Logistic function

stakeholders - supplier, sub-suppliers, customers, and distributors and so on. In other words, supply chain management has incorporated of serval business functions – purchasing, operations, logistics and distribution management (Johnsen, Howard, & Miemczyk, 2014). In the same vein, humanitarian supply chain management also incorporates with supplier, logistics, and end user, but slightly different, it also cooperates with donor, and government and victims. The goal of humanitarian and…

storage space in their facilities, new struggles with regards to the efficient use of storage spaces have emerged. Advances in logistics in the last decades gave a new meaning to the temporary storage on terminals. According to Kek Choo Chung (1993), “Instead of using the stacking area as a facilitator for a smooth synchronization between transport modes, shippers and logistics service providers started to use terminals as places for cheap storage of consignments. This change in the functional…

agreements, service contracts, leases, franchises, sale of port assets. The participation of private capital to diversify funding sources helps to redistribute commercial risks between a large number of participants, while the state retains the control function and the controller (Oram, 107). Methods of marketing activity: - Analysis of the external (in relation to the company) environment, which includes markets, sources of supply, and more. The analysis reveals the factors that contribute to…

transportation management system (TMS), a system that could no longer meet the companies changing operational requirements. (Schulz, 2011) Under the old system costs such as service, or contractual shipments were not being considered and because of this the logistics team would find it difficult to appropriate the right costs. A second challenge the company faced is that the old system was unable to combine its shipments into efficient point-to-point truckload moves. This would end up…

drivers are divided into two groups which are logistics drivers and cross functional drivers. Logistics drivers include facilities, inventory, and transportation while cross functional drivers are include pricing, information, and sourcing. Logistics drivers mean that the function is related to logistics activities that are driving the entire supply chain. Meanwhile, the cross functional drivers mean that each and every function is related with other functions. All of these drivers are important…

make their processes even more lean and agile than they already are. The innovations that I spoke about above were just a few changes that Wal-Mart implemented in their supply chain management plan and used to become one of the worlds most known logistics and supply chain merchant. The benefits of their supply chain management have save them time, provided them faster inventory turnovers and increased warehouse space providing them with extremely accurate forecasting of inventory levels. Though…

2.3.3 The Law of Daily Event Management The law of daily event management is about transportation cost reduction cannot be realized through infrequent transportation network designs. Real savings will only result from daily management and optimization of transportation requirement variability. Regular review and planning transportation network could make cost reduction, such an example, regular network planning can fully utilize truckload by making consolidation, milk run and JIT of the few of…

behaviour which is the most important factor in achieving long-term success. Most customer put quality in the top of their list to buy a product and service. There are many definition of quality in use. Many people define quality to specifications, its functions compared to other products and services. The more features in them would be increase the quality of its. However, according to Fawcett, Ellram, and Ogden (2007), “the real measure of quality is whether or not a product or service lives…

much smaller number of links. Also, because traffic flows are consolidated by hubs and inter-hub links, significantly less operating cost can be achieved because of economies of scale. Given such advantages, industry companies including airlines, logistics companies, and telecommunications firms extensively utilize the hub-and-spoke architecture to reduce the construction and operating costs. Traditionally, the primary concern of hub-and-spoke network design is the locations of hub facilities…

growth key factor for the Greek economy. This brings the Port of Piraeus in a vital position for the country itself, but also for Europe and the surrounding area due to the geographical importance, which was explained above. The port of Piraeus is a logistic hub with great future growth potential that can contribute to the country’s national economic…