...The Role of Transport Management Systems in Logistical Efficiency Name: William Date: 19/11/2013 The Role of Transport Management Systems in Logistical Efficiency Over the years the importance of logistical operations has grown to cover virtually all operations associated with supply chain management for any typical organization. In addition, the use of information and communication (ICT) systems is quickly gaining popularity with any organization which aims at improving its productivity and service delivery. Consequently, logistical functions and specifically transportation management systems (TMSs) are consistently under strain to demonstrate significant contribution towards accomplishment of organizational objectives (Vanselous, 2013). Furthermore, with the current digitization of organizational operations, TMSs as well as corresponding logistical systems are quickly becoming the norm for organizational logistical efficiency. In this regard, in order to thoroughly understand the role of TMSs it is imperative to conduct further investigations on their impact on overall logistical efficiency. In order to understand the role of transportation management systems, first, it is important to understand the difference between logistical efficiency and logistical effectiveness. According to Fugate, Mentzer and Stank (2010), logistical efficiency refers to organizational processes that involve the actual movement of products and services from one location to another within...
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...University of Žilina Faculty of Operation and Economics of Transport and Communications Student: Diana-Cristina CONTENTS 1. Introduction ………………………………………………………………………….. 3 2.1 The Activity of the company………………………………………………3 2.2 Logistics activity…………………………………………..……………….4 2. The product and suppliers …………………………………………..………………....5 3. Chosen suppliers…………………………………………..………..……………….....9 4. Logistic System …………………………………………...………..………………...11 5.3 Distribution …………………………………………....………………....11 5.4 Warehousing …………………………………………....………………..12 5.5 Information flow …………………………………………....…………..12 5. Optimization of the logistic activity………………………………………………….13 6. Solving solution…………………………………………....………………................14 7. Conclusion …………………………………………....……………….......................15 1. Introduction The company “S.C. SPICUL S.A” translated by “joint stocks Company, the (wheat) EAR, with registration code J 40/567/1991, have the central office in the district Ilfov, Rudeni Street, nr. 39, Romania. The shared capital of this company is 5,689,525 thousand RON (meaning 1,281,078.312 thousand Euros) divided in 227,581 inscribed stocks. The company “SPICUL” has an interesting background ever since 1630 when it was just a water mill. As time went on, the company developed into one of the biggest bread producers in Romania. 1.1 The Activity of the company According to the article...
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...m31: Home AssignmentCover Sheet Quality ManualVersion 5 2014-15 | Student(s) Name and ID: | Course Code and Title:Integrated Project Quality management. BUS4956 | Date: | Section:CLW | Submission Deadline:week 16 Late submission results in losing grades. For every working day delay the maximum grade decreases by 5%, up to a maximum of 35% after a week. Also note, not following the formatting guidelines an additional 10% may be lost. | Name of the Course Team Leader /Academic Coordinator (Moderator):Dr.BeenaSalimSaji This Assessment and the related Marking Scheme have been pre-moderated and approved by the Course Team Leader/Academic Coordinator of the Business Department according to the following criteria * The learning outcomes are covered as indicated in the assessment strategy. * The questions are clearly constructed and at an appropriate academic level. * The possible marks for each question are clearly stated. * The amount of time for the exam is properly allocated. * The level of English language is clear and suitable for the course. * The marking scheme is clear and detailed | Academic Format Reports/Essays submitted must follow the APA (American Psychological Association)thehttp://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/.Formatting and language contribute exactly ten percentage points to the overall grade. | Warning to Students! Students must submit their own works as assignments, and they cannot copy anybody’s ideas into their...
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...Context of Research Management Information Systems deals with how information and communications technology can be used to achieve strategic goals. Information technology has become an essential part of the rapid and accurate transfer and processing of enormous volumes of data processed in international transport firms and port organisations such as the Kingston Container Terminal (KCT). The proper management of systems, which process this information and communicate it to those who manage port operations, is vital for efficient transport. This explains why container-tracking systems are given high priority among operational computer applications in ports. The focus of this research is on providing an awareness to the use of cutting-edge technology to solve important organisational problems at (KCT). KCT is one of the region’s leading container transshipment ports and consists of three terminals—the North, South and West Terminals. During recent years transshipment has caught on in the Caribbean and a large number of transshipment ports have been developed. Additional transshipment ports are under construction or being planned. While the basic premise of transshipment is evident, the question arises if radical changes in logistics or supply chain operations and technology introduce new challenges which may negate some of the basic assumptions underlying the transshipment concept as operationally and economically advantageous. KCT competes with many ports located in...
