The Port of Tanjung Priok will see continued positive growth in 2016, building on momentum from last year. For annual tonnage throughput we forecast a robust 6.0% growth and a more sedate 2.6% for container throughput. Indonesia's other major port, Palembang, will also record positive growth in 2016, albeit at slightly slower rates compared to 2015, with 3.5% growth in annual throughput and 5.3…
This module is an introductory to Supply Chain Management, anad part of module of FIATA Higher Diploma in Supply Chain Management
There has been a proliferation of studies on product perceptions based on the country of origin. Most of these studies were conducted in western or developed countries. Studies in the less developed nations are still scarce, especially research conducted in the former Soviet Union. With the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the former Soviet republics offer vast new market opportunities for …
Overall, the UK’s representation in the top 100 in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings has declined since 2011. The basic rationale of the project is to improve performance of universities generally and their standings in rankings particularly. The paper aims to discuss these issues.
Major changes are occurring in the logistics of container shipping including growth in demands, increased ship size and development of new ports and routes to serve the US market. The Panama Canal is in the process of being expanded and potential exists for shipping through the Northwest Passage in addition to new ports being developed on the West Coasts of Canada and Mexico. All these alternat…
This research aims to examine national logistics competence in Taiwan, Vietnam and Malaysia from a manufacturer’s perspective. Using survey responses from 459 manufacturing firms, this study compares the relative importance and satisfaction of national logistics competency. Results indicated that simplify the customs clearance procedure was viewed as the most important item of national logist…
One result of the continuing current competitive environment in Australia is cost pressure on the supply of manufacturing commodities such as anhydrous sodium sulphate. Commodity suppliers do not have much scope for providing value-added services. Anhydrous sodium sulphate, for example, is mostly brought to the customer’s attention when negative service characteristics occur – stocks run lo…
This study focused on the development of FTPZs in Taiwan and examined factors influencing business activities in FTPZs and their degree of importance for improving the operational environment in FTPZs. A performance assessment of companies since operating their businesses in FTPZs was also undertaken. Data for the study were obtained from a questionnaire survey distributed to MNCs operating in …
Ranging from the rapid increase in international trade and the adoption of containers in most cargo transportation in the 1950s, to the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s and, more recently, the downturn due to the global financial crisis in 2008, there are few doubts that the world’s economy has experienced fundamental changes in the past half century. Many of these changes not only were…
The purpose of this paper is to investigate optimal strategic decision alternatives for Finnish pulp production companies in response to rising export tariffs on Russian roundwood. Traditionally, increasing the domestic or Russian supply to pulp mills satisfied their wood requirements. However, once this conventional strategy could no longer be implemented (in 2008), the wood requirements were …
An economic optimization model of waterborne containerized imports from Asia to the USA is described. Imports are allocated to alternative ports and logistics channels so as to minimize total transportation and inventory costs for each importer. Logistics channels include direct shipment of marine containers via truck or rail, and trans-loading in the hinterlands of the ports of entry from mari…
Because of an increase in population, the demand for coal has drastically risen with millions of tons of coal being imported annually through Indian ports. To accommodate with this rise in demand, there has been an increase in the concern over proper ship scheduling and effective stockyard management. This article focuses on these aspects, as well as train scheduling, in the context of coal imp…
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to measure a port’s green performance. The literature is reviewed and a survey is carried out to identify major green port performance indicators and to evaluate three major ports’ overall green performance in Asia. Indicators located in the critical quadrants with a high degree of importance and low degree of performance are identified and resources…
The purpose of this paper is to measure a port’s green performance. The literature is reviewed and a survey is carried out to identify major green port performance indicators and to evaluate three major ports’ overall green performance in Asia. Indicators located in the critical quadrants with a high degree of importance and low degree of performance are identified and resources are suggest…
Indonesia ' s pharmaceutical market, the largest in South East Asia, will see continued foreign drugmaker investment and the manufacturing of pharmaceutical raw materials in the country will increase following the revision of the country's Negative Investment L ist. In addition, t he government ' s incentive to develop the domestic pharmaceutical industry and reduce its reliance on …
In this paper, the changes that have taken place since September 11, 2001 regarding cargo inbound to the United States are examined. An appraisal of the new rules proposed by the U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection is provided along with an evaluation, using a game‐theoretic model, of how shippers and carriers may be expected to adapt to this new set of regulations. Since Canada is…
One‐stop shopping for logistics services has been a popular concept in theory, but so far has not been very successful in practice. Reviews the theoretical basis for the concept and reports the findings of a shipper‐carrier comparison study about one‐stop shopping expectations for international logistics services. Shows that international shippers located in the USA rate the expected ef…
Examines the difference in perceptions of 18 carrier selections factors between import shippers, export shippers, and international containership carriers. MANOVA was used to determine differences between the three groups. Suggests that there are significant differences between import shippers and carriers; export shippers and carriers; and import shippers and export shippers. Significant diffe…
The aim of this research is to identify the relevant skills and their relative importance, required by supply chain managers, and to suggest the key skill items that require improvement.
Describes the analysis of the logistics system of a supplier of anhydrous sodium sulphate to the Australian market. This examination considered the total cost and customer service implications of the present supply of this bulk product from one Canadian and US west coast source, its unloading at three Australian ports and subsequent distribution to customers in major Australian markets. Exami…
Using a sample of executing agency executives, donor agency executives and supplying organisation executives, this study aims to identify the critical criteria for the assessment of suppliers in foreign-aid funded procurement in Bangladesh.
Any firm participating in external (or inter-firm) benchmarking anticipates at least two benefits: useful statistics on how it performs relative to the other participating firms; and guidance in identifying promising performance improvement actions. Using data from a five-year benchmarking program for firms engaged in import operations, this research illustrates how these benefits might be assu…
Port of Indonesia Kendaraan Terminal (IKT) is vehicle handling terminal which is located in Jakarta, Indonesia. It has become the sole car terminal in Indonesia since 2008, thus it plays an important role of car distribution throughout Indonesia as well as International countries. However, nowadays it faces problem regarding capacity particularly storage yard. This is indicated by the Yard Occ…