E-logistics of agribusiness organisations

Logistics is one of the most important agribusiness functions due to the idiosyncrasy of food products and the structure of food supply chain. Companies in the food sector typically operate with poor production forecasting, inefficient inventory management, lack of coordination with supply partners. Further, markets are characterised by stern competition, increasing consumer demands and stringent regulation for food quality and safety. Large agribusiness corporations have already turned to e-logistics solutions as a means to sustain competitive advantage and meet consumer demands. There are four types of e-logistics applications: (a) Vertical alliances where supply partners forge long-term strategic alliances based on electronic sharing of critical logistics information such as sales forecasts and inventory volume. Vertical alliances often apply supply chain management (SCM) which is concerned with the relationship between a company and its suppliers and customers. The prime characteristic of SCM is interorganizational coordination: agribusiness companies working jointly with their customers and suppliers to integrate activities along the supply chain to effectively supply food products to customers. E-logistics solutions engender the systematic integration among supply partners by allowing more efficient and automatic information flow. (b) e-tailing, in which retailers give consumers the ability to order food such as groceries from home electronically i.e. using the Internet and the subsequent delivery of those ordered goods at home. (c) Efficient Foodservice Response (EFR), which is a strategy designed to enable foodservice industry to achieve profitable growth by looking at ways to save money for each level of the supply chain by eliminating inefficient practices. EFR provides solutions to common logistics problems, such as transactional inefficiency, inefficient plant scheduling, out-of-stocks, and expedited transportation. (d) Contracting, a means of coordinating procurement of food, beverages and their associated supplies. Many markets and supply chains in agriculture are buyer-driven where the buyers in the market tend to set prices and terms of trade. Those terms can include the use of electronic means of communication to support automatic replenishment of goods, management of supply and inventory. The results of the current applications of e-logistics in food sector are encouraging for Greek agribusiness. Companies need to become aware of and evaluate the value-added by those applications which are a sustainable competitive advantage, optimisation of supply chain flows, and meeting consumer demands and food safety regulations. E-business diffusion has shown that typically first-movers gain a significant competitive advantage and the rest companies either eventually adopt the new systems or see a significant decline in their trading partners and perish. E-logistics solutions typically require huge investments in hardware and software and skilled personnel, which is an overt barrier for most Greek companies. Large companies typically are first-movers but small and medium enterprises (SMEs) need institutional support in order to become aware that e-logistics systems can be fruitful for them as well

Assessing the Role of Community Forest Management: A Geographical Information System (GIS)-based approach

This paper examined e-logistic practices and health care supply chain management in the context of Ugandan public referral hospitals. The prime objective was to examine the relationship between e-logistics operations and performance of health care supply chain management. A quantitative research approach was utilized to gather data from public referral hospitals respondents using structured survey questionnaires.  For data analysis, descriptive statistics and Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modelling were utilised, aided by SmartPLS 3. Findings showed a positive significant relationship between e-logistics operations and performance of health care supply chain management in the context of Ugandan public referral hospitals. This study implies that the key e-logistics operations in relation to the performance of health care supply chain management, are central management of drugs, the correct order picking of drugs given to the right patients for quality control, and presence of an electronic system to update stock daily. Additionally, the findings designated that, e-logistics operations are related to the performance of health care supply chain management in terms of ICTs tracking systems and data transparency. The practical implication to the health sector- stakeholders, is to consider ICT-tracking systems and data transparency for e-logistics operations and performance of health care supply chain management

Perceived Importance of Success Factors of Firms Practicing E-Logistics in Supply Chain: An Exploratory Study on Extranet

One way to enhance the success of supply chain is through the adoption of e-logistics. Much literature discusss the success stories of supply chain, it is however lacked of the determination of its success factors in the e-logistics environment. Extranet is considered as an enabler/system that could enrich the betterment of service quality in e-logistics. This paper identifies four success factors influencing to the success of Extranet; namely the quality of system, information, service and work performance. Furthermore, the analysis on its significant decision variables in each success factor through the concept of SERVQUAL is also presented

