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IMPROVEMENT THE WORKS OF FREIGHT FORWARDING SERVICE AT KHARKOV-LISKI STATION

open access: yesEastern-European Journal of Enterprise Technologies, 2010
The analysis of the main lacks of forwarding services was made. The measures for improvement of the station: the introduction of universal quality management (TQM), which significantly help streamline the processes of work organization were proposed.
openaire   +1 more source

Why Autonomous Vehicles Are Not Ready Yet: A Multi‐Disciplinary Review of Problems, Attempted Solutions, and Future Directions

open access: yesJournal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Personal autonomous vehicles can sense their surrounding environment, plan their route, and drive with little or no involvement of human drivers. Despite the latest technological advancements and the hopeful announcements made by leading entrepreneurs, to date no personal vehicle is approved for road circulation in a “fully” or “semi ...
Xingshuai Dong   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Experiences With a Last Meter Delivery Robot

open access: yesJournal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The steady growth of e‐commerce is a consolidated trend continuously increasing the number of parcels delivered worldwide. Conventionally, in logistics, last mile delivery has been the area of study covering the last step of a parcel delivery process: from the nearest distribution center to the customer.
Ricard Bitriá   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Competition Policy and Regulation in Ports and Shipping [PDF]

open access: yes
The country's archipelagic configuration requires an efficient maritime transport infrastructure composed of ports and shipping for growth and socioeconomic integration.
Basilio, Enrico L.   +2 more
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Incorporating environmental DNA metabarcoding for improved benthic biodiversity and habitat mapping

open access: yesRemote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
Seafloor imagery is commonly used to collect information about the distribution of benthic organisms in order to generate habitat and biodiversity maps. Recent advances in genomics (e.g., environmental DNA; eDNA) show potential to complement video surveys for habitat mapping, but there have been few examples testing this.
Rylan J. Command   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Method for Assessing the Risks to Sustainability Posed by Process Operations

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We present a framework for assessing the risks to sustainability posed by any given set of processes. The objective is to improve sustainability by enabling better decision‐making in policy and business contexts. The framework can be applied to any system of processes where available information supports discovery and quantification of ...
Richard C. Darton, Colin J. Axon
wiley   +1 more source

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