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...have gone above and beyond to provide top service. Fixed path: Manufacturer deploys robotic industrial trucks October 02, 2013 AISIN is a 1-million-square-feet, automotive parts manufacturing facility located in Seymour, Ind., that employs approximately 1,700 team members. The company sought to improve processes in a way that would increase efficiency and productivity while reducing the overall cost of materials handling. By deploying a fleet of robotic industrial trucks, the company cut costs, reduced inventory and improved safety. Currently, two robotic tow tractors are used to transport product between manufacturing processes. Three others transport inbound freight from the support facility and deliver within the manufacturing area. Four robotic double pallet trucks move product from manufacturing to shipping. Another robotic single pallet truck with towing attachment transports empty racks on carts to the manufacturing line and brings finished product back to the finished goods store. The robots provide a consistent flow of internal component movement as well as inventory reduction due to more frequent deliveries to the...
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...FEES MANAGEMENT SYSTEM COUPLED WITH E-MAIL AND MOBILE MESSAGING TECHNOLOGY Case Project: Maryhill High School BY MUZOORA SAVIOR MASTER OF SCIENCE IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS FACULTY OF SCIENCE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS Email:lunsavioz@hotmail.com Tel: 0753404044 / 0774922487 A Concept Paper Leading to a Project Proposal Submitted to the Office of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment for the Award of the Degree of Master of Science in Information Systems of Uganda Martyrs University August 2013 Introduction The domain of this project is Information Systems and the sub domain is Management Information Systems (MIS). Laudon (2012) defines MIS as the study of computer-based information systems in business and management. MIS provide reports on the organization’s performance. This project will result into a Fees Management System (FMS), coupled with E-mail and mobile messaging technology. FMS for Maryhill High School will serve administrators with reports about students’ fees collection. It will also provide parents and guardians with reports about students’ invoices, payments and balances through E-mail and mobile messages. Background Maryhill High School is located at Nyamitanga hill, Mbarara district. At present, the school’s enrollment is at about 1500 students. The school generates revenue from students’ fees, therefore all students are required to pay school fees. Students pay for Tuition, PTA...
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...PORT SERVICE QUALITY CONCEPT THEORETICAL DETERMINANTS Port service quality may be defined as a product or service that satisfies customer requirements and expectations. According to the Advances project, to secure a quality port service means to secure a service in a reliable, safe, competitive and environment-friendly manner in accordance with customer requirements and the lowest possible level of risks for life, environment, and property. The enhancement of competitiveness, safety, and higher level of port environment protection calls for introduction of a port service quality concept, based on clearly defined term denoting quality, precisely determined requirements the port is required to meet on the market, port basic functions (operational areas), identification of stakeholders and their requirements, and bottle-necks and problems most frequently encountered in port operations. The complexity of the port service quality concept ensues from principal features of services themselves (intangibility, heterogeneity, and inseparability of production from consumption), from the complexity of the port service process of production, as well as from the large number of stakeholders taking part in service production and subjective approach to the understanding of quality. Service quality may be defined from two aspects: the organization-based aspect and the customer-based aspect. Whereas from the organization-based aspect service quality is the basic requirement characterized by...
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...Information Systems FEDEX 1. A business process is a procedure that organizes the company policy in order to achieve some of the goals of the company. A procedure is a series of tasks to be imposed. A procedure generally meets the requirements that are not to be discussed by the operator who apply them. For FEDEX, the organization goal is to ship millions of packages to hundreds of countries every single day. FEDEX created state-of-the-art technology for customers to follow their shipments from their origin to their destination with the use of a PC 8 processes can be identified in the video: * Making FEDEX aware of the beginning of the operation * Transporting the packages to the nearest hub * Sorting the packages * Evaluating the cost of shipping * Sorting the packages in terms of destinations * Controlling the flights * Sorting the packages * Delivering the package to the person himself * Making FedEx aware of the end of the operation 2. List the types of information systems shown in the video. Can you describe how systems that were not shown might be used at FedEx? There are several types of information systems: * Management Information Systems: provide information which is needed to manage organizations the best way possible * Decision Support Systems: support business or organizational decision-making activities, serve the management, operations, and planning levels of an organization and help to make...
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...Jet Transport Systems AS 411 FMS Paper Jooney Jung, November 20, 2014 Throughout history humans have been traveling from one place to another. Whether it was for exploration, transportation, or vacation; the ways of travel has always been quickly advancing with technology. While cars, trains and boats have played an important role, the invention of flight has revolutionized the world of transportation. One of the most significant factor to be successful in flying is air navigation. This includes proper flight planning, being able to read the flight instruments to allow the pilot to fly from one destination to another without getting lost, breaking laws, and keeping everybody on board safe. During the beginning age of flights, “the pilots solely used their own senses to guide them, giving rise to the phrase ‘flying by the seat of your own pants’” (RAAF Museum, 2014). In 1929, James Doolittle proved the feasibility of instrument guided flying when he took off and landed entirely on instruments (info please, 2014). Early navigating consisted of a set of six essential flight instruments which includes: altimeter, airspeed indicator, turn and bank indicator, vertical speed indicator, artificial horizon, directional gyro/ heading indicator. In 1937 the British Royal Air Force chose this set of sex essential flight instruments which would remain the standard panel for the next 20 years (Flight Global, 2014). It was not until the late 1970’s where Honeywell pursued a new mission...
