How does sustainability for physical distribution gets translated from strategy into actions?

In recent years, the transport industry has encountered numerous challenges. It experienced strong growth, but also many uncertainties. In many cases, logistics service providers were forced to change their strategy. So, the question for logistics service providers arises “how to deal best with uncertainties?” …

Logistic Service Providers main concern was to ensure reliability for a low price (Christopher, 2005). Dutch Logistic Service Providers still have these two aspects at the top of their list, but also have to take in a new aspect: sustainability. 88% Of the investigated Logistic Service Providers have …

In dit artikel onderbouwen we enkele hypotheses over de vraag hoe MKB logistieke dienstverleners omgaan met onzekerheden over de toekomst. Hiervoor zijn dertien MKB logistieke dienstverleners uit de regio Nijmegen-Oss-Veghel-Boxmeer ondervraagd over hun toekomstbeleid en de manier waarop ze actuele toekomstproblemen …

To what extent will future demands of worldwide operating parties, regarding the (tertiary) packaging of their freight flows, determine or influence the future dimensions of freight trucks? That is the question we address to in this paper. In this study we have studied what container sizes may fit in …

This paper presents the findings of a research project on the competencies which supply chain managers in the fashion industry need to rely on, in order to perform successfully in their job. In this research project 21 supply chain managers in the fashion industry in the Netherlands have been interviewed. …

This study investigates the way in which first year students use Facebook. An overview of recent studies on Facebook usage and a survey is presented. The latter is an online questionnaire on the Facebook activities of 618 students (78.6 % of all first year students) of the Media department of Hogeschool …

“De Rotterdamse haven sloeg in 2010 11,1 procent meer om dan in 2009. Dat is 2,1 procent meer dan in het vorige recordjaar 2008” juicht het binnenvaartblad Schuttevaer in de eerste week van januari. “Duitsland importeerde in november vorig jaar voor 75,1 miljard euro aan producten in, 33,3 procent meer …

This paper presents the results of a case study on V&D – one out of four Dutch fashion companies investigated during a research project of HAN University of Applied Sciences on the role of supply chain management (SCM) in fashion companies. For this purpose, the most important internal elements of SCM …

LogiZ "Awareness Goederenlogistiek in de zorg" geeft een uitgebreide inleiding op Goederenlogistiek in de zorg. Het boek bevat vier LogiZ awareness modules Inkoop, Transport, Voorraadbeheer en Planning & Besturing. LogiZ "Awareness Patiëntenlogistiek" geeft een uitgebreide inleiding op patiënten- en …