The paper deals with the importance of information flow for providing of defined level of customer service in the firms. Setting of the criteria for the selection and implementation of logistics information system is a prerequisite for ensuring of the flow of information in firms. The decision on the selection and implementation of logistics information system is linked to the investment costs ...

In manufacturing and distribution, a core process is logistics, and the cost of logistics is roughly 10% of GDP in the US. Designing, managing, and improving industrial logistics systems has never been more challenging, or more critical to competitive success. Fortunately, rapid advance in computational technology promises to provide industrial logistics system designers the kinds of design too...

In Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), Vehicular Ad-hoc Network (VANET) is one of key wireless technologies, which helps in managing road safety, traffic efficiency, fleet, logistics and transportation. The objective of this paper is to give an overview of the implication of different technologies and placement of VANET in transportation and specifically in logistics. We provide researchers wi...

Since the logistics is an industry with relatively higher energy consumption, the building industry lowcarbon logistics ought to attract wide attentions from the building enterprises. Simulated annealing is an effective intelligent algorithm for optimizing the building materials logistics route. This paper analyzes the similarities between the process of the building materials logistics route o...

Background: Logistics is paramount in the business operations as it ensures transit of goods from one point to the other. Green logistics are measures in the logistics systems that are put in place to minimize the environmental implication of logistics operations while at the same time saving on cost. Thus, green logistics is adopted as it conveys a competitive merit which enhances performance ...

Logistics models in information systems describe activities, organizations, transportation means, goods, and services being involved in logistics processes. The problem with most current such models, however, is a lack of formal semantics which prevents automated data integration across organizational boundaries. In this paper, we take the perspective of supply chain management and employ a wel...

The scale planning of the coal logistics center plays an important role in coal logistics network planning. Based on the coal logistics network planning, this paper analyses the coalmine production capacity, transportation capacity, coal demand and other factors, then brings forward the demand trend coefficient on that basis. Further, the authors construct a scale-planning model for the coal lo...

Agility Logistics is a leading global provider of integrated logistics to businesses and government organizations. The company’s services include freight and shipping via land, air, and sea, as well as specialty services such as warehouse management, chemicals management, and logistics for trade shows and events. Founded in 1979 in the Middle East, the company has recently pursued an aggressive...

A logistics chain in the South African sugar industry has been defined as the different agents responsible for growing, hauling and milling sugarcane. Inefficiencies in a logistics chain can be broadly classified into two categories: ! Individual inefficiencies associated with an inappropriate technology and/or the management practices of individual members of a logistics chain. ! Collective in...

Reverse logistics is the management of materials and information from the consumer to the point of origin (manufacturer). Post-sale reverse logistics, namely, a specific area of the entrepreneurial logistics for the management of unused or little-used post-sales products, which, for different reasons, are returned to the direct distribution link chain, is studied. The state-of-the-art reverse l...