Reliable supply chains are crucial to the productivity and economic growth of nations. Despite the recognition of its importance, formal research on the contribution of supply chain logistics, including the relative impacts across different logistics dimensions, is less. The importance of supply...

The scientific aim of this working paper is to review the well-known concept of the value chain and to evaluate the different activities under the current conditions and circumstances. The main question of research is to find out if the classification and composition of the various activities is...

Courier, express, and parcel (CEP) services represent one of the most challenging and dynamic sectors of the logistics industry. Companies of this sector must solve several challenges to keep up with the rapid changes in the market. In this context, the introduction of autonomous delivery using...

Inefficiency in complex reverse-logistical operations, such as the collection and transport of various wastes, can often be traced to two related factors. Adversarial and arms-length relationships between service providers and customers are commonplace, alongside surprisingly limited...

The literature indicates that a 20% reduction in the weight of empty 40-foot shipping containers would result in $28 billion of fuel savings, along with a 3.6 exajoule reduction in the energy demand over containers’ 15-year lifetime. Decreasing the energy demand and thereby greenhouse gas...

Utolért bennünket a jövő? A minket körülvevő és a vállalatok számára is elérhető technológiai megoldások örvényszerűen változnak. A változás olyan mértékű, hogy valóban indokolt az ipari forradalom legújabb hullámaként emlegetni. A robotok, az önmagukat fejleszteni...

Advances in the area of computing power, data storage capabilities, etc., are changing the way business is done, particularly regarding how businesses use and apply artificial intelligence. To better understand how artificial intelligence is used in supply chain management, this paper identifies...

The paper at hand presents a definition of autonomous intralogistics systems and a classification of intralogistics systems with regard to their degree of autonomy. Intralogistics − a complex interplay of different logistics functions − covers the organization, control, execution and...

A problem predicted by experts with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic is that many markets, in particular, the restaurant market, the tourism market, and the entertainment market, will face long-term stagnation in the near future due to outflow of financial resources. On the other hand, even...

The inventory carrying cost has been assumed uniform for all products in an organization or a warehouse. This assumption is not valid for a diversified range of items in an organization or warehouse. This paper tested this hypothesis of variations in inventory holding costs in a warehouse in two...

In the last decade, the Industry 4.0 concept has introduced automation and cyber-physical systems as the core elements of future logistics, supported by an array of technologies, such as augmented reality (AR) providing the necessary support for the digital transformation of manufacturing and...

Over the past decade, the blockchain technology has been actively embraced by an increasing number of companies. Blockchain has proven its effectiveness not only in the financial sector, but also in logistics and supply chain management, and has received extensive coverage in the scientific...

Advances in the area of computing power, data storage capabilities, etc., are changing the way business is done, particularly regarding how businesses use and apply artificial intelligence. To better understand how artificial intelligence is used in supply chain management, this paper identifies...

The analysis in hand provides a brief assessment of the United States' and Canada's marine transportation system and relevant search and rescue (SAR) support in relation to the Northwest Passage, with the purpose of examining to what extent these countries' relevant infrastructure resources are...

In this volatile post-COVID environment where customers look for ways to order products online using personal computers and mobile devices, a traditional sale/delivery of products via single distribution channel needs to be reassessed. As a revolutionary alternative to a conventional...

Purpose: The purpose of this research is to develop an inter-organizational model of coordination in hinterland chain of hub-and-spoke in global logistics, where dryport works as a spoke and seaport as a hub. Design/methodology/approach: The model built will define a conceptual model in order to...

Purpose: Road transport aspects are becoming increasingly important due to their high impact on economic, environmental and social sustainability. Considering the triple bottom line approach, best practices play a fundamental role within organisations. The purpose of this paper is to analyse...

Despite the claim that blockchain will revolutionise business and redefine logistics, existing research so far is limited concerning frameworks that categorise blockchain application potentials and their implications. In particular, academic literature in transport and logistics to date has not...

In the course of the ongoing era of digitization, cyber-physical systems and complex event processing belong to the most discussed technologies nowadays. The huge challenge that digitization is forming to the transportation and logistics sector is largely accepted by the responsible...

Collaboration in the freight industry has not been widely adopted mainly due to the perceived barriers in competition resulting in a lack of trust among fleet operators. Collaboration in this sector has significant benefits, including the reduction of empty running, operating costs (OPEX) and...

