...2 Neptune Orient Lines Limited Annual Report 2011 Neptune Orient Lines Limited Annual Report 2011 3 & Cleaner NOL is committed to sound environmental stewardship in all its activities. Trade must be environmentally sustainable or it can’t grow to meet the needs of the global economy. Neptune Orient Lines Limited Annual Report 2011 5 The Most Honoured Names in Global Trade Best Logistics Service Provider – Sea Freight Asian Freight and Supply Chain Awards Ship Operator of the Year Lloyd’s List Best Shipping Line, Asia-Europe Trade Asian Freight and Supply Chain Awards Innovation IT of the Year Containerisation International Supply Chain Best Partnership SCM Logistics Liner Owner / Operator of the Year Seatrade Asia Environmental Protection Award Seatrade Asia Enterprise Innovation International Data Corporation Global Ocean Carrier of the Year Containerisation International Best Shipping Line, Trans-Pacific Trade Asian Freight and Supply Chain Awards 6 Neptune Orient...
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...9 -7 1 2 -4 4 9 REV: JUNE 1, 2012 FOREST L. REINHARDT RAMON CASADESUS-MASANELL FREDERIK NELLEMANN Maersk Line and the Future of Container Shipping There is a difference between just moving a container and moving it in the most sustainable, easy, and reliable way. And that difference is worth something to our customers. — Morten Engelstoft, Chief Operating Officer, Maersk Line, 2012 It was a cold February afternoon in 2012 as Søren Skou looked out the window of his office across the Copenhagen waterfront. Skou had just recently been promoted to become CEO of Maersk Line, the world’s largest container shipping company, and the flagship company of the Danish conglomerate A.P. Moller-Maersk Group. He was taking the reins at a difficult time: the sluggish global economy had severely depressed container rates, while fuel prices were still at record levels. On some trade routes, the company—like its competitors—wasn’t even meeting the costs of deploying its large and expensive container ships. Skou was confident that the company would pull through. After all, it had recently completed a successful turnaround following the Maersk Line’s first ever annual loss in 2009 and the Group benefited from a diverse holding of activities, which included an oil and gas business. However, Skou needed to assess whether Maersk Line was headed in the right direction, both to be able to compete in this slower market but also once the economy, and global trade, picked up. In 2010...
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...Trends in Maritime Transport and Port Development in the Context of World Trade Carlos M. Gallegos 1. Structural changes in international trade and the evolution of maritime transport have a direct impact on port growth and expansion. Therefore, these elements and their recent characteristics must be examined, since they provide the frame of reference in which port reform in Latin America and the Caribbean has been carried out. These factors also determine future port development. A. Globalization, production, trade, and ports 2. Globalization, or the expansion of markets and hence of the economic prospects of societies, is taking place not only because of the supra-national nature of markets, but also because of the flow of foreign investment and the strategies of multinational enterprises. These multinationals today account for two-thirds of global exports of goods and services and nearly 10% of domestic sales worldwide. 3. In this environment of increasing interdependence in the world, the international division of labor is changing as a result of structural changes in trade and unprecedented mobility of international capital. However, while the integration of goods and services and capital is progressing at a rapid pace, integration of the labor market is much slower. In addition, ever more sophisticated technologies are being disseminated, in a framework of spectacular streamlining in communications and telecommunications...
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...Integrated Container Terminal (Thailand) Pte (ICT) was incorporated in 1st February 2011 with an authorized and paid up capital of Thai Baht 10 million. The company’s nature of business is container storage, maintenance and repair of containers. ICT (Thai) is a subsidiary of Integrated Container Terminal (M) Sdn Bhd, located in Pelabuhan Tanjung Pelepas, Malaysia. The company was established on the 6th February 2002 and currently is one of the main service providers for container storage in Malaysia’s port. 3 Picture 2 ICT Container Yard Based on good relationship, ICT (M) Sdn Bhd has secured contracts with 25 shipping lines in PTP. This relationship has been continuously done by ICT (Thai) with these reputable shipping companies and as a result, ICT(Thai) has entered into an agreement with 5 reputable shipping companies within less than a year in operation namely; Malaysian Shipping Corp Bhd (MISC),...
