constantly evaluating the ways of means of creative training tools to impart the actual skillsand knowledge in order to empower the human capital.Understanding The importance this newly raised important aspect‚ most of the educational institutions in Sri Lanka have initiated programmes‚ projects and activities for developing soft skills
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