Scheduling problems are usually treated within single plant environments or within companies with several production locations. Due to the globalization of markets companies can no longer be regarded isolated from each other. They are in fact elements of spatially distributed production and logistics networks, where apart from the actual production process transport and stock keeping gain impor...

Decreasing sizes and a static decline in production costs are fostering the use of RFID tags and sensors in cross-company logistics networks. Additionally, the EPCIS specification comprises interface standards for capturing and querying RFID based event data and storing it in a standardized data format. This contribution examines the potential of the given technological means for the automatic ...

While the Health Management Information Systems (HMIS) at the national level in Malawi is integrated, separate health information subsystems operate independently at the district level. For instance computerized Information Systems, such as District Health Information System that stores health data and Drug Logistics Management Information System that stores drug logistics data, operate as sepa...

From 2006 to 2012, the South Sudan Guinea Worm Eradication Program reduced new Guinea worm disease (dracunculiasis) cases by over 90%, despite substantial programmatic challenges. Program logistics have played a key role in program achievements to date. The program uses disease surveillance and program performance data and integrated technical-logistical staffing to maintain flexible and effect...

Mobile devices have been increasingly become important tools for the information system application in agriculture, but the safe problem that follow also results in risks of economy lose. Considering above problems and combining the application of an agriculture chain logistics management system, a series of jobs have been done. This paper presents a data security solution which encrypts the co...

We studied a logistics network design model composed of plants, warehouses and customers. For designing this integrated model, we had to make two decisions simultaneously; the location of plants and warehouses, and the product distribution from plants to customers through warehouses. We provided a heuristic using the genetic algorithm. The chromosome presents the location of plants and the allo...

Coordination in healthcare networks becomes increasingly important to enable integrated care scenarios, to enhance patient satisfaction and to reduce costs of the treatment processes. A process-oriented approach for coordination in healthcare networks is introduced. It shows how interorganizational treatment processes can be supported by the concept of process-based e-service-logistics. The all...

Managers are increasingly realizing the value of integrating production and logistics management at the same time as third-party logistics contracting is becoming a more widely utilized practice across many industries. Motivated by this observation, we first review a variety of models that focus on integrated production/distribution systems, and then develop models to analyze the optimal operat...

The emphasis on increasing product variety and individualization has created a strong demand for a new strategy of Mass Customization Manufacturing (MCM). A competitive and flexible manufacturing system must be developed to respond to small batches of customer demand. In this paper, problems of highly flexible process-control and logistics-management methodologies are addressed to meet MCM need...

In the situation where a large increase in trade and freight transport volumes in the Baltic Sea region (BSR) is expected and in which the BSR is facing a major economic restructuring, efforts to achieve more integrated and sustainable transport and communication links within the BSR are needed. One of these efforts is the development of logistics centres (LCs) and their networking, which will ...