With development of technology and science and continuous increase in productivity, product life cycles are shortened and customer demands are more personalized and diversified, which makes companies face with ever changing and unpredictable competitive environment. Therefore, rapid response to market competition has become one of the main focuses and the competitive advantages. Today, one of t...

With the development of intelligent and communication technology, traditional logistics has gradually transformed into logistics. The construction railway cold chain system is an effective measure to implement structural adjustment supply, which conforms times. Firstly, basic features design principles were described. Secondly, target functions framework put forward, takes information service a...

The structure is the basic attribute of everything. The structure of logistics network is composed of logistics nodes and logistics routes, however the logistics cost mainly happens on the function the logistics route undertakes. So logistics routing optimization is the key to reduce logistics cost. As logistics is the hygiene factor of regional economic development, this article studied on log...

The paper evaluates technical and logistics developments that could lead to increased economic and technical efficiency of rail–road transport terminals. The main design parameters are identified (length and utilisation of transhipment tracks, train and truck arrival behaviour/patterns, type and number of handling equipment, mean stacking height in the storage area, terminal access system and p...

this study aimed to evaluate the success of the outsourcing model for logistics softwares, with emphasis on critical success factors of information systems has been performed. the purpose of this research is applied and methods of data collection is descriptive and correlational research design is second-order factor analysis. because in this study, causal relationships between variables in the...

by M.P. Brocklebank, J. Lam, and P. Mehta This article describes a new configuration for the layout of an OSD facility that closely integrates all of the facility contents plus optional R&D and administration areas. It presents a number of operating and GMP advantages, as well as potential capital and operational cost savings. Introduction Oral Solid Dosage (OSD) facilities producing tablets an...

Maintenance activities are crucial for all manufacturing industries. To ensure availability and lifetime of production equipment, operations management logistics support maintenance need to evolve year after year. Besides, Centralised Workshops one the most interesting approaches reduce cost time required repair faulty equipment. Generally known in research community as ‘repair shops’, they aim...

Today, more firms are focusing on core competencies and turning to external specialists (Third Party Logistics – 3PLs) for sophisticated logistics solutions. The 3PL service industry is characterized by customer relationships that can extend over several years, involving multiple instances of service delivery. Customers’ satisfaction level has a profound impact on attracting new customers and c...

In today’s logistics market, small and mediumsized logistics companies are exposed to increasing cooperation pressure to use rationalization potentials, win new groups of customers and assert themselves in the competition with big logistics companies yielding a distinct market power. In the past, numerous SME-size logistics companies have joined to form regional logistics associations in order ...