2‚ 2008 Outsourcing Distribution to a Third Party Logistics Provider Relying Upon Cost Savings Criteria B. Hirkó Department of Logistics and Forwarding‚ Széchenyi István University H-9026‚ Győr‚ Egyetem tér 1. Hungary e-mail: hirko@sze.hu Abstract: Outsourcing logistics areas is widely regarded for the last decades as a useful approach to reducing costs and gaining competitive advantage. Thus‚ the strategy of employing third-party logistics (3PL) providers’ services has attracted growing interest
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FRONTIERS OF E-BUSINESS RESEARCH 2004 315 An Exploratory Study of the Roles of Internet Communication in Business Relationships Nataša Golik Klanac Doctoral student‚ Hanken - Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration‚ natasa.golik@hanken.fi Abstract The development of successful business relationships relies greatly on interpersonal contacts. However‚ due to certain advantages of Internet communication‚ numbers of relationships start to relay increasingly on this impersonal
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How Data Mining‚ Data Warehousing and On-line Transactional Databases are helping solve the Data Management predicament. Robert Bialczak Walden University How Data Mining‚ Data Warehousing and On-line Transactional Databases are helping solve the Information Management predicament. Data in itself can be powerful‚ but also has many pitfalls if left to disparate databases and data collection routines. A collection of spreadsheets with account numbers entered into them can be view as a business
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MANAGEMENT OF BUSINESS The Roles of a marketing manager Marketing managers play many roles‚ and we can describe them with words that begin with the letter D: Detective The marketer is charged with understanding markets‚ and thus must spend considerable time learning about consumers‚ competitors‚ customers‚ and conditions in the markets. This learning takes many forms: formal marketing research studies‚ analysis of market data‚ market visits‚ and discussions with people in the markets. The
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o How has technology changed the role of retail managers? o How has the technology improved retail management‚ not just how technology has improved? Provide specific examples. o What‚ if any‚ are the downsides to the technology that may present challenges to the retail manager? Effectiveness of Technology Consumers have many choices when deciding where to purchase their goods. While retailer managers are deciding how to win the consumer’s business and increase revenue‚ they are also constantly
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Hence‚ the aim of this paper is discuss various information technology trends which support future logistics operations in order to gain a competitive advantage. 2. Using IT for Global Supply Chains In this part of the paper I will clearly outline various information technologies which support future logistics operations. According to Hammant these technologies can be grouped into four different categories namely integration and flexibility‚ electronic
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Globalization has increased the roles of an operations manager‚ due to an intense increase of competition amongst organizations. The fulfillment and challenges that come with this position makes it difficult to co-ordinate activities‚ as the manager may not be a specialist. However‚ the manager is expected to do well in each and every role‚ which develops more challenges and makes this position a very challenging one within a large industry. The following are the broad roles and responsibilities of an
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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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goals and that is the computer. Some of the roles computers play in these changing marketing trends is as follows. One role of computers in marketing is inventory control. Computers are now used to keep records of inventory. Inventory keeping allows Inventory control systems maintain information about activities within firms that ensure the delivery of products to customers. The subsystems that perform these functions include sales‚ manufacturing‚ warehousing‚ ordering‚ and receiving. Softwares like
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The government had a hard time deciding if they wanted to open all roles in the military or give special permission for women to hold certain jobs. In 2015 the Pentagon made the decision to allow all roles in the military to be open to women. 220‚000 jobs were opened for women to fill. Still with this many jobs opened for women it was still a question about women in the military. Should
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