Third party logistics services- a Singapore perspective

Focusses on three constructs that we believe are the primary determinants of the future usage of third party logistics services. These constructs are: extent of use of the third party logistics services; decision making process for choosing contract logistics services provider; and impact of the usage of contract logistics services on the organisation. An empirical research was carried out in…

Time compression in the supply chain : information management is the vital …

Claims that time compression is a powerful source of competitive advantage that remains relatively underutilized in UK busineses. Details the research undertaken by the Warwick Manufacturing Group’s time compression programme (TCP) on the applications of time‐based approaches with a number of partner companies. Explores the nature of time compression in relation to the fundamental principle…

Twenty years of IJLM: evolution in research

The purpose of this paper is to evaluate research trends observed in the International Journal of Logistics Management (IJLM) during its first 20 years of publication. Design/methodology/approach – A content analysis was conducted of the IJLM’s first 20 years of publication (330 articles in total) to identify changing trends in subject matter, use of theory, type of research methodology, an…

Using the “documentary method” to analyse qualitative data in logistics r…

This paper aims to examine the use of a qualitative data analysis technique, the documentary method, in the development of knowledge in logistics. The value of the method is illustrated through an example of its application in a study of in-store logistics processes at six leading European retail stores.

Vendor-managed inventory and bullwhip reduction in a two-level supply chain

Compares the bullwhip properties of a vendor managed inventory (VMI) supply chain with those of a traditional “serially-linked” supply chain. The emphasis of this investigation is the comparative impact the two structures have on the “bullwhip effect” generated. Particular attention is paid to the manufacturer’s production ordering activities as demonstrated using a simulation model b…

Workplace safety in the supply chain- a review of the literature and call for…

The purpose of this paper is to review the literature and call for additional research into the human, operational, and regulatory issues that contribute to workplace safety in the supply chain.

World-class logistics- Australia and New Zealand

This paper reports on a study of the logistics and supply chain practices of Australian and New Zealand firms.

Environmental sustainability in the third-party logistics (3PL) industry

The purpose of this paper is to document the extent to which large third-party logistics (3PL) companies have committed themselves to environmental sustainability goals. It also aims to examine the sustainability initiatives undertaken by those companies and the impact of those initiatives on the 3PL and their customers. Finally, the research seeks to examine the impact of the global recession …

Environmental sustainability in logistics and freight transportation - A lite…

The environmental impacts of transportation are rarely brought into decision making frameworks. The purpose of this paper is to introduce a framework and tool to help in these organizational decisions

Collaboration in Finnish-Russian supply chains: Effects on performance and th…

The management of international supply chains may significantly contribute to the successful outcome of exports. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the level of supply chain collaboration in an uncertain cross-border context, and whether it improves supply chain performance The moderating role of export experience and intensity to the collaboration-performance relationship is also in…

Analysing the impacts of ICT on knowledge work productivity

The potential of information and communication technology (ICT) in improving knowledge work productivity is well-documented in the existing literature. However, prior research fails to provide means for analyzing whether the potential can be realized in a specific organizational context. Thus, this paper aims to focus on the context-specific analysis of the impacts of ICT services on knowledge …

The difference between elderly consumers’ satisfaction levels and retail sa…

Suggests that a significant trend affecting American society today is the dramatic rise in the number of persons aged over 65. Consequently, retailers are interested in knowing how this segment can be best served in the marketplace. Outlines a study which utilized person perception theory to examine how retail sales personnel’s perceptions relate to elderly consumers’ satisfaction. Results …

HRD practices and talent management in the companies with the employer brand

The employer brand could be a key factor of competitiveness for a company in acontemporary labour market. The purpose of this paper is to identify the features of human resource development (HRD) practices and talent management in companies with employer brand (CEBs).

