A survey on cloud logistics service mode is proposed according to the new characteristics and new connotation of logistics services based on cloud computing from the view-point of management. In the logistics service under cloud computing environment, the logistics service mode is described from the different periods, different functions and different objects. Firstly, this paper analyzes the r...

Reverse logistics is the management of materials and information from the consumer to the point of origin (manufacturer). Post-sale reverse logistics, namely, a specific area of the entrepreneurial logistics for the management of unused or little-used post-sales products, which, for different reasons, are returned to the direct distribution link chain, is studied. The state-of-the-art reverse l...

In recent years the possibility of applying knowledge management to logistics and to logistics planning has been put forward in literature. Despite of these discussions knowledge management has not been implemented in logistics in large scale. To draw a clear picture of the current state-of-implementation and understand the impact knowledge management activities have on a company’s logistics pe...

Based on the theory of growth mode in circulation economy, this article analyses current situation and problems of China’s commodity circulation. It describes the impact of improving the level of logistics management on changing the growth mode of circulation economy from the perspective of logistics time value, location value and circulation processing value. It brings forward that improving t...

The logistics processes of the storage logistics enterprises is analyzed, the warehousing information models, system structures, management modules and their operational processes are studied, to provide enterprises with an automatic business information platform which not only meets internal management needs, but also the demands for the exchange of information between the enterprise supply ch...

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...

This paper proposes an innovative uncertainty management using a stochastic model to formulate logistics network starting from order processing, purchasing, inventory management, transportation, and reverse logistics activities. As this activity chain fits well with Markov process, we exploit the very principle to represent not only the transition among various activities, but also the inherent...

The supply chain management (SCM) consists of the integration of the business logistics management processes involving not only units within an enterprise but also across units belonging to both upstream and downstream partners, such as suppliers, customers, and logistics service providers. According to the council of logistics management (CLM, 1999), the set of activities to be managed include...

The costing and data mining of logistics costs will become increasingly important to all firms seeking competitive advantages. Activity Based Costing (ABC) is considered as the optimized and most promising method of costing and controlling logistics cost now, and logistics cost data mining based on ABC is playing a very important role in business management. The paper firstly analyses the princ...

The case discusses the various factors that bolstered positioning Dubai as the ideal location for a logistics hub, located at the crossroads of international trade and commerce between the Eastern and Western worlds. Dubai is also regarded as the gateway to the world’s most progressive markets which include Greater Africa, Indian subcontinent and the East European countries. The case illustrate...