...Nitin Upadhyay; Vinit Ghosh; Rohan Mukherjee; Angappa Gunasekaran; Radha Yadav; David Roubaud Purpose Past crisis management frameworks describe phases and roles but provide limited operational guidance for real-time, cross-organisational coordination in logistics and supply-chain disruptions...

...Miguel Núñez-Merino; Juan Manuel Maqueira; José Moyano-Fuentes; Carlos Alberto Castaño-Moraga Purpose This study aims to design a systematic process framework to guide the development, implementation and continuous improvement of data-driven tools in logistics operations. In addition, it seeks...

... an understanding of the important roles of DL in manufacturing operations as well as the future of its applications for Industry 4.0, such as Maintenance 4.0, Quality 4.0, Logistics 4.0, Manufacturing 4.0, Sustainability 4.0, and Supply Chain 4.0. The present research employs a systematic literature review...

...David M. Herold; Marek Ćwiklicki; Kamila Pilch; Jasmin Mikl Purpose Despite increasing interest in digital services and products, the emergence of digitalization in the logistics and supply chain (L&SC) industry has received little attention, in particular from organizational theorists...

... chains Blockchain platforms Technology Logistics Software developers Using the terms presented in the search protocol (see Table 2), 596 sites were obtained in the first search. In a first step, in order to better understand the applications of this technology in SC, articles in specialized...

...Geetika Jain; Harjit Singh; K. R. Chaturvedi; Sapna Rakesh Purpose The study is an attempt to explore much talked but less understood issue of “blockchain in logistics industry” in modern perspective. The customers' acceptance of blockchain technology in logistics and supply chain is tested...

... be contacted at: john.blake@dal.ca © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2013 Canada Modelling Simulation Blood Supply chain management Blood supply chain Facilities location Logistics Simulation modelling Canadian Blood Services is a not‐for‐profit, charitable organization whose...

...Ales Groznik; Marinko Maslaric Purpose The aim of the paper is to propose a methodology for distribution network reengineering since for the last few decades there has been growing interest in making more integrated business decisions across larger segments of the logistics and distribution...

...Bülent Sezen Purpose This study explores the individual and joint effects of operations, marketing, and logistics functions on the level of business performance. The main purpose is to test whether the business performance achieved when logistics function is in complete coordination...

...E. Aktas; F. Ulengin Purpose This research aims to determine the current situation of outsourcing logistics activities in Turkey, a country which has a great potential for logistics activities among the surrounding continents because of its geographical location. Design/methodology/approach...

...G. Kelleher; A. El‐Rhalibi; F. Arshad A logistics‐based project is described which addresses the need for better intermodal transport, whilst balancing economic and environmental gains through the use of Internet technologies. Pipeline intermodal system to support control, expedition and scheduling...

... (in this case, 50 per cent, 30 per cent, 20 per cent). By calculating the weighted average, a less biased result is generated, since the latest record provides the most recent information about the performance of the supplier. Fuzzy logics Logistics Supply‐chain management Management...

...Steven I. Chien; H. Joseph Wen; Ching‐Jung Ting; Jing Qu Work‐zone delay is very costly to the movement of goods and people. It is increasingly problematic for logistics management if the travel time or delay information cannot be estimated in an accurate way. This paper describes a study...

...Kees‐Jan van Dorp Although government and business interest in tracking and tracing has grown enormously over the last decade, a clear and coherent overview of the topic is still lacking and is not found in (logistics) literature. This article presents a structure for development and contemporary...

... 2002 Small‐ to medium‐sized enterprises Supply‐chain management Electronic data interchage Systems integration Logistics This paper focuses on the adoption of inter‐organisational information systems to facilitate supply‐chain management in small‐ to medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs...

... chains. Management can use the DFD approach to improve supply‐chain operations. Information flows can be rationalized and streamlined and feedback loops can be defined to measure performance. IT professionals can apply the generic nature of the DFD to a wide variety of logistics activities, including...

... for interacting with these processes. We conclude by asserting why a horizontal wide‐view picture of all partners in a supply chain has to be taken in order to reap the commercial advantages offered by the new technology. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Supply chain Logistics New technology The supply...

...J.T.W. Damen Current logistics systems are unable to react fast enough to rapidly changing environments, mainly because they are heavily focused on the goods handling processes. To compensate for this lack of flexibility, logistics services should be carried out by independently controlled...

... can lead to a local rather than a global optimal solution. Moreover linear programming is of no avail if a model contains IF statements, lookup tables, and other spreadsheet features. Logistics Quality management Information resources management © MCB UP Limited 2001...

...(y) = P (category A occurs) and x₁, x₂, …, x_k are quantitative or qualitative independent variables. In logistic regression, the probability of an event occurring is directly estimated. When relating a single independent variable x to a qualitative response y...