Cloud logistics comprises the virtualization of logistics resources from different logistics service providers. Those resources are pooled, combined and encapsulated within customer-specific modular logistics services. The pooling within networks comprises a high quantity of available logistics resources and services. Domain-specific structuring with the concept of the logistics service map hel...

While logistics services have become a significant source of competitive differentiation between firms, significant challenges exist relative to developing logistics service offerings for global business customers. Diverse regulations across borders, longer lead times, and increased transportation costs all add to the difficulty of managing logistics services internationally. As a service offer...

background: with the rapid development of health services, the progress of medical science and technology, and the improvement of materials research, the consumption of medical consumables (mcs) in medical activities has increased in recent years. however, owing to the lack of effective management methods and the complexity of mcs, there are several management problems including mc waste, low m...

Logistics services consist of a complex network of processes where exception management is becoming increasingly critical. During the process of exception management, prioritisation of exceptions is necessary for the efficient use of resources resulting in successful logistics services. Previous efforts in logistics exception management systems have focused primarily on exception handling. Exce...

In today’s logistics market, small and mediumsized logistics companies are exposed to increasing cooperation pressure to use rationalization potentials, win new groups of customers and assert themselves in the competition with big logistics companies yielding a distinct market power. In the past, numerous SME-size logistics companies have joined to form regional logistics associations in order ...

Because of the disconnection between the Logistics services trading platform and the EDI customs clearance system, the logistics clearance data needed to be gathered manually, and the efficiency of customs clearance was rather low. In view of this problem, a logistics data exchange method based on the XML technology was proposed, which firstly achieved the batch extraction and conversion of the...

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...

With the big change of the commercial environment, Taiwanese logistics firms should application new information technology for benefits and improve the efficiency of logistics management. For improve the partnership and efficiency, Taiwanese logistics firms should pay attention to the compatibility information system and information sharing. This study focused on 206 logistics firm that include...