development of global commerce has drove logistics to reduce products lifecycles‚ increase response and action efficiency and optimize investments of inventory for current businesses. Therefore‚ logistics plays a pivotal role in nowadays commerce. The objective of the report is to discuss and evaluate the existing logistics theories. Whereas‚ DHL will be selected as a case study so as to get a further understanding on logistics according to the analysis result. Introduction As with the growing complexity
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3PL Market in Europe 2014-2018 3PL is a business process through which companies outsource their logistics and distribution functions to a service provider that specializes in handling logistics functions such as transportation‚ warehousing‚ and freight and forwarding. Often‚ 3PL providers go beyond logistics and provide value-added services such as inventory management‚ cross-docking‚ door-to-door delivery‚ and packaging. They also provide strategic and operational value to many shippers worldwide
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Logistics is the management of the flow of resources between the point of origin and the point of destination in order to meet some requirements‚ for example‚ of customers or corporations. The resources managed in logistics can include physical items‚ such as food‚ materials‚ equipment‚ liquids‚ and staff‚ as well as abstract items‚ such as information‚ particles‚ and energy. The logistics of physical items usually involves the integration of information flow‚ production‚ material handling‚ packaging
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International Business International Logistics Prof. Krzystof Rutkowski How do you see the current and future role of Central-Eastern European countries and firms within global logistics systems? Aleksey Narko 057830 “With rising private consumption and fast-growing external and internal trade‚ the CEE region has displayed high potential for the sustained growth of the transportation and logistics market.” Praveen Ojha‚ Datamonitor Introduction Globalization is a great power. Everything
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Logistics is the process of strategically managing the procurement‚ movement and storage of materials‚ parts and finished inventory (and the related information flows) through the organization and its marketing channels in such a way that current and future profitability are maximized through the cost-effective fulfilment of orders. supply chain management The management of upstream and downstream relationships with suppliers and customers to deliver superior customer value at less cost
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technology COSCO noticed the importance of information technology among global shipping and modern logistics‚ so it used lots of time and money in research and development of IT. COSCO Network Ltd. of COSCO Group provided software development‚ e-commerce services‚ data center management‚ etc. hence to become an international first class high tech enterprise in Chinas shipping and logistics industries. Company size COSCO owns and controls over 800 modern merchant vessels with a total tonnage of 56
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Executive Summary The development of information technology has caused the nature of logistics and supply chain management changing dramatically. Furthermore‚ the relationship between retailer and supplier changed as well due to the changing of retail exchanges. As retailers are going to gain much more business opportunities and reduce cost on supply chain‚ it has affected the supplier in somehow. According to the change‚ there are some issues cannot be ignored because of the importance of the
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1. Supply chain management consists of firm collaborating to leverage strategic positioning and to improve operating efficiency. Within a firm’s supply chain mgt‚ logistic is the work required to move and geographically position inventory. The supply chain mgt is driving the world’s major global companies. Ten years ago‚ the typical supply chain for manufacturing companies was domestic. Today-thanks to the migration of manufacturing to China and other lower-cost countries-it’s just as likely to
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Case Abstract- Logistics industry in India has seen a tremendous growth in the last decade. In 2010 it recorded revenues of about US$ 82 billion. It generates employment for 45 million people in the country. The industry is forecasted to grow at a CAGR of approximately 8-9% over the next few years. The primary growth drivers in the industry are: Investments in the infrastructure sector Streamlining of indirect tax structure with introduction of VAT and the proposed GST Robust trade growth
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Just-In-Time (JIT) systems for customer satisfaction‚ and the industry types that can take advantage of the application of JIT systems. Its target is to elaborate how JIT functions and present its relating elements. The term paper is delivered by theoretical analysis. Besides‚ the effects of JIT systems are proven by some successful applications in certain industries. However‚ the utilization of JIT system is limited to certain industries. Its scope will be brought out later on. The theoretical framework
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