Logistics comprises a relatively large number of managerial activities. Discuss five of these activities and why they are important to logistics system. 1. Transportation Transportation is one of important activity in Supply Chain Management. It is the major connector of the upstream and downstream of a supply chain. It is that aspect of the supply chain that takes goods and services to the retail end. It is the major promoter of globalization and as such is one that is to be given high attention
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Abstract The rapid 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
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-LOGİSTİCS- -Definition of Logistics: 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‚ meterials‚ equipment‚liquids‚ and staff as well as abstract items such as information‚particles‚ and energy. The logistics of pyhsical items usually involves the integration of information flow
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JUST-IN-TIME SYSTEMS Nguyen Tran Bich Ngoc 01-Jul-13 AGENDA 1. Background information 3 2. Research questions 3 3. Theoretical knowledge 4 a. Customer satisfaction 4 b. Just-In-Time system function and its key elements 6 4. JIT enhances customer satisfaction 8 5. Counter arguments and examples of successful JIT systems 10 6. Summary 11 References 12 LIST OF FIGURES FIGURE 1. Relationship of the benefits of JIT for organizations and customers. 9 FIGURE 2. Kanban system
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QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS. DEFINITIONS * A system by which an organization aims to reduce and eventually eliminate nonconformance to specifications‚ standards‚ and customer expectations in the most cost effective and efficient manner. * A quality management system (QMS) can be expressed as the organizational structure‚ procedures‚ processes and resources needed to implement quality management * A quality management system is a management technique used to communicate to employees what
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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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Quality Management Systems Introduction An organisation will benefit from establishing an effective quality management system (QMS). The cornerstone of a quality organisation is the concept of the customer and supplier working together for their mutual benefit. For this to become effective‚ the customer-supplier interfaces must extend into‚ and outside of‚ the organisation‚ beyond the immediate customers and suppliers. A QMS can be defined as: “A set of co-ordinated activities to direct and control
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Reaction Paper: Quality Thinking System Dr. Colella states in the Pathways to Self-Empowerment that “Change is a vital part of all of our lives and life is a continual process of decision making.” In essence‚ an individual controls their own destiny by believing in their own power to create change and accepting responsibility for one’s life. Our beliefs‚ embedded in our sub consciousness from years and years of programming by our parents‚ our teachers‚ our clergy‚ and others‚ may be leading us astray
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Chapter 1 An overview of logistics Economic impacts of logistics Economic utility (the value or usefulness of a product in fulfilling customer needs or wants) 4 general types: * Possession utility : the value or usefulness that comes from a customer being able to take possession of a product * Form utility : a product’s being in a form that can be used by the customer and is of value to the customer(allocation; smaller quantities that are desired by customers) * Place utility :having
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Case Study Question 1 Central Europe and Hungary: Changes in logistics Systems ABSTRACT in an increasingly globalizing setting‚ many of the newly nationalised buffer states of the soviet Union‚ have been faced with the pressure to integrate themselves with exogenous market forces‚ from western Europe as well as other parts of the world. The ability for them to adapt lies in their ability to manage their fiscal policies‚ their societal views and market theories that form many of the xenophobic
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