Impact of Crisis on Logistics Management

Is the current situation facing the whole world and we need to adapt to withstand a fierce weather. Because the supply, which can be seen both as a sale (the manufacturers buy from suppliers) as well as a purchase (customers are supplied by producers) is the center of activities, we believe that a interpretation and a strategic direction to increase the competitiveness of extended supply chain, represents an initial starting point to save the current situation. We must understand that do not survive the nicest, smartest or the strongest, is the future of those who adapt best to change. In the global crisis context we must consider first the potential and not the market. Apparently the market is in a total collapse, but the potential still exists, even at minimum capacity it should work. Now they will be able to support only companies that eliminate almost all their losses and best manages their resources and activities.supply chain management; global crisis; restarting the business; procurement cycle.

An empirically derived framework of logistics management strategy

The purpose of this paper is to present an empirically derived framework for Logistics Management and discuss how it integrates organization’s short-term objectives with the need to respond to the complex external environment. Organizational theory, strategic planning and logistics management literature were reviewed carefully in identifying the conceptual support for the derived framework of logistics management and organizational competitiveness. The proposed generalized framework demonstrates that Logistics Management Strategy has the strongest positive effect on Organizational Competitiveness when it is mediated by Logistics Coordination Effectiveness and Customer Service Commitment. Overall Logistics Strategy is a necessary, but not sufficient, condition for increased organizational competitiveness. If the Overall Logistics Strategy is accompanied by (a) effective logistics coordination and (b) customer service commitment then organization competitiveness is likely to be greater. This conceptual study contributes to the field by presenting a generalized framework to improve researcher and practitioner understanding of the role Logistics Management in Organizational Competitiveness. This study integrates previous research and thought domains to develop a generalized framework that guides our understanding of the role of Logistics Management and its consequences on Organizational Competitiveness

Service : the new focus in international manufacturing and trade

Major breakthroughs in communications technologies in the 1980s made it possible to monitor all phases of moving a product from raw material sourcing through processing to delivery to the customer. Close monitoring revealed major inefficiencies in the traditional set-up of materials acquisition, production, and distribution - especially large inventory holdings. At the same time, patterns of customer demand began to shift more rapidly, partly because of better communications networks. The need to reduce costs and become responsive to volatile changes in customer preferences forced businesses to substantially restructure their corporate practices. With domestic factor costs rising, manufacturers outsourced intermediate production to foreign enterprises in countries with lower wages. Merchants also sought cheaper supply sources - developments that held promise for developing countries. Many developing countries have been unable to take advantage of structural changes in world manufacturing and trade because they have been unable to deliver the quality of production, fast turnaround, and reliability of delivery manufacturing businesses need to keep up with changing market demand. A new management approach - logistics management - is needed to cut business costs and to be more responsive to rapidly changing markets. Logistics management orchestrates materials acquisition, production, and marketing to reduce inventories to a minimum. Effective logistics management enables many organizations to conduct their business with less than a week's worth of supplies. Such a radical change requires major corporate restructuring and the development of strategic alliances with service providers. Outsourcing of production is projected to continue growing, and the search for less costly supply sources will continue. Developing countries can capitalize on those trends - but only if they substantially improve their infrastructure, liberalize their regulations, and begin to apply modern logistics management techniques. If they do not, their outlook is not promising.Transport and Trade Logistics,Common Carriers Industry,Business in Development,Business Environment,Environmental Economics&Policies

Meta-heuristics for vehicle routing and inventory routing problems

With the rapid development of electronic commerce, logistics management has become more and more important in the procedure of supply chain management. The goal of logistics management is to satisfy the demands of customers while minimizing the use of resources of the whole process in logistics management from the point of origin to the point of consumption. The logistics management technology has been widely used in the field of engineering and contributes to reducing the total logistics cost. In this thesis, we focus on algorithms based on nature-inspired paradigms to solve dynamic logistics management problems. Results show that the proposed multiple ant system algorithm and the multi-objective cooperative particle swarm algorithm are able to produce good solutions for the vehicle routing problems and inventory routing problems not only in theory but also in practice

Investigating the effects of logistics management on organizational performance: New evidence from the manufacturing industry

The goal of this study is to determine how logistics management affects the organizational performance of ten Ghanaian roofing sheet manufacturing companies. To analyze the influence of logistics management on organizational outcome, the researchers employed multiple linear regression. The findings showed that the aspects of logistics management that have a beneficial impact on organizational performance include inventory management, physical distribution, and warehouse management. Logistics plays an important role in supporting organizations as they strive for more efficient management systems. Better implementation of inventory management, transportation management, physical distribution, and warehousing management procedures in logistics management will help manufacturing firms to improve their performance

The Second Mile for Legal Aid Clinics

The report begins with a short introduction to what logistics management and total cost analysis are. This is followed by a presentation of the study's methodological design, a presentation of the cases I studied as well as analysis and concluding reflections.Final report for the project conducted with the support ofLiTH's Educational Development Group, PUG.</p

GAMBARAN PROSES MANAJEMEN LOGISTIK FARMASI DI GUDANG FARMASI RS PKU MUHAMMADIYAH KOTA YOGYAKARTA

Logistics management in hospitals is one of the important aspects in hospitals. Availability of medicines is currently a demand for health services. Drug logistics management in hospitals includes the stages, namely planning, procurement, storage, distribution, deletion, evaluation and monitoring which are interrelated with each other, so they must be well coordinated so that each can function optimally. Purpose: To knowing the description of the pharmaceutical logistics management process in the pharmaceutical warehouse of PKU Muhammadiyah Hospital Yogyakarta. Methods: This research is qualitative research with observation and interview method for data collection in Pharmacy Logistics at PKU Muhammadiyah Hospital Yogyakarta.Results: The logistics management process in the pharmacy section of PKU Muhammadiyah Hospital is implemented by selecting pharmaceutical preparations, planning, procurement, receiving, storing, distributing, destroying and withdrawing, and controlling. Conclusion: Pharmaceutical logistics management at PKU Muhammadiyah Hospital is carried out by competent officers and in accordance with the hospital's internal regulations

Designing the venue logistics management operations for a World Exposition

World Expositions, due to their size and peculiar features, pose a number of logistics challenges. This paper aims at developing a design framework for the venue logistics management (VLM) operations to replenish food products to the event site, through a combination of qualitative and quantitative research approaches. First, an in-depth interview methodology, combined with the outcomes of a literature review, is adopted for defining the key variables for the tactical and operational set-up of the VLM system. Second, a quantitative approach is developed to define the necessary logistics resources. The framework is then applied to the case of Milan 2015 World Exposition. It is the first time that such a design framework for a World Exposition is presented: the originality of this research lies in the proposal of a systematic approach that adds to the experiential practices constituting the current body of knowledge on event logistics

Artifıcial Intelligence Integration of Large Logistics Companies

In the digital world with a focus on customer experience, the journey that begins in the virtual realm is completed with a positive impact when it turns into a physical experience, thanks to successful operations in logistics processes. The purpose of this article is to systematically examine the integration of artificial intelligence into processes in logistics management within the supply chain, thereby providing a framework for businesses in the industry. The main motivation for the methodology developed through the process-technology alignment in logistics management is derived from existing research in the literature. The seven areas in logistics management identified by Mentzer et al. (2008) serve as the theoretical guiding principles and foundation of this study. Building upon this foundation, the research question of how companies can achieve the integration of artificial intelligence in logistics management domains has been answered