This paper is a deliverable of the research program called SCF 2.0 and supported by TKI-Dinalog1. The foundation setting nature of this paper reflects the ambition of this research project that aims to accele-rate the understanding, development and adoption of supply chain finance models. The goal of …

Distribution structures and distribution centre (DC) locations are essential for logistics companies to optimise logistics costs and service levels. This paper reviews Supply Chain Management (SCM), Geography and Economic Geographic literature on distribution structure and DC locations decision-making. …

This dissertation studies the management processes that plan, control, and optimize warehouse operations. The inventory in warehouses decouples supply from demand. As such, economies of scale can be achieved in production, purchasing, and transport. As warehouses become more and more vital for the success …

Supply chain finance krijgt steeds meer aandacht bij bedrijven als een middel om hun supply chain strategie te ondersteunen. Het gaat hierbij niet alleen om het reduceren van kosten maar ook om het mitigeren van de risico’s in de keten. Wij verwachten dan ook dat vooral bij grote bedrijven de toepassing …

Consumers expect product availability as well as product quality and safety in retail outlets. When designing or re-designing fruit and vegetables supply chain networks one has to take these demands into consideration next to traditional efficiency and responsiveness requirements. In food science literature, …

Small retail entrepreneurs in the Netherlands are confronted with declining turnover and ROI. A decrease and even disappearance of small retail in town centres, suburbs and villages is not just a loss of income for the people involved. It constitutes also a loss of attractiveness and economic viability …

Is it feasible to create a sustainable and profitable solution for the degassing of barges in which an optional controlled return of chemical feedstock and chemical vapor molecules from discharged barges are brought back into the supply chain to the chemical producers necessitates.

Probleemstelling: Op welke manier kan Stiho Utrecht de omloopsnelheid van voorraadproducten verhogen van de 5,6 naar 10 in twee jaar tijd zonder dat dit ten koste gaat van de servicegraad en zonder dat de integrale kostprijs stijgt?

Analyse the results from a representative selection of the supply chain studies for school feeding programmes in Kenya, Ghana and Mali, and make specific suggestions for interventions that can efficiently include SHF in the supply chains.

In het kader van het vraagstuk over kostencompensatie en terugverdienen door efficiënte benutting van biomassa, is binnen het beheertraject van Rijkswaterstaat – Oost een onderzoek uitgevoerd in de uiterwaarden van de IJssel en de Twentekanalen. Centrale vraag vanuit de opdrachtgever is welke locaties …