Essays about: "Logistics Sector"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 157 essays containing the words Logistics Sector.

  1. 6. Implementation of a WMS through a value co-creation lens : A Qualitative Study Of Valueco-Creation From A Company Perspective

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

    Author : Karen Mendoza Albornoz; Emerald Baldove Orsander; Isabelle Thoong; [2023]
    Keywords : Warehouse Management System WMS ; Value co-creation; resource integration; customer; supply chain; SCM; implementation; challenges; actors; information management; supply chain management;

    Abstract : Background: Today most companies strive to offer logistics services in a highly competitive market. In the ecommerce sector a WMS is a crucial element since these systems can handle different amounts of volumes. Implementing such a system can contribute positively to the value creation. READ MORE

  2. 7. The Reverse Supply Chains of the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods : The Impacts of Product Returns on Reverse Supply Chains in Sweden

    University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Företagsekonomi

    Author : M. Hassan Dachan; Shengyun Sherif; [2023]
    Keywords : Supply chain management; supply chain disturbance; product returns; reverse logistics; business-to-business; fast moving consumer goods.;

    Abstract : The unceasing ambition of companies to enhance their profitability, capture novel markets, and address the diverse and evolving needs of customers has led to an irrational surge in production and the exploitative depletion of natural resources. This unwarranted increase in production has, in turn, been accompanied by a rise in product returns by consumers, which, upon reverting to their original sources through the supply chain, has compounded the complexities of the supply chains and precipitated new pressures and burdens on the companies and their supply chains, necessitating their adept management. READ MORE

  3. 8. Investigating Cologistics Hubs: Business Models, Added Values, Flows, Perceptions and Scalability

    University essay from KTH/Transport och systemanalys

    Author : Pawan Seshadri Venkatesh; [2023]
    Keywords : Urban logistics; Urban Consolidation Centers; Cologistics hubs; Business models.; Urban logistik; Konsolideringscentrum; Kologistikhubbar; Affärsmodeller.;

    Abstract : Multi-service transport hubs provide a potential opportunity to achieve sustainability and emission goals and have been in contemporary research and policy discussions, however, mostly in the passenger transport sector. In Urban logistics, the delivery vehicles leaving a warehouse or a consolidation centre entering the city to deliver goods are usually filled to a certain capacity during their onward journey and when the goods are delivered, they return mostly empty during their return journey. READ MORE

  4. 9. Exploring Circular BESS for the Commercial and Industrial Sector: A customer-centric perspective

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

    Author : Luca Schumann; [2023]
    Keywords : BESS; Circular Economy; Circularity strategies; Customer journey; Digital enabler; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : In recent years, battery energy storage systems (BESS) have gained prominence as a key technology enabling much needed electricity grid flexibility while simultaneously providing distinct value to its end-users. With the anticipated increase of residual value holding used batteries from mobility applications entering the market, more and more companies are looking to construct BESS offers around these second-life batteries in an attempt to unlock the potential of circular business offers. READ MORE

  5. 10. Automation in the transport sector: how the use of self-driving vehicles impacts the efficiency of urban delivery networks

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Francesca Ciliberti; [2022-08-05]
    Keywords : Last-Mile Delivery; Automation; Self-Driving Vehicles; Efficiency; Cost Factors; Urban Logistics; Freight Transportation;

    Abstract : Due to the prominent level of technology attained, companies try to stay one step ahead of change by offering the most technologically advanced products and services possible. These services include Last-Mile delivery, whose latest developments involve the inclusion of process automation, that is the area of research on which this study is based. READ MORE