In deze publicate worden strategieën voor bedrijven benoemd welke helpen bij het omgaan met de hoge dynamiek en complexiteit van ketens en netwerken.

Airports look alike all over the world. Schiphol has conformed to the patterns of the airport, but its unique design makes it stand out. The book Megastructure Schiphol looks into the history of the Netherlands’ most famous national airport and its sophisticated appearance. Schiphol has grown in fits …

Planning of transport through inland shipping is complex, highly dynamic and very specific. Existing software support is focusing on road transport planning and/or is merely a visual representation of shipments to be manually assigned to particular vessels. As a result inland shipment planning is time-consuming …

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?” …

Deze publicatie biedt een analysekader voor het analyseren van de kansen en knelpunten, als gevolg van een verschuiving in de relaties tussen actoren bij toepassing van actuele, innovatieve logistieke regieconcepten.

De wereld waarin wij leven is voortdurend aan het veranderen. Consumenten en ondernemingen kunnen overal en op elk moment van de dag producten bestellen met behulp van innovatieve ICT-toepassingen. De volgende stap lijkt dat zij ergens en op elk moment van de dag deze producten geleverd willen hebben. …

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. …

The greatly improved quantity of small and specific orders contain much work for the expedition department. The materials handling has improved a lot due to this trend and the costs per order increased. Important is, to reduce the costs and improve the profitability of the orders. This is achieved by …