Integration and co-operation are today considered to be a necessary element for the proper functioning of modern industrial concepts, which include simultaneous or concurrent engineering within product development, lean production within production, and total quality management within modern quality work. The issues concerning integration and co-operation are treated differently by different au…
The main purposes of this paper are as follows. Exploring whether there is significant difference in the model of core competence between H-T firms and T-Ms in Taiwan. Investigating whether there is significant difference in the explanatory power of dimensions of core competence both for H-T firms and T-Ms in Taiwan.
The completion of the Single European Market in 1992 has major implications for logistics throughout the 1990s and beyond. However, as logistics has come under the spotlight, many managers and academics have come to realize that their understanding of the field is limited. In particular, both the differences in practice between countries and the future directions for innovation in logistics rem…
In terms of logistics, manufacturers located in peripheral areas are generally considered to be at a disadvantage. Surveys of Scottish manufacturers suggest that any logistical disadvantage is likely to stem more from inadequacies in the quality of transport services than from higher movement costs. The paper attempts to explain why manufacturers in peripheral areas do not incur a significant t…
The purpose of this paper is to make out a complete solution to logistic outsourcing problem in a medium-scale organization by using consistent fuzzy preference relation (CFPR) and vlsekriterijumska optimizacija i kompromisno resenje (VIKOR) method.
The purpose of this paper is to propose that transportation modal mix in global supply chains is a result of the strategic alignment between industry characteristics and supply chain strategies.
The aim of this research is to undertake a comparative analysis on the use of third party logistics (3PL) services by manufacturing firms in Singapore and Malaysia.
The purpose of this paper is to analyze how performance measurement systems (PMSs) can be used to support the key elements of the logistics change process.
The purpose of this study is to analyse the extent of the integration between manufacturers and third party logistics (TPL) providers at present and how the integration is expected to develop in the near future. The focus is on studying what tasks are part of the cooperation, what information and communications technology (ICT) tools are used for support, and what types of services are supplied…
Discusses customer care as a vital ingredient of Pitney Bowes′ success – keeping the customer totally satisfied and the importance of staff training, especially for pre‐empting potential problems and handling the computer system. Sees the supply chain as a fundamental element of the customer satisfaction programme.
Sets out an exploratory study to give an alternative viewpoint of manufacturing logistics.
To investigate the relationship between the choice of integrated or functional logistics providers by Brazilian shippers and: the type of their manufacturing process structure, and the level of sophistication of their logistics function, as well as the impact on that choice of possible interactions between these two characteristics of the shippers.
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the joint influence of dependence and trust in supply chain relationships on supply chain integration (SCI) and financial performance.