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...IIBM Institute of Business Management Examination Paper MM.100 Distribution & Logistics Management Section A: Objective Type & Short Questions (30 marks) • This section consists of Multiple Choice questions & short note questions. • Answer all the questions. • Part one questions carry 1 mark each & Part Two questions carry 5 marks each. Part One: Multiple Choices: 1. It deals with the movement of finished goods from the last point of production to the point of consumption. a. Marketing Channel Management b. Logistics Management c. Boundaries d. Relationships 2. Which conflict is one of the major bottleneck in the development & maintenance of partnering channel relationship a. Channel conflict b. Management conflict c. Logistics conflict d. Distribution conflict 3. The phase of externally integrated business function era (1990s onwards) is recognized as the era of a. Logistics Management b. Human Resource Management c. Financial Management d. Supply Chain Management 4. may be conducted from time-to-time or at least once in a year to know about change in the expectation levels & actual performance a. Customer Service Monitoring cell b. Formal Customer Satisfaction Survey c. Customer Conference d. Customer Feedback System 5. The firm‟s incomplete or inaccurate knowledge of customer‟s service expectations is known as ...
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... Syed Mahmudur Rahman, BRAC Business School Submitted by: Md Toslim Hossain ID: 11304109 Course: E-Commerce Programming (MSC452) Date of Submission: 14/10/2014 Ans to the question 1 CMS became a buzz word in the web development industry because of its benefits. According to webopedia CMS is software or a group or suite of applications and tools that enable an organization to seamlessly create, edit, review and publish electronic text. From a non technical user’s point of view, A content management system, or CMS, is a web application designed to make it easy for non-technical users to add, edit and manage a website. A CMS keeps track of every piece of content like text, photos, music, video, documents on websites like a librarian who also keeps track of every book. As CMS manages all your content, users requires almost no technical skill or knowledge to manage. It is a major advantage of using a CMS. CMS consists of two elements, Content Management Application (CMA) and Content Delivery Application (CDA). CMSs have been available since the late 1990s. Word Press, Joomla, Blogger, magento are commonly used CMS in business world. Ans to the question 2 E-Commerce refers to the process of buying or selling products or service over an electronic network. Internet usage in Bangladesh is growing at a rapid pace. Recent report says that there are three cores people in Bangladesh have already access to internet communication while two cores more will soon...
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...IIBM Institute of Business Management Examination Paper MM.100 Distribution & Logistics Management Section A: Objective Type & Short Questions (30 marks) • This section consists of Multiple Choice questions & short note questions. • Answer all the questions. • Part one questions carry 1 mark each & Part Two questions carry 5 marks each. Part One: Multiple Choices: 1. It deals with the movement of finished goods from the last point of production to the point of consumption. a. Marketing Channel Management b. Logistics Management c. Boundaries d. Relationships 2. Which conflict is one of the major bottleneck in the development & maintenance of partnering channel relationship a. Channel conflict b. Management conflict c. Logistics conflict d. Distribution conflict 3. The phase of externally integrated business function era (1990s onwards) is recognized as the era of a. Logistics Management b. Human Resource Management c. Financial Management d. Supply Chain Management 4. may be conducted from time-to-time or at least once in a year to know about change in the expectation levels & actual performance a. Customer Service Monitoring cell b. Formal Customer Satisfaction Survey c. Customer Conference d. Customer Feedback System 5. The firm‟s incomplete or inaccurate knowledge of customer‟s service expectations is known as ...
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...This paper analyzes the Building Management System for a property. All buildings have some form of mechanical and electrical services in order to provide the facilities necessary for maintaining a comfortable working environment. These services have to be controlled by some means to ensure comfort conditions. Basics controls take the form of manual switching, time clocks or temperature switches. Here if Building Management System is introduced, we are able to get a comfortable working environment in an efficient way. Building Management Systems (BMS) comprises a massive variety of technologies, across commercial, industrial, institutional and domestic buildings, including energy management systems and building controls. (Gary Mills 2004-2009) A Building Management System (BMS) is a computer-based control system installed in buildings that controls and monitors the building’s mechanical and electrical equipment such as ventilation, lighting, power systems, fire systems, and security systems. Manual work consumes time and energy and there are always chances of human errors. Technology and new systems are always changing with time and therefore it is very important for any property to keep up to date with the new technology and system. A BMS plays a vital role in any hotel or any business property. (Native Systems 2011) Building Management Systems (BMS) are computer based systems which control and monitor building services automatically. These services include heating, air conditