This article establish an efficient electronic commerce logistics operation system to reduce distribution costs and build a logistics network operation model based on around the B2C electronic commerce enterprise logistics network operation system. B2C electronic commerce transactions features in the enterprise network platform. To solve the NP-hard problem this article use hybrid ant colony al...

The objective of this research is to verify the relationship between institutional pressures, green logistics activities and impacts on performance. A survey 56 service providers was conducted. In relation data acquired, return 138 questionnaires answered by middle/tactical managers in Brazil received. Institutional Pressures were antecedents capable explaining corresponding variation Green Log...

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...

The increasing competition due to globalization and e-Business development has stimulated manufacturers to pursue supply chain alliances more aggressively. The primary motivation for this is to minimize overall costs and gain mutual benefits through supplier-manufacturer integration. Supply chain alliance is one of the key strategic co-operations adopted by manufacturers to simultaneously reduc...

In order to recycle and dispose of all people's expired drugs, the government should design a subsidy policy to stimulate users to return their expired drugs, and drug-stores should take the responsibility of recycling expired drugs, in other words, to be recycling stations. For this purpose it is necessary for the government to select the right recycling stations and treatment stations to opti...

The aim of this paper is to capture the specific logistics problems and the new challenges that Japanese firms face in their operations in China, and to identify the key factors influencing the development of effective logistics management. The analysis is based on a case study of a Japanese firm that manufactures its products in China and sells in the Japanese market. The findings show that es...

This contribution concerns itself with the value of RFID and sensor technologies to reverse logistics processes. Our research is motivated by the question, to what extent the accuracy of information on product quality delivered by such technologies impacts the total recovered value companies obtain from returned goods in an industry with time-sensitive products. For this purpose, we first prese...

In order to reduce the cost pressure on cold-chain logistics brought by the carbon tax policy, this paper investigates optimization of Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) with time windows for cold-chain logistics based on carbon tax in China. Then, a green and low-carbon cold chain logistics distribution route optimization model with minimum cost is constructed. Taking the lowest cost as the objecti...

Measurements of logistics costs are necessary for manufacturing companies to be able to evaluate the cost effects and trade-offs of logistics management decisions. This case study highlights the challenges ZF Friedrichshafen AG faced during the implementation of a process-oriented logistics-costs measurement framework. The discussion of possible solutions to these challenges leads to recommenda...