The U.S Army depends heavily on the readiness and operability of its weapon systems. Maintaining these weapon systems requires that spare parts be available where and when they are needed. Thus, the responsive functioning of the logistics chain for spare parts is critical to keeping equipment ready to operate. A responsive logistics chain for spare parts is also critical in deployments. When Ar...

Reverse logistics, as defined by the European Working Group on Reverse Logistics, is the process of planning, implementing and controlling backward flows of raw materials, in process inventory, packaging and finished goods, from a manufacturing, distribution or use point, to a point of recovery or point of proper disposal. In the broadest sense, this process involves collection, inspection, rec...

Because a production logistics system is very complex and dynamic, optimizing its layout accurately and efficiently is difficult and even impossible based on the traditional mathematical method. This paper focus on finding the bottleneck issues in production logistics system and optimizing its layout based on Flexsim software. With an actual case of production logistics system, we can find the ...

When you can't bring students to your campus for a high quality face-to-face cultural and language learning experience, can you effectively take the experience to them, thousands of miles and many time zones away? This is a question TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) educators around the world are asking themselves, both because of and in spite of the current state of co...

This paper reveals that logistics may conservatively amount to 18% of the levelized cost of energy for offshore wind farms. This is the key finding from an extensive case study carried out within the organization of the world’s leading offshore wind farm developer and operator. The case study aimed to, and produced, a number of possible opportunities for offshore wind cost reductions through lo...

With the advancement of information technology and increased market competition, construction companies are driven to employ supply chain management strategies to seek competitive advantage. Managing logistics is one component at the core of such strategies. An effective logistics system ensures delivery of the right products and services to the right customers at the right time while minimizin...

distribution is one of the most important topics in industrial engineering and logistics and supply chain that all organizations are dealing with it in the upper echelons and are looking for the optimum distribution of resources and equipment among the echelon. generally, it is seen that organizations cannot have a good distribution if there is not a suitable criterion for the distribution of e...

Introduction With the introduction of the EC Directives on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) (2002/96/EC), the Restriction of the Use of Certain Hazardous Substances (RoHS) in Electrical and Electronic Equipment (2002/95/EC), and Packaging and Packaging Waste (94/62/EC), the onus is on retailers and manufacturers to reduce their waste output and better manage their respective log...