Production management teams often face unfamiliar situations where each team member must understand new phenomena individually before the team can make mutually understandable and acceptable decisions. Contradicting subjective judgments can distort the group’s decision-making process because...

A lean menedzsment egy sokat kutatott témakör a termelés- és szolgáltatásmenedzsment szakirodalmában. Technikai vetületein túl napjainkra a szoft tényezők (vállalati kultúra, szervezet, vezetés, emberierőforrás-menedzsment, tudásátadási gyakorlatok) vizsgálata is előtérbe...

Bár számos koncepcionális tanulmány létezik az Ipar 4.0 (I4.0) technológiáiról és empirikus eredmények is vannak konkrét I4.0 alkalmazásokról, a jelenlegi irodalom csak felületes képet ad a szervezeti szintű I4.0 transzformációkról. A cikk célja, hogy az I4.0 bevezetésére...

A tanulmány arra keresi a választ, hogy a Magyarországon tevékenykedő, rövid élelmiszerellátási láncokban érintett és társadalmi vállalkozásként működő éttermek gazdasági értelemben önmagukban mennyire fenntarthatók. A magyar para- gasztro mozgalom három meghatározó...

A szerzők tanulmányukban az Ipar 4.0 és a digitalizáció megjelenési formáit vizsgálják az élelmiszergazdaságban. Rámutatnak arra, hogy az Ipar 4.0 ebben az ágazatban is jelen van már, és kiemelt szerepet játszhat a nyomon követésben és az élelmiszerbiztonságban. A kutatás...

Az általános közvélekedés szerint a csomagolás egyszerűen csak valami "zacskó", nem több. De miért tanulják meg ilyen lassan a vezetéssel foglalkozó szakemberek, hogy a termék és ellátási lánc olyan részeleme, amely nélkülözhetetlen a sikerhez? Ekkor gondolkodtam el, hogy...

This paper focuses on forecasting of products with sporadic demand. The demand for such products is not continuous but diffused seemingly at random, with a large proportion of zero values in the analyzed time series. The sporadic character of demand patterns actually means that the information...

A cikk a Sales & Operations Planning témakörét helyezi a vizsgálat középpontjába. Ez az ellátási lánc reálfolyamatainak taktikai szintű tervezése során alkalmazott szervezeti egyeztetési folyamat, melynek célja, hogy dinamikus újratervezési ciklusokon keresztül egyensúlyt...

A kkv-k (kis- és középvállalatok) működése fontos témája a gazdasági szakirodalomnak, a megjelent munkák számos aspektusból elemzik jellemzőiket. Jelen tanulmány azt vizsgálja, hogy a kkv-k mint fogyasztók (vevők) mennyire képesek beépíteni a környezeti tényezőket a...

The paper aims at exploring the prerequisites for a beneficial knowledge transfer between manufacturing plants of multinational companies (MNCs), by taking the characteristics of the knowledge sending and knowledge receiving plant into consideration. This research seeks to understand how efforts...

This paper summarizes findings about papers involving supplier selection and evaluation using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) published between 2009 and 2018. It reviews how DEA, one of the most frequently used methods, supports the supplier selection and evaluation process and related...

Az üzleti szimulációs játékokban résztvevők teljesítményének értékelése nehéz feladat a szubjektív értékelési szempontok és a nehezen aggregálható kvantitatív információk miatt. A cikk célja annak bemutatása, hogyan alkalmazható a relatív hatékonyságvizsgálat (DEA)...

With the advancement of technology and the need for the continuous development of service quality, the introduction of new systems in local or nationwide public transportation is a practice that passengers must accept from time to time. When these new systems are introduced along with the...

There is an expectation towards public policy to ensure efficiency in public procurement (manage public spending properly), ensure accountability and support the social, environmental and other economic and political goals. Increasingly complex regulation raises the question of whether its...

A társadalmi-ökológiai rendszerek rezilienciája a környezettudományok egyik legjelentősebb területe, az erről szóló diskurzus azonban szegényes a magyar nyelvű tudományos irodalomban. Írásomban a nemzetközi irodalom legfontosabb szerzői és a terület néhány kiemelkedő...

Reliable supply chains are crucial to the productivity and economic growth of nations. Despite the recognition of its importance, formal research on the contribution of supply chain logistics, including the relative impacts across different logistics dimensions, is less. The importance of supply...