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...Assignment Hassan Gulzar B-13733 Supply Chain Process of Nike To, Sir Imran Hussain Nike’s supply chain, and its emphasis on sustainability – along with its aim to cut emissions – has been well-reported. But it goes far deeper than merely calculating the carbon cost and asking its transport providers to try to cut emissions. No, this is a company well ahead of the curve in sustainability. And there’s a lot other companies can learn from it. If its vision of the future comes to pass, then logistics providers seriously need to take note. It could change everything. Company Overview NIKE, the world's biggest shoe company, has a reputation for fancy footwork, especially in the arena of marketing. With both Forrest Gump and Michael Jordan sporting NIKE's athletic shoes, NIKE's appeal is wide ranging. The shoe giant still holds nearly 37% of the US market, a giant lead over #2 Reebok, which has 20.5%, and #3 Fila, with only 5.1%. NIKE - a powerhouse in the world of sports, the designer and international marketer of athletic shoes, casual footwear, apparel, and accessories - is looking for new growth opportunities. Founders: Bill Bowerman and Phil Knight. First year-sales totaled $ 8,000 (1962). Employees: NIKE employs approximately 26,000 people worldwide with 650,000 workers are employed in Nike contact factories around the world. Revenue FY05: $ 13.7 billion ( 12% increase from FY04) Manufacturing: Nike brand had 137 factories in Americas (including US), 104 in EMEA...
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...Table of Contents 1. Introduction 1 2. The Ten Step Strategic Marketing Process 2 3. The Strategic Marketing Plan 3 3.1. Scope 3 3.2. Space 4 3.3. Segmentation 5 3.4. Serve 10 3.5. Sense 12 3.6. SWOT 14 3.7. Select 16 3.8. Sizing 17 3.9. Stand 18 3.10. Seize 19 4. References 21 Introduction In this assignment, as part of the curriculum in the MBA program, I analyze the marketing plan of an organization to illustrate the existence of the ten steps in marketing planning. For this purpose I have selected the marketing plan prepared by Expeditors Lanka (Pvt) Ltd for launching of warehousing facility in Sri Lanka. The company is a fully owned subsidiary of Expeditors International of Washington Incorporation a publicly traded company in Washington Stock Exchange. Bothe these companies carrying on the business of global logistics solutions provider, helping their customers to improve their supply chain management. The holding company was incorporated in 1979, with only 5 branches worldwide. After having operated for 28 years, today the company has become an industry legend, with 226-branch network, strategically placed at major points covering all five continents in the globe, and employing over 10,000 professionals. This has been the competitive advantage Expeditors enjoy over most of its competitors in the global market place. The local company was incorporated in 1996, as one of the branches...
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...MASTER THESIS School of Management and Economics Logistics outsourcing 3PL & 4PL – A Survey on Pakistani manufacturing and exporting companies Business Logistics, 15ECTS, FE–5594 Authors Muhammad Usman Tahir - 840523 Hammad Tabassum - 830509 Saeed Ahmad - 820919 Muhammad Arshad - 830804 Examiner: Helena Forslund Tutor: Petra Andresson ABSTRACT Authors: Tutor: Examiner: Title: Background: Muhammad Usman Tahir, Hammad Tabassum Muhammad Arshad, Saeed Ahamad. Petra Andersson Helena Forslund A Survey on Pakistani manufacturing and exporting companies The development of recent means of transportation, information has increased opportunities for global business and it is very common that the companies involved in global business often need to outsource logistic function, as they cannot perform global logistics on their own. The need of service effectiveness for companies and operations efficiency from logistics service providers involves the minimization of the uncertainties associated with logistics outsourcing, therefore risks reduction measures must be implemented using logistics outsourcing. - How do the Pakistani manufacturing and exporting companies currently outsource their logistics function in their downstream supply chain? - What benefits they seek with respect to 3PL and 4PL? - What factors they consider for outsourcing logistics? To investigate the current logistics outsourcing situation of the Pakistani Manufacturing and Exporting Companies. What logistics...
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...LOW ANALYTICAL INFORMATION Return on average shareholders’ equity Return on average capital employed Ratio of current assets to current liabilities 2011 $ 276,883 32,651 13,001 34,869 285,552 120,552 0.93 0.360 0.314 $ 265,420 31,544 11,223 27,643 267,996 114,297 0.78 0.330 0.288 10.30 8.70 10.70 8.65 10.9% 11.4% 1.3:1 9.25 8.25 11.00 9.55 9.8% 11.6% 1.3:1 10 11 12 10 11 12 10 11 12 113,680 114,297 263,151 265,420 276,883 Net Sales Net Earnings from continuing operations before gains (loses) on nancial instruments and other expenses Shareholders’ Equity 1 FINANCIAL AND OPERATING HIGHLIGHTS 120,552 8,408 11,683 13,662 OveRview Andrew Peller Limited (“APL” or “the Company”) is a leading producer and marketer of quality wines in Canada. With wineries in British Columbia, Ontario and Nova Scotia, the Company markets wines produced from grapes grown in Ontario’s Niagara Peninsula, British Columbia’s Okanagan, and Similkameen Valleys, and from vineyards around the world. The Company’s award-winning premium and ultra-premium VQA brands include Peller Estates, Trius, Hillebrand, Thirty Bench, Crush, Wayne Gretzky, Sandhill, Calona Vineyards Artist Series, and Red Rooster. Complementing these premium brands are a number of popularly priced varietal wine brands including Peller Estates...
