The authors chose the topic of an economic and mathematical model effective management integrated transport logical system, due to relevance throughout world in all areas activity. Effective integration is possible if it based on methodological principles concept logistics, when interests subjects objects transport-logical system are coordinated while ensuring implementation strategy goals func...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consider theory development related to returns management within supply chain strategy. The marketing/logistics relationship relative to the returns management process is investigated. Design/methodology/approach – Grounded theory qualitative methodology. Managers in five Italian firms, across marketing and logistics roles, at strategic and operational ...

one of the important issues in transportation and logistics systems is vehicle routing problem (vrp). the vehicle routing problem is concerned with finding efficient routes of minimum total cost, beginning and ending at a central depot, for a fleet of vehicles to serve a number of customers. on the other hand, as a result of the increasing environmental concerns, economic problems and pressure ...

The U.S. healthcare industry is a large enterprise accounting for over 14.1% of the national economic output in 2001. It has been under pressure for cost containment and providing quality health care services to consumers. Its record of investing heavily on development of sophisticated drugs and diagnostic systems does not match that of technologies to manage its day-to-day operations. In order...

For the special relationship between logistics service quality and customer loyalty under the environment of C2C, on the basis of the three dimensions of Operation Logistics Service Quality, Relationship Logistics Service Quality and Cost Logistics Service Quality, the paper analyzed the relationship between customer satisfaction for third-party logistics service quality and customer loyalty fo...

A ‘‘science of logistics’’: Is there any? And if so, is there one—or two, or even several? To answer these questions is not easy. We know that different members of the large worldwide logistics community (which certainly does exist) would have very different views. When we started this journal, one of our assumptions was that definitely there should be a unified ‘‘science of logistics’’! We mad...

One of the major logistical challenges in human space exploration is asset management. This paper presents observations on the practice of asset management in support of human space flight to date and discusses a functional-based supply classification and a framework for an integrated database that could be used to improve asset management and logistics for future human missions to the Moon, Ma...