RFID systems known to improve supply chains performances are not well-implemented in industry, particularly in the field of transport, due to the high economic investment it requests in comparison to other existing solutions. However, their benefits may be theoretically proved by using a distributed simulation platform to support the design and test of any technical solution and organisational ...

E-commerce is a complete process that consists of information flow, capital flow, business flow, and logistics. With the development of network and electronic technology, the information flow, capital flow, and business flow can be momentarily available through computer and network communication equipment. The logistics that must be achieved in reality become a key part in influencing the effic...

1.1.1 Introduction Logistics management is currently facing major challenges. The integration of the value chain and the growing importance of spatially and organi-sationally distributed production networks strongly increase the need for logistical coordination. Growing customer orientation requires product customization and increased responsiveness in order delivery, thereby raising flexibilit...

This paper develops an economic assessment of a multimodal transport network for single pallets. A shipment-size choice model is estimated to calculate the shippers’ reactions and their economic benefits from that transport network. In the model, the major factor influencing logistics decisions—the balance between warehouse and storage cost—is explicitly taken into account. The functional form ...

Reverse logistics, which is induced by various forms of used products and materials, has received growing attention throughout this decade. In a highly competitive environment, the service level is an important criterion for reverse logistics network design. However, most previous studies about product returns only focused on the total cost of the reverse logistics and neglected the service lev...

today, companies need to make use of appropriate patterns such as supply chain management system to gain and preserve a position in competitive world-wide market. supply chain is a large scaled network consists of suppliers, manufacturers, warehouses, retailers and final customers which are in coordination with each other in order to transform products from raw materials into finished goods wit...

Performance measurement of logistics companies is based upon various performance indicators. Yet, in the logistics industry, there are several vaguenesses, such as deciding on key indicators and determining interrelationships between performance indicators. In order to resolve these vaguenesses, this paper first presents the stakeholder-informed Balanced Scorecard (BSC) model, by incorporating ...

Green supply chain management has appeared as an essential strategy for enhancing environmental performance of processes, structures, and products accordingly to address regulatory and competitive forces. Korean firms lag in green logistics activities relative to ‘green’ leading companies in advanced countries. Thus, few papers have identified and investigated green supply chain systems within ...

The Internet has been a key to optimizing the supply chain, enabling real-time data to be shared between supply chain partners, which usually connect together as an e-business network. Nowadays the focus is on building-in value added products/services, thereby enabling the network to differentiate itself from its competitors in a more sustainable manner. In this context, outsourcing has provide...