Increasing Sustainability of Logistic Networks by Reducing Product Losses: A Network DEA Approach [PDF]
This paper considers a multiproduct supply network, in which losses (e.g., spoilage of perishable products) can occur at either the nodes or the arcs.
Adenso-Diaz, Belarmino +1 more
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Improving logistics performance by reforming the pillars of Global Competitiveness Index
Abstract The logistics performance of a country is crucial to national and international trade, and therefore has a direct effect on economic development. Owing to limited resources, policymakers need a guide for specifying the factors that need to be focused upon to bring about immediate and significant improvements in the logistics performance of ...
Şule Önsel Ekici +2 more
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One of the significant challenges to achieveing the Green Supply Chain Management objectives is the ecological footprint associated with several logistics operations.
Haoyu Cheng +3 more
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Measuring Regulatory Restrictions in Logistics Services [PDF]
This study measures the extent of restrictions on trade in logistics services in the ASEAN+6 economies by constructing a logistics regulatory restrictiveness index for each economy that quantifies the extent of government regulations faced by logistics ...
Claire HOLLWEG, Marn-Heong WONG
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Evolution of Supply Chain Collaboration: Implications for the Role of Knowledge [PDF]
Increasingly, research across many disciplines has recognized the shortcomings of the traditional “integration prescription” for inter-organizational knowledge management.
Farris, M. Theodore, Gravier, Michael
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Reducing the delivery lead time in a food distribution SME through the implementation of six sigma methodology [PDF]
Purpose – Six sigma is a systematic data driven approach to reduce the defect and improve the quality in any type of business. The purpose of this paper is to present the findings from the application of six sigma in a food service “small to medium sized
Nabhani, Farhad, Shokri, Alireza
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Global logistics indicators, supply chain metrics, and bilateral trade patterns [PDF]
Past research into the determinants of international trade highlighted the importance of the basic spatial gravity model augmented by additional variables representing sources of friction.
Hausman, Warren H. +2 more
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A Proposal for Supply Chain Management Research That Matters: Sixteen High Priority Research Projects for the Future [PDF]
On May 4th, 2016 in Milton, Ontario, the World Class Supply Chain 2016 Summit was held in partnership between CN Rail and Wilfrid Laurier University’s Lazaridis School of Business & Economics to realize an ambitious goal: raise knowledge of contemporary ...
Haughton, Michael
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The objectives of the study are to examine the logistics activities of hai cut flower orchid exporters to Vietnam and evaluate their logistics performance across nine logistical operations in three dimensions: cost, time, and reliability.
Ornkapat Bualom, Puwanart Fuggate
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The impact of green logistics service quality on logistics provider performance [PDF]
Paper delivered at the 19th Logistics Research Network annual conference 2014, 3rd-5th September 2014, Huddersfield. Effective and efficient logistics services can enhance the firm’s competitive advantage.
Chaisurayakarn, Siriwan, Grant, David
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