Logistic providers have learned to efficiently serve their existing customer bases with optimized routes and transportation resource allocation. The problem arises when there is potential for logistics growth in an emerging market with no previous data. The purpose of this work …
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At the turn of the twentieth century, with the United States emerging on the world stage as a major power, it faced a unique situation. While its military and economic power was increasing, the nation's merchant marine—the privately owned fleet of vessels used to transport impor…
In July 2013 the British Government unveiled its Future Reserves 2020 (FR20) policy, which aimed to radically change the role and function of the Army Reserve by making it both more capable and more deployable. One of the policy’s central organising principles was its focus on o…
Although experienced military commanders have always emphasised the importance of logistics in warfare, scholarly researchers have failed to explain how supply factors affect strategic performance. Martin van Creveld, the leading academic author on this subject, argues that deta…
The large scale retailer with a strong retail brand and sufficient critical mass in the market place may reach a pivotal point in its development when the directors can address the question: “Does the company want to get directly involved in the functions of centralised buying, …
This thesis analyses the logistics behind the expansion and operations of the Royal NavalAir Service and the Fleet Air Ann during the two World Wars. The logistics of Britishnaval aviation has largely been a peripheral topic compared with operational issues. Studiesof aviation d…
The army of the First Crusade set out to conquer Jerusalem in 1096. This dissertation examines the logistics of the First Crusade—the movement and supply of its composite contingents—to arrive at a fuller understanding of how Europeans of the eleventh century were able to send t…
This study assesses the competitiveness of logistics and automotive industry clusters in Java economic corridor, Indonesia. The need for competitive industry clusters in Indonesia has emerged especially after the government launched its Master Plan for Accelerating and Developin…
Online grocery shopping is one of the Internet business applications that received much attention in the last few years. Online grocery shopping has grown at a fast scale in the developed countries, where customers and retailers have benefited from it. However, this service rema…
Poor quality of information and forecasting create a number of problems for manufacturing companies, such as poor planning of products and insufficient service levels, which leads to increased inventory and stock holding or stockouts and increased total costs. Cussons (UK) Limit…
The purpose of the thesis consists of the presentation of an economic model of goods distribution which generalizes the vehicle routing problem with time windows (VRPTW), along with a set of heuristic and metaheuristic techniques able to work it out efficiently. This work system…
Customer demands and increased competition create significant complexity for logistics organizations. Global logistics organizations are seeking the advantage of cost management, increased productivity and competitiveness. Companies that want to remain in business have to respon…
In recent years, more historians have started to put logistics as a center of research and discuss its importance in history. Logistics plays a role in every aspect of life and can be the difference between doing something right or wrong. As historians, it is our job to research…
Understanding why the Western Allies failed to penetrate the western border of Germany in the fall of 1944 is a longer and more involved story than most histories of the topic imply. Allied performance in the European Theater of Operations during World War II is directly linked …