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...The Current Status and Future Prospects of the Third Party Logistics Industry in North America: The 2015 3PL CEO Survey Dr. Robert C. Lieb Professor of Supply Chain Management D’Amore-McKim School of Business Northeastern University Boston, MA Dr. Kristin J. Lieb Associate Professor of Marketing Communications Emerson College Boston, MA January 2016 The Current Status and Future Prospects of the Third Party Logistics Industry in North America: The 2015 3PL CEO Survey This paper is based upon a 2015 survey of the CEOs of 15 of the largest thirdparty logistics companies serving the North American marketplace. The survey was the 22nd iteration of this annual study, and it addressed such topics as the major dynamics driving change in that marketplace and the opportunities and problems facing 3PLs in that region. It also focused on such issues as the recent wave of largescale mergers and acquisitions in the 3PL industry, shipper and 3PL problems related to labor problems at West Coast ports, E-commerce marketplace dynamics and their impact on 3PLs, Amazon’s continued expansion into logistics services and the possibility of Uber offering 3PL-like services. The CEOs also provided one-and three-year forecasts of company and regional 3PL industry revenue growth, while identifying the major changes they believed would occur in the regional 3PL industry during the next year. The implications...
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...American Propaganda and the Suppression of Dissent in World War I “May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion. “ – Dwight D. Eisenhower On June 28, 1914, the Archduke of Austria-Hungary, Franz Ferdinand, was assassinated. That event marked the first phase of World War I (Grayzel 10). Soon afterward nations throughout Europe announced declarations of war. By the end of October countries as far away as Japan, China and Brazil had become involved (Grayzel 11). Susan R. Grayzel in the “Introduction: The First World War and the Making of a Modern, Global Conflict” from The First World War: A Brief History with Documents”, explores a variety of contributing reasons for the Great War (Grayzel 9). The causes most often cited included the rise of nationalism, increased militarism, imperialism, and a willingness among the population to allow their governments to persecute a war (Grayzel 9-10). Ironically, it was a complicated series of competitive alliances and international peace agreements that caused such a rapid global escalation of hostilities (Grayzel 5). With its vast immigrant population, and their own ties to European and Asian interests, America was not immune to finding itself dragged into the war. Hence, during the first years of the war, President Woodrow Wilson struggled to maintain neutrality. So much so that he issued a declaration of neutrality to Congress on August 14, 1914. In his speech he entreated Americans to remember, “Every...
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...Acknowledgement Gratefully acknowledge the following persons who in one or another helping us in making this study a successful one. They serve as guide and shared knowledge that this project was made possible. To Dr. Alberto Talaid, PIE our special project adviser who has been there to support us.To our friends for teaching how to prepare the financial statement and spending their time even though they’re busy. To our dear family who have been always there supporting and being understanding in giving the time for us to spend this project. And above all to our Almighty God a million thanks for the strength, knowledge, good health, wisdom and the guidance that enlightened our hearts and minds that this study would be possible. INTRODUCTION Ice manufacturing has started in early this century. Prior to these factories ice was imported from the mountains, at a very high financial cost, and did not last too long due to temperature. But these new factories started producing three to four tons of ice per day. This was enough to support the population more so than ever before. Ice was preserved over the warm summer months by packing the ice in saw dust for insulation. Instantly the ice business became big business. Many entrepreneurs started investing money in formulating mechanical refrigeration at an economical cost. Interest in ice making equipment was at full force in the early twentieth century. Uncertainty of supplies, great fluctuations...
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...UNCTAD Review of MaRitiMe tRanspoRt 2014 For further information on UNCTAD’s work on trade logistics, please visit: http://unctad.org/ttl and for the Review of Maritime Transport 2014: http://unctad.org/rmt E-mail: rmt@unctad.org Layout and printed at United Nations, Geneva 1418912 (E)–November 2014–2,062 UNCTADRMT2014 United Nations publication Sales No. E.14.II.D.5 UNITED NATIONS ISBN 978-92-1-112878-9 Photo credit : © Jan Hoffmann To read more and to subscribe to the UNCTAD Transport Newsletter, please visit: http://unctad.org/transportnews U n i t e d n at i o n s C o n f e r e n C e o n t r a d e a n d d e v e l o p m e n t Review of MaRitiMe tRanspoRt 2014 U n i t e d n at i o n s C o n f e r e n C e o n t r a d e a n d d e v e l o p m e n t Review of MaRitiMe tRanspoRt 2014 New York and Geneva, 2014 REVIEW OF MARITIME TRANSPORT 2014 ii NOTE The Review of Maritime Transport is a recurrent publication prepared by the UNCTAD secretariat since 1968 with the aim of fostering the transparency of maritime markets and analysing relevant developments. Any factual or editorial corrections that may prove necessary, based on comments made by Governments, will be reflected in a corrigendum to be issued subsequently. * ** Symbols of United Nations documents are composed of capital letters combined with figures. Use of such a symbol indicates a reference to a United Nations document. * ** The designations...
