design of a logistics network in proper way provides a proper platform for efficient and effective supply chain management. this paper studies a multi-period, multi echelon and multi-product integrated forward-reverse logistics network under uncertainty. first, an efficient complex mixed-integer linear programming (milp) model by considering some real-world assumptions is developed for the inte...

This paper describes the use of a formal approach to logistics management systems to reduce the environmental impact of logistics operations. Trucks play an essential role as carriers in modern logistics services, but collectively they emit a huge quantity of carbon dioxide. To reduce fossil fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions resulting from transport, we must enhance the transport ef...

Purpose Logistics scholars, as well as strategic management scholars, have in recent years shown that capabilities in logistics and supply chain management may be the foundation for a company’s sustainable competitive advantage. It can be argued that beside product-, production-, or market-oriented companies, there are also floworiented companies, in which the business models are based on super...

Because the transport expenses are more than a half the national logistics expenses, the increase of the transport expenses becomes the cause of an increase of national logistics expenses. To decrease of the logistics expenses, it has to develop logistics management application. Many Transport Companies are serving monitoring position of the transport vehicle, but the position data of the movin...

Customer service is increasingly being recognized as a source of competitive advantage. Determining customer needs accurately, meeting and exceeding them in a consistent manner is the key to the effective customer service. Companies should adapt a strategic, proactive focus on customer service based on understanding logistics process and designing logistics system to meet their needs. This ...

The 21st century is an age of information with constant development of computer network, which has brought much convenience for people’s life; while logistics is an indispensable part of modern people’s life. Since people are having higher and higher demand for quality of life, the traditional logistics management system hasn’t been able to adapt the market. Internet, as a necessary product of ...

In February 2002, the Institute of Transport Studies (ITS), The University of Sydney, initiated a study to investigate world class logistics (WCL) practices in Australia. This research is part of the wider WCL study investigating the state of quality practices in logistics in Australian companies. The study examines the extent to which quality management practices are adopted, impediments to im...

A logistics information service manages a large amount of products and product transport flow. Many applications request logistics information from a logistics information service. For effective sharing of logistics information and knowledge, the design of a logistics information management system is important. The current web is changing to a semantic web that provides a common framework for d...

Complex logistics audit system Complex logistics audit system is a tool for realization of logistical audit in the company. The current methods for logistics audit are based on “ad hok” analysis of logisticsl system. This paper describes system for complex logistics audit. It is a global diagnostics of logistics processes and functions of enterprise. The goal of logistics audit is to provide co...

The word logistics has its origin from Greek word “logistike” which means the art of calculating. However, the modern interpretation of the term logistics has its origin in the military, where it was used to describe the activities related to the procurement of ammunitions, and essential supplies for troops located at the front. Logistics not only includes activities related to the physical mov...