E-logistic Practices and Health Care Supply Chain Management for Public Referral Hospitals in Uganda

This paper examined e-logistic practices and health care supply chain management in the context of Ugandan public referral hospitals. The prime objective was to examine the relationship between e-logistics operations and performance of health care supply chain management. A quantitative research approach was utilized to gather data from public referral hospitals respondents using structured survey questionnaires.  For data analysis, descriptive statistics and Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modelling were utilised, aided by SmartPLS 3. Findings showed a positive significant relationship between e-logistics operations and performance of health care supply chain management in the context of Ugandan public referral hospitals. This study implies that the key e-logistics operations in relation to the performance of health care supply chain management, are central management of drugs, the correct order picking of drugs given to the right patients for quality control, and presence of an electronic system to update stock daily. Additionally, the findings designated that, e-logistics operations are related to the performance of health care supply chain management in terms of ICTs tracking systems and data transparency. The practical implication to the health sector- stakeholders, is to consider ICT-tracking systems and data transparency for e-logistics operations and performance of health care supply chain management

E-LOGISTICS – MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT

The paper presents the role and the importance of logistics for products and services inorder to obtain the competitive advantage. After a short presentation of logistics evolution, we moveon to defining the logistics concept, respectively integrated logistics. The analysis of the logisticsactivities is based on the total cost concept and it has as a purpose the efficient and effectivemanagement of the physical flows of raw materials, materials and finite products, and of theinternational flows. The competitive advantage is ensured through the harmonization of the logisticsfunction with the other functions of the company and through the integration of the logistics chain ofall upstream and downstream organizations in order to ensure a high level of consumer service ateconomical costs under the farm of supply chain management. In the end we present the maintendencies in the evolution of logistics in the Romanian firms under the circumstances of the increaseof their international dimension

E-busi̇ness In Logistics Industry

Changingproductand service requests, requires business to change theirs tructureanddevelopactionsthatappropriateforthisstructure. As well as being a result of competitiontermsandconditions, at thesame time whenitspositiveeffectstobusinessperformancesarethought, applicationsbasedon informationtechnologiesbecomesinevitableforbusiness. Also in thiscase, theissue is one of theimportantdecisionstages. Inthisstudy, theimportantfactorswereidentifiedwhichareinfluential in the e-logistics adoption decisionin logistic ssector. The analysis is carriedout in twophase. Firstlyfactoranalysis is conductedtoidentifytheprincipalcomponentsinfluentialtothee-logisticsadaptationdecision. Inthesecondphase, logistics regression is conductedtofurtheranalysistheeffect of individual components on the adoption decision. Keyword: E-logistics, Logistics Industry, Logistics Regression

Efektivitas E-Logistik dan Tele-Logistik dalam Optimalisasi Pengelolaan Logistik Keperawatan di Ruang Rawat Inap: Suatu Program Inovasi

This study aims to describe an innovation program in optimizing nursing logistics management. The method used is in the form of an innovation program through a problem solving approach that starts from problem identification, problem analysis with fishbone diagrams, preparation of POA, implementation with PDCA, evaluation and gap analysis with literature review. The innovation program was applied to the head of the room, team leader and implementing nurses totaling 108 people recruited by purposive sampling using questionnaires, interviews and observations. The results of the study indicate that: 1) the identification stage, still needs to be done to improve the management of nursing logistics; 2) the evaluation stage, E-Logistics and Tele-Logistics can be used as a planning and controlling instruments, simplify the logistics planning process, can prevent stockouts and overstocks, simplify the linen handover system, improve the quality of nursing care. In conclusion, E-Logistics and Tele-Logistics help improve the implementation of nursing logistics management. Keywords: E-Logistics, Optimizing Logistics Management, Tele-Logistic