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A logistic process immaturity model proposal

Márquez-Gutiérrez, Mateo; Carmona-Gonzalez, Guillermo; … - In: Foundations of Management : the journal of Warsaw … 12 (2020) 1, pp. 61-70

companies whose logistics management differs from service companies. …

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Reverse Logistics – Capturing Value in the Extended Supply Chain

Fleischmann, Moritz; van Nunen, J.A.E.E; Grave, Ben; … - 2010

chain perspective to include new processes, known as ‘reverse logistics’, as well as multiple interrelated usage cycles ….In this chapter, we review the field of reverse logistics. We discuss its opportunities and its challenges and indicate … potential ways for companies to master them. We highlight what makes reverse logistics different from ‘conventional’ supply …

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Centralized versus Decentralized Inventory Control in Supply Chains and the Bullwhip Effect

Zhan, Qu; Raff, Horst - 2017

This paper constructs a model of a supply chain to examine how demand volatility is passed upstream through the chain. In particular, we seek to determine how likely it is that the chain experiences a bullwhip effect, where the variance of the upstream firm's production exceeds the variance of...

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Centralized versus decentralized inventory control in supply chains and the bullwhip effect

Zhan, Qu; Raff, Horst - 2017

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Innovative Way of Optimizing the Manufacturing Processes on Parallel Production Lines in SME

GRUIA, George Cristian; KAVAN, Michal - In: Economia. Seria Management 17 (2014) 2, pp. 238-247

The goal of the paper is to present a new way for scheduling the processes within and not limited to manufacturing companies. The aim of the paper is to offer the management of SMEs a revolutionary way for increasing the company’s productivity using a better planning and usage of the available...

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Optimal Storage Rack Design for a 3-dimensional Compact AS/RS

Le-Duc, Le-Duc, T.; de Koster, de Koster, M.B.M. - Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), … - 2005

In this paper, we consider a newly-designed automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS). The system consists of an automated crane taking care of movements in the horizontal and vertical direction. A gravity conveying mechanism takes care of the depth movement. The aim of the research was to...

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Management Best Practices Used in Romanian Logistics Customer Service Planning

Crişan, Emil; Ilieş, Liviu; Salanţă, Irina - In: The AMFITEATRU ECONOMIC journal 12 (2010) 27, pp. 215-227

manager, which can improve management processes. This article contains management best practices used in logistics for … this article. Logistics is the group of activities of the firm which insure the flow of materials, parts and final products … from firm’s suppliers to its customers, but also inside the firm. At firm’s level logistics is usually perceived as a cost …

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Variety Management in Assemble-to-Order Supply Chains

Blecker, Thorsten; Abdelkafi, Nizar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

Assemble-to-order refers to a supply chain strategy in which products are not assembled until customer order arrives. It is based on the so-called form postponement that is to hold components at a generic form and to delay the point of product differentiation. The performance of an...

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Lean production y gestión de la cadena de suministro en la industria aeronáutica

Martínez Jurado, Pedro José; Moyano Fuentes, José - In: Investigaciones Europeas de Dirección y Economía de … 17 (2011) 1, pp. 137-157

In this paper we asses the current state of research on Lean Production and Supply Chain Management in the aeronautic industry, with two basic aims: 1) identify all lines of research developed, providing a classification criterion of literature, 2) discuss the empirical evidence and try to...

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Efficient coalition formation and stable coalition structures in a supply chain environment

Popp, Alexandru W. A. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

We study a real supply chain environment from which specific information and knowledge can be extrapolated for other similar environments. We focus our research on the analysis of the interactions between members forming different teams (and between the teams themselves), and on the leader’s...

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