Based on the introduction of the concepts of logistics and logistics center, this paper analyzed the status and problems of Jilin Province’s logistics center, and proposed the steps, principles and factors for site selection of logistics center. Then by listing and comparing nine kinds of logistics center site selection method, including Analytic Hierarchy Process, Cluster Algorithm, Genetic Al...

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The field of logistics education is rather colorful. The range of possible topics is huge and so each curriculum has unique approach towards which topic areas to emphasize and which to treat briefly or even omit. There is only little effective standardization in logistics education. This study examines the content of 42 undergraduate logistics curricula in Europe via cluster analysis, with a go...

Received Aug 10 th , 2013 Revised Sep 20 th , 2013 Accepted Oct 15 th , 2013 Aiming at the problems of lowing informatization level and degree of specialization, high consumption and low efficiency in logistics and distribution industry, this paper analyzes the characteristics of cloud computing and the actual needs of enterprise logistics. On this basis, depth study of the logistics and distri...

With the rapid development of e-commerce, customer demand for diversity and timeliness has also increased, in fact, B2C e-commerce business lead higher requirement for logistics service. At the same time, the aviation logistics has become a new growth point of China's logistics transportation development, airport logistics construction and development has become an important force to promote re...

Drawing on a new and comprehensive measure of logistics quality, our gravity model suggests logistics in the exporting and partner-country can have an important impact on bilateral exports. A one standard deviation improvement in the exporter’s logistics quality, which for example would improve Gabon to the level of Guinea, would raise exports by almost 60%. Landlocked countries’ exports depend...

Sustainable and green logistics concepts are a major trend in global supply chains. An important research question in this context is the topic of a possible interdependence between green logistics measures and overall volatility in supply chains, discussed in logistics literature e.g. as ‘bullwhip effect’. This research paper therefore tries to give an overview about existing knowledge regardi...

This paper discusses the domain of Army logistics planning at the level of the ODSCLOG (Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics) and describes tools to assist in this planning. In particular, we have developed a prototype collaboratory (CLINT) for logistics planning that relies on Microsoft NetMeeting TM as the collaborative infrastructure, and a tool named THREADS to support logistic...

Purpose: Combined the current situation with the development trend of reverse logistics, the article focus on the research of Internet of Things application in the reverse logistics information management, starts with the study of reverse logistics information system, and describes the system structure and system process in applying Internet of Things in reverse logistics information management...

The mutual interaction of marketing and logistics has been widely described in academic articles. For almost a century, many scholars and practitioners have recognised the close relationship between marketing and logistics activities in a marketing channel. Business philosophies such as JIT, QR and ECR implicitly emphasise this relationship as well. However, there is often a gap between marketi...