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...6 août 2014 LOGISTIQUE ET ADMINISTRATION DU COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL François Soulet de Brugière 16 avenue de la Clairière 59650 Villeneuve d’Ascq Tél mobile : +33 (0)6.0779.0699 e-mail : fsoulet@leroymerlin.fr I. Le monde et sa diversité 21 I - A : Les perceptions du monde 21 I-A-1 / La perception de l’espace 21 I-A-2 / La perception du temps 22 I-A-3 / La perception de l'argent 23 I-A-4 / La perception du rapport à l'autre 23 I-A-5 / Les espaces économiques mondiaux, 23 I - B : Territoire national, territoire douanier et territoire fiscal 41 I-B-1 / La France : 83 territoires et possessions à ce jour : 41 I-B-2 / Le territoire fiscal communautaire 41 I-B-3 / Les principaux opérateurs du commerce extérieur 43 II. Etre présents sur les marchés étrangers 43 II - A : Les différentes formes de distribution 43 II-A-1 / Les trois formes de distribution 43 II-A-2 / Le transfert de savoir-faire 43 II-A-3 / 7 Critères capitaux de sélection d’un fournisseur 44 II-A-4 / Les possibilités de représentation commerciale à l'étranger 44 II-A-5 / L’entreprise conjointe (Joint Venture – JV) 44 II-A-6 / Les zones franches (Free Trade Zone) 45 II-A-7 / Le dispositif français d'aide à l'export en matière commerciale 45 II-A-8 / Les entreprises françaises et l’export 52 II-A-9 / Une esquisse...
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...Analysis of Container Ports and Terminals Qianwen Liu A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy of University College London Centre for Transport Studies Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering University College London 2010 1 Declaration I, Qianwen Liu, confirm that the work presented in this thesis is my own. Where information has been derived from other sources, I confirm that this has been indicated in the thesis. Candidate’s signature ………………………………….. Qianwen Liu 2 Abstract In the past two decades the steady growth of seaborne trade has resulted in the increase of container ships, container ports and their terminals. The structure of the shipping market is, moreover, continuously evolving. On the carrier side, shipping companies form consortia and alliances; on the port side, global terminal operators and dedicated container terminals are emerging. The aim of this research is to evaluate the efficiency of container ports and terminals and to study how to improve the scale efficiency of any particular port/terminal. In particular we study how certain factors influence the efficiency of container ports and terminals. Regional container ports and global container terminals are examined based on the econometrics benchmarking method Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA). Two datasets are used, a panel dataset for 32 container ports in the North Mediterranean Sea over a nine-year period, and a cross-sectional dataset for...
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...56:171 Operations Research mmmmmmm 56:171mmmmmmm Operations Research -- Sample Homework Assignments Fall 1997 Dennis Bricker Dept. of Industrial Engineering University of Iowa mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmm Homework #1 mmmmmmmmm Linear Programming Model Formulation: Formulate a Linear Programming model for each problem below, and solve it using LINDO (available on the HP-UX workstations, or you may use the software packaged with the textbook.) Be sure to state precisely the definitions of your decision variables, and explain in a few words the purpose of each type of constraint. Write a few words to state what the optimal solution is (i.e., without making use of variable names). (For instructions on LINDO, see §4.7 and the appendix of chapter 4 of the text.) mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 1. Exercise #4, page 113 (Walnut Orchard Farms) "Walnut Orchard has two farms that grow wheat and corn. Because of differing soil conditions, there are differences in the yields and costs of growing crops on the two farms. The yields and costs are Farm 1 Farm 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Corn yield/acre Cost/acre of corn Wheat yield/acre Cost/acre of wheat 500 bushels $100 400 bushels $90 650 bushels $120 350 bushels $80 Each farm has 100 acres available for cultivation; 11,000 bushels of wheat and 7000 bushels of corn must be grown. Determine a planting plan that will minimize the cost of meeting these demands. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ...
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