Fleet sizing of trucks for an inter-facility material handling system using closed queueing networks
Operations Research Perspectives, 2022 Material handling systems (MHS) are integral to logistics functions by providing various supports such as handling, moving, and storing materials in manufacturing and service organisations.
Mohamed Amjath +3 more
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The assessment of service quality for third-party logistics providers in the beverage industry [PDF]
Cogent Engineering, 2020 The assessment of service quality has received increasing attention over the past few decades. The SERVQUAL model is an instrument that is commonly used to quantify the quality of a service. It divides “service quality” into five dimensions: tangibles, responsiveness, reliability, assurance, and empathy.
Punnatorn Mathong +3 more
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DESIGN OF ROBUST DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS RUN BY THIRD PARTY LOGISTICS SERVICE PROVIDERS
Advances in Complex Systems, 2012 We consider a third party logistics service provider (LSP), who faces the problem of distributing different products from suppliers to consumers having no control on supply and demand. In a third party set-up, the operations of transport and storage are run as a black box for a fixed price.
M. P. M. Hendriks +4 more
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AHP BASED SELECTION OF THIRD-PARTY LOGISTICS SERVICE PROVIDER
Mersin University Journal of Maritime Faculty, 2020 Today, as in all other sectors, competition in the logistics sector is getting harder day by day. In order to be successful, firms should be able to take the right decisions and fast as they can to be able to catch changing competition conditions. The first stage of making the right decisions is to reach the correct and necessary data quickly. Although
Nergis ÖZİSPA +2 more
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Developing third-party purchase (3PP) services: New Zealand third-party logistics providers’ perspectives [PDF]
Supply Chain Management: An International Journal, 2017 PurposeThis paper aims to examine the opportunity for third-party logistics providers (3PLs) to develop further value-added services for their clients, focused on purchasing. The provider perspectives on third-party purchase (3PP) services are examined in conjunction with their business environment, with a survey informed by transaction cost economics ...
Shi, Y., Arthanari, T., Wood, Lincoln
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What Drives the Choice of Third Party Logistics Provider? [PDF]
, 2010 It is generally believed that companies choose supply chain partners on the basis of their distinctive value propositions; a fact one would also expect holds true when companies choose a logistics service provider. However, faced with the complexities of
TIM COLTMAN +15 more
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Pre-Sale Strategy for Fresh Agricultural Products Under the Consideration of Logistics Services
IEEE Access, 2021 Purpose – There is particularly high loss rate for fresh agricultural products (FAP) in the operation of actual supply chain and the development of FAP e-commerce is hindered to some extent.
Xiuping Han, Shizhen Bai, Hui Yu
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Outsourcing Reverse Logistics for E-Commerce Retailers: A Two-Stage Fuzzy Optimization Approach
Axioms, 2021 On the heels of the online shopping boom during the Covid-19 pandemic, the electronic commerce (e-commerce) surge has many businesses facing an influx in product returns.
Chia-Nan Wang +2 more
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Third-party logistics in construction: perspectives from suppliers and transport service providers
, 2022 Suppliers and transport service providers are key parties in the construction supply chain, and their respective roles when employing a construction logistics setup based on third-party logistics are investigated. The use of construction logistics setups
Rudberg, Martin +3 more
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Decision-Making of Transnational Supply Chain Considering Tariff and Third-Party Logistics Service
Mathematics, 2022 Countries’ economic policies, such as tariff barriers, have a profound impact on the global economy and international trade. The imposition of tariffs seriously disturbs the global trade and supply chain operations.
Xiao Hu +3 more
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