-The selection of third party logistics (TPL) providers is an important issue for enterprises to outsource their logistics business. In this paper we propose a comprehensive evaluation model for TPL suppliers based on AHP method. Furthermore, we Base on the evaluation index system including logistics cost, the logistics operation efficiency and the basic qualities of service. The efficiency and...

The rapid respond to marketplace in apparel logistics is objective requirement of market competition to modern clothing enterprises. Apparel logistics emphasize the precision and timeliness of data information strongly, therefore, data mining technology should be used to analyze the data information, and thus support the smooth functioning of the entire apparel logistics. Data mining technology...

How to evaluate e-commerce logistics service quality research has not yet formed a complete and scientific theoretical system and method, the paper studies on this issue, using extension theory, the establishment of e-commerce logistics service quality evaluation model, an effective solution to the e-commerce logistics services quantitative evaluation of quality. In this paper extenics in primi...

Current emergency logistics strongly features geographical scatter, collaborative work and time priority. Although some models have been designed for application in emergency logistics, the knowledge heterogeneity in that field is still a major obstacle to intelligent cooperation. This study aims at applying ontology-based modeling approach to clearly represent the emergency logistics knowledge...

With the growing competition, many construction organizations attempt to improve their productivity, quality, and efficiency. Construction waste management, by means of reverse logistics, becomes a key issue to improve the productivity, and raise the company’s green image. In this study, four key reverse logistics methods, including the direct reuse, the remanufacturing, the recycling, and the ...

Business administration and information systems research invent new terms and concepts not only to denote new phenomena but also to convey a new perspective on problems that are known in principle. The concept of information logistics links the functions of business logistics and information management. It focuses on vertical coordination within firms and horizontal coordination within and beyo...

China is well known as a "World Factory", where logistics is one of the key service industries. The market of logistics in China is huge. The logistics cost is over 18% of Chinese GDP, and it is rapidly growing at 14% increasing rate yearly. However,the logistics industry in China is inefficient and fragmentary. The rate of total logistics cost of entire GDP is even twice times bigger than deve...

Healthcare applications are demanding with respect to their IT needs. Due to their complexity they need strong IT support which must provide enough freedom to their users in the medical domain because of the high degree of flexibility required by them. We have chosen a process based technology, called data logistics, which can cope with these almost conflicting requirements. Data logistics is b...

In recent years the possibility of applying knowledge management to logistics and to logistics planning has been put forward in literature. Despite of these discussions knowledge management has not been implemented in logistics in large scale. To draw a clear picture of the current state-of-implementation and understand the impact knowledge management activities have on a company’s logistics pe...

Global logistics aim to optimize and control the material/product flow and the information flow so that materials/products can be moved at a desired pace, in a proper fashion and at the right volume. The production processes in the medical equipment manufacturing industries are highly automated and dynamic and the orders are customized. This study presents an intelligent global logistics system...