The U.S. is the main country in the world that delivers its food assistance primarily via transoceanic shipments of commodity-based in-kind food. This approach is costlier and less timely than cash-based assistance, which includes cash transfers, food vouchers, and local and regional procurement, where food is bought in or nearby the recipient country. The U.S.'s approach is exacerbated by a re...

The service of Transpo-Track is based upon real-time operational information. This is made possible by the so-called shop floor control information, a service that starts out by identifying shipments on the warehouse floor. Once picked up, the truck driver can create status messages about the whereabouts and conditions of the shipments. The logistics chain has four checkpoints:-the collection p...

REASONS FOR PERFORMING STUDY Anecdotal evidence collected by a variety of organisations has highlighted poor welfare in horses transported long distances to slaughter within the European Union. OBJECTIVE To investigate welfare of horses being transported long distances within the EU to slaughter. METHODS Data on transported horses were recorded at 2 assembly centres in Romania and at 4 abat...

Consider a multi-tiered supply chain network which contains manufacturers, distributors and consumers. A manufacturer located at the top tier of this supply chain is supposed to be concerned with the production of products and shipments to the distributors for profit maximization. In turn, a distributor located in the middle tier of the supply chain is faced with handling and managing the produ...