Sustainable logistics concepts mainly focus on strategicdecision levels for example in supply chain design,warehouse location and standard transport mode selectiondecisions. This paper is addressing a more operativeapproach and analyzing green concepts for day-to-daylogistics decisions, commonly...

This paper presents results from an expert survey regarding logistics trends in accordance to a trendclassification system. A special focus is put on rail traffic as this transport mode is experiencing a“renaissance” in recent trend development and interesting new organisation systems such...

In logistics sustainability concepts such as CO2 footprint measurement, greenlogistics or empty transport reduction are developed and used in relative isolationfrom important future technology trends such as RFID, GPS or processautomation. This research contribution seeks for an integrated view...

This research paper addresses quality management in higher education teaching ingeneral and especially regarding the field of logistics study programmes at universities.Therefore the author gives a detailed overview about quality definitions, trends andconcepts in higher education in Germany,...

The technology of RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) is one of the major developmentsin logistics and supply chain management enhancing transparency for all partnersin global transport processes. This paper aims at the basic description of coreelements and success factors of this technology...

The logistics industry is due to globalization and technology integration i.e. IT, RFIDand GPS a huge growth industry worldwide and especially in Europe and Germany.Although the qualification tracks in academic fields do not match these trends and perspectivesas still only a few universities...

This paper presents results from an expert survey regarding logistics trends in accordanceto a trend classification system. A special focus is put on rail traffic as this transportmode is experiencing a “renaissance” in recent trend development and interestingnew organisation systems such as...

Co-operation is a basic concept for several logistics concepts as the co-operation ofdifferent companies in a supply chain defines possibilities and results in operationsmanagement. This paper presents a comparative view onto different approaches,namely supply chain management, efficient...

Business Development traditionally has an incorporated focus on marketing and marketingmodels as well as marketing competencies among business development managers.However, the discussed case studies results and trends in business and marketbehaviour point to the fact that in the future only an...