In modern cars, an increasing number of functions are integrated in single control units. Some of the functions can be ordered as optional equipment by the customer. To reduce costs, variants of the control units are created differing in hardware and software. Variants are created by not populating sections of a circuit board. Each additional variant of a control unit causes expenses for logist...

Dr Silvia Estrada-Flores is Principal Consultant of Food Chain Intelligence, a consultancy business that provides advice in the practical aspects of the supply chain of perishable foods, from gate to plate; technical intelligence on the state of food logistics and food value chains; and operating procedures and plans to achieve an integrated supply chain. Silvia has worked extensively as a cons...

This paper presents an OpenBTS implementation case study in rural Zambia. The work focused on applied research and development of a cost effective telecommunication system to provide mobile communications in a rural village. The system aimed to test appropriate technologies involving limited hardware needs, incurring low capital expenditure, and with limit operational costs. The practical exper...

U. S. Army Policy is outpacing technology capability in the requirements for systems’ prognostics. During the past five years, research and development (RBD) has been ongoing in the area of component prognostic techniques in laboratories, universities, and industry. The R&D has resulted in point solutions to specific items, but in general, they are expensive and provide limited system-level inf...

This paper examines logistics services and strategic dimensions in Taiwanese (Republic of China, ROC) maritime ®rms. This is done by means of a review of previous studies and personal interviews; data collection has also included a questionnaire survey. A factor analysis and a principal components analysis were conducted in order to assess the degree of importance of a large number of service a...

Wireless technologies such as Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and Global Position System (GPS) play important role as value added services in communication systems and mobile commerce these days. The aim of Supply Chain Management is to produce, distribute, logistics and deliver goods and equipment in right location, right time, right amount to satisfy costumers, with minimum time and cos...

Logistics transportation between two countries presents some special challenges and issues for business organizations, because of the cost differentials between two countries regarding transporting, staffing, warehousing, etc. In this study, we consider a logistics problem experienced by a producer of electrical equipment, which needs to transport their products, which are produced in Mainland ...

As the Army undergoes a transformation from the logistics intensive organizations that currently comprise the force to a more agile and sustainable force, changes in logistics concepts and organizations are inevitable. Because much of the Army’s future equipment and most future organizations are still in the conceptual stages, these elements must be modeled. Simulation provides a valuable tool ...

There are six major steps involved in responding to rapidly spreading poultry disease outbreaks including biosecurity, surveillance, quarantine, mass emergency depopulation, mass carcass disposal, and decontamination. Water-based foam is one of the methods used for mass emergency depopulation during severe disease outbreaks. This project evaluated the logistics of foam depopulation in two exper...