Psychosocial risk assessment in organizations: Concurrent validity of the bri…

The Management Standards Indicator Tool (MSIT) is a 35-item self-report measure of the psychosocial work environment designed to assist organizations with psychosocial risk assessment. It is also used in work environment research. Edwards and Webster presented a 25-item version of the MSIT based on the deletion of items having a factor loading of < .65. Stress theory and research suggest that p…

European Monetary Union: the need for a contingency strategy within the retai…

The decision on which countries will participate in European Monetary Union (EMU) is to take place as early as possible in 1998, with the final run-in, regarding the technicalities of introducing a single currency, starting on 1 January 1999. With this timetable in mind, examines some of the major issues which will have to be confronted by UK retailers. Even if the UK Government decides to opt…

Principles of business process management

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Vol. 6 Issue: 6, pp. 48-52

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0960-4529

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Judul Seri

Managing service quality

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ATC MG ARM p

Portfolio of port-centric supply chain disruption threats

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International Journal of Logistics Management

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ATC MG LOG p

Michael Porter’s competitive advantage revisited

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0025-1747

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11 p.

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Management Decision

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ATC MG SHA m

Onboarding is a change: applying change management model ADKAR to onboarding

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Vol. 25 Issue: 7, pp. 5-8

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0967-0734

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Human Resource Management International Digest

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ATC MG KAR o

Stop improvising change management

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Vol. 37 issue: 2, pp. 38-44

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1087-8572

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Strategy and leadership

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Risk Management in maritime logistics and supply chains

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pp. 117-131

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Maritime Logistics

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ATC MG LAM r

The managerialistic ideology of organisational change management

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Vol. 20 issue: 1, pp.126-144

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Journal of Organizational Change Management

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ATC MG DIE m

Total quality management (TQM)-an overview

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Vol. 17 Issue: 1, pp.15-19

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Judul Seri

The Bottom Line: Managing Library Finances

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ATC MG TAL t

New models for sustainable logistics: internalization of external costs in in…

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978-3-319-19710-4

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Multiple project management: a modern competitive necessity

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Elements of Port Operation and Management

Since the publication of my books Elements of Shipping and more recently Economics of Shipping Practice and Management, both selling in over 130 countries, I have received numerous requests both from home and abroad for a companion volume on seaports. This book has been written to provide a practical, overall under­ standing of the elements of port operation and management of a competitive, pr…

De-commoditizing change management: A call for the re-positioning of change

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Maintenance Engineering Handbook

The Most Complete, Current Guide to Every Aspect of Maintenance Engineering Extensively updated to cover the latest technologies and methods, Maintenance Engineering Handbook, Eighth Edition offers in-depth details on identifying and repairing faulty equipment. This definitive resource focuses on proven best practices for maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO), inventory management, root-cause…

A business process approach to human resource management

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Logistics & supply chain management

When the first edition of this book was published in 1992, supply chain management as an idea was still in its infancy and relatively few companies had made it a priority. The same was true for logistics management, although its precursor, distribution management, was increasingly being recognised as important both in terms of cost and for its potential impact on sales. In the intervening yea…

Motor Fleet Safety And Security Management

To achieve optimum safety, everyone involved in the transportation system should be adequately trained, supervised, and monitored. Proper data and incident reports must be maintained to identify trends and problem areas. Keeping the trademark style that made the previous edition so popular, the author addresses the critical steps for successful driver selection, training, instruction, and super…

Enterprise logistics: the right tool for the job

With ever‐increasing profit and competitive pressures, manufacturers are looking toward the logistics process as a source of competitive advantage. A number of methodologies and information systems have evolved as ‘tools’ to aid in the exploitation of the potential of logistics. Many manufacturers have benefited significantly from the application of logistics tools. For others, primarily …

Advances in Maritime Logistik and Supply Chain Systems

This timely book discusses the recent developments in maritime logistics, an important specialized area for the global economy. It includes issues such as the recent economic crisis, port competition and development, and provides insights and trends relating to these issues. Consisting of renowned researchers worldwide, the primary objective of the book identifies some of the new problems and c…

Institutional challenges to intermodal transport and logistics : governance i…

While the operational realities of intermodal transport are relatively well known, the institutional challenges are less well understood. This book provides an overview of intermodal transport and logistics including the policy background, emerging industry trends and academic approaches. Establishing the three key features of intermodal transport geography as intermodal terminals, inland logis…

Warehouse Practices : The Practitioner's Definitive Guide

Warehouses may be as old as trading outposts in the olden days, but warehousing has since evolved into a highly sophisticated operation that features prominently in the supply chain strategy. Here at last is a timely and comprehensive guide for practitioners to the best practices in warehousing. It provides insights for beginners in warehousing and is a good quick read for someone who wants to …

The Practitioner Definitive Guide: Process-driven Warehouse Operations

In today's highly competitive business environment, adding manpower to a warehouse to cope with the increased volume of business is no longer a solution. At some point in time, the warehouse has to migrate the operations to follow a set of structured processes and organise its people along functional lines on order to improve its service and cost effectiveness. The Practitioner's Definitive Gui…

Manajemen Logistik 1

Buku manajemen Logistik disajikan sebagai suatu perpaduan sistim-sistim manajemen distribusi fisik, manajemen material dan transfer persediaan internal. Buku ini memuat tentang manajemen logistik terpadu yang meliputi manajemen logistik, sistem logistik, operasi logistik dan koordinasi logistik. Selain itu juga memuat komponen sistim logistik yang meliputi unsur-unsur transportasi, unsur-unsur…

Cargo Theft, Loss Prevention, And Supply Chain Security

Part history of cargo theft, part analysis and part how-to guide, this book is the one source you need to in order to understand every facet of cargo theft and take steps to prevent losses. It supplies a massive amount of cargo theft statistics and provides solutions and best practices to supply chain security. Providing you with cutting-edge techniques so you can prevent losses, this book will…

International Logistics: The Management of International Trade Operations

A full-color textbook covering all of the concepts of international logistics. This textbook is written from the perspective of the users, those managers who are actively exporting or importing goods or are otherwise involved in international trade operations. All of the relevant issues are thoroughly explained, including documentation, terms of payment, terms of trade (2010 Incoterms rules), e…

Inbound Logistics Management : Storage and Supply of Materials for the Modern…

This well-established text provides an authoritative and comprehensive overview of the practice and supporting systems relating to the storage and supply of materials, from elementary principles and simplest methods to the most advanced automated operations. It is an invaluable guide to inbound logistics for both students and practitioners.

Strategic Supply Chain Management : The Five Disciplines for Top Performance

The global landscape has changed dramatically since the first edition of Strategic Supply Chain Management established itself as the authority on creating value and achieving competitive advantage from the supply chain. Shorter economic cycles, more-frequent natural disasters, higher costs in low-cost countries, more-restricted access to working capital, and greater focus on sustainability have…

Port operations and container terminal management with applications

This book explains the port operations and proposes approaches that aim to improve the most important successive steps in container terminal management activities. A multi-period assignment problem that seeks to allocate vessels to berthing spaces and quay cranes is proposed to handle the quayside operations. Subsequently, on the yard side, a discrete-event simulation model for the real life de…

Capacity reservation for time-sensitive service providers : an application in…

This paper analyzes a capacity management problem in which two service providers utilize a common facility to serve two separate markets with time-sensitive demands. The facility provider has a fixed capacity and all parties maximize demand rates. When the service providers share the facility, they play a frequency competition game with a unique Nash equilibrium. When the service providers have…

Lloyd's practical shipping guides risk management in port operations, logisti…

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978-1-843-11655-4

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xiii, 412 p

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Warehouse Management : a Complete Guide to Improving Effiency and Minimizing …

Warehouse Management provides a complete guide to best practice in warehouse operations. Covering everything from the latest technological advances to current environmental issues, this book provides an indispensable companion to the modern warehouse. Supported by case studies, the text considers many aspects of warehouse management, including: -cost reduction -p…

The definitive guide to inventory management : principles and strategies for …

The definitive guide to inventory management : principles and strategies for the efficient flow of inventory across the supply chain

The logistics and supply chain toolkit : over 90 tools for transport, warehou…

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978-0-7494-6808

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xi, 313 p, 22 cm

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Warehouse management

To paraphrase Mark Twain, rumours of the demise of warehousing have been greatly exaggerated. The warehouse continues to play a major role within supply chains and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future, although it may appear in different guises. The introduction of concepts such as Just in Time suggested the requirement for warehouses as large storage entities was a thing of the pa…

Increasing objectivity of individual performance management system through qu…

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23 p., ; 33 cm

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Final Dissertation

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Outsourcing Practice At Indonesia Port Corporation II

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x, 46 p., : illus : table : 30 cm

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