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In recent years, logistics outsourcing has gained increasing importance and today is used by a large number of firms across virtually all industries worldwide. Logistics service providers have developed a wide array of services that are utilized to improve logistics...
Editeur :
Physica
Parution :
2007-06-13
Collection :
Contributions to Management Science
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In this new edition of Gaining Control, the authors present best practices for optimizing control of manufacturing processes to meet business objectives. This reliable resource includes real solutions for measurable improvements in effectiveness, employee engagement,...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2007-02-09
Collection :
The Oliver Wight Companies
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Successfully managed product information for mass customization avoids disclosure of how these systems work. This is the first book to provide a holistic recognition of the essential aspects of an IT-supported product configuration system. It reveals the basic building...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2006-11-28
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Successful management of radical innovation is key to growth. This text identifies best practice cases illustrating processes, methods and organizational structures that enhance successful management with radical innovations. Practice cases are framed in an overall...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2006-11-28
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Challenged by increasing competition and globalization, third party logistics service providers (3PLs) can become more successful by focusing on customer loyalty. Within long-term customer relationships, 3PLs can offer more advanced logistics services, mitigate the...
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Physica
Parution :
2006-11-23
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`Bill Hollins continues his practical investigation of design in the service sector. In this new book with Sadie Shinkins, he provides a down to earth approach to an important topic in the field' - Naomi Gornick, Honorary Professor, University of Dundee Guiding...
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SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2006-09-18
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The acknowledgement that a network of cooperating companies, e.g. a supply chain, could be more successful in achieving competitive advantage than individual businesses, constitutes one of the most significant paradigm shifts in modern business management as it leaves...
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Deutscher Universitätsverlag
Parution :
2006-08-31
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The third-party logistics industry is a growing field. This is the first practical handbook to support managers in the creation and negotiation of logistics contracts from the legal and economic perspective.The book provides the general framework and an extensive...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2006-04-27
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For reseach in all subjects and among different philisopical paradigms, research methodologies form one of the key issues to rely on. This volume brings a series of papers together, which present different research methodologies as applied in supply chain management....
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Physica
Parution :
2006-01-16
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Warehouses are often seen as a necessary evil: places that stop the flow of goods and thus increase costs without adding value. But the truth is that they have a critical part to play in supply chain management, and warehouse managers should be centrally involved in the...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2005-08-05
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Japanese manufacturing firms established in Britain have often been portrayed as carriers ofJapanese corporate best practice for work and employment. In this book, the authors challenge these views through case study research, undertaken at severalJapanese manufacturing...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2005-04-07
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The Supply Chain concept is one of the most important ideas to emerge in management research and practice in the last twenty five years.
Organizations do not exist in isolation. Any organization, whether a large corporation, public body, or small business, which aims...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2004-09-23
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Streamlining supply chain efficiency to maximize profitability This practical guide describes how the supply chain operates and discusses the issues and techniques that are relevant for companies seeking to improve the management of their supply chains. Organized using...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2003-02-11
Collection :
Essentials Series
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Managing Quality provides a comprehensive review and critical analysis of quality management discourses and techniques by drawing on a number of management disciplines such as operations management, HRM, organizational behaviour, strategy, marketing and organization...
Editeur :
SAGE Publications Ltd
Parution :
2002-12-12
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Follow the "Proven Path" to successful implementation of enterprise resource planning Effective forecasting, planning, and scheduling is fundamental to productivity-and ERP is a fundamental way to achieve it. Properly implementing ERP will give you a competitive...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2002-07-01
Collection :
The Oliver Wight Companies
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No longer restricted to the engineering industry, project management has at long last crossed over to mainstream business. Project Management for Business Professionals is the definitive reference on the essentials of contemporary project management. Featured here are...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2002-02-28
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Computers, telecommunications equipment, semiconductorsthe products and technologies of the information and communications industry (IC)have transformed our world. Most of these products were initially developed in Western countries, but by the early 1990s some of the...
Editeur :
Clarendon Press
Parution :
1999-05-13
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This book brings together the work of leading international researchers in the field of product innovation and development and provides a comprehensive range of studies in successful product development in different industries. It will be indispensable reading for...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
1996-10-24
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With more emphasis being placed on the cost and quality of new products and on reducing the lead time to develop them, attention is turning to the increasingly important topic of design for manufacturing (DFM). This involves the collaboration among research and...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
1992-10-15
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