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Background: Airports are essential drivers of spatial development; hence the placement of logistics facilities relative … the airfreight catchment of airports. To contribute to the existing knowledge, the paper used the study area of the City … the placement of logistics firms in the municipality, analysis of the linkages of the logistics firms with Cape Town …
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Background: A multi-faceted analysis of the positioning of logistics facilities relative to airports is a topical …. Regardless of the wide range of studies that exist on the topic, little is known about the logistics catchment of airports …. Towards extending the literature, the objective of the paper is to analyse the spatial configuration of logistics firms …
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Background: International transportation has grown substantially, causing total logistics costs (TLCs) to rise … expectation of reduced delivery times, and inventory costs. However, a thorough comparative analysis is necessary for the … importance of a country-based logistics strategy. The paper successfully establishes the trends and relations between logistics …
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infrastructure expenditure, balance-sheet inventories, and logistics costs. The computation of the LMAI indicator, based on averaged …The article presents the first theoretical and empirical estimation of the role of logistics in mitigating the effects …-2018. The studies examined the efficiency and effectiveness of logistics management, with a particular focus on logistics …
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Background: Efforts made to calculate the logistics costs in Indonesia, at the macro level, are facing various problems … reviewing the measurement model, of the logistics costs used in Indonesia, at the macro level. Method: It provides a potential … used to assess the logistics costs. Conclusion: Thus, the calculation output of the logistics costs is expected to be able …
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challenges implied. This paper analyzes risk in supply chain management (SCM) through the lens of the responsibilities and costs …Among the many sources of financial and operational risk in supply chains are the Incoterms®, which are terms of trade … used to decide who does what in a cargo movement, when risk passes from seller to buyer and who pays for which part of the …
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-life transportation and logistics activities. Generally, the analysis of complex systems in these non-deterministic environments is … optimization methods when our goal is to: (i) minimize operating costs while guaranteeing a given quality of service; or (ii … of simheuristics in the logistics and transportation field. The paper also discusses open research lines in this …
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unit transportation costs, availabilities of items at the suppliers, fixed charges, capacities of conveyances, and demands …
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to the high level of unpredictability in logistics operations, the logistics sector has traditionally operated in a high-risk … Assessment Ratio Analysis (SWARA) has been used in this study to assess the logistics risks. The logistics risk considered in … through globalization, environmental concerns, and changes in demand. As a result, in order for a logistics firm to thrive, it …
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Purpose: Pre-positioning is a crucial choice in pre-disaster humanitarian logistics planning that consists of deciding … hurricane in Mexico. As far as our knowledge, it is the first work in literature to deal with humanitarian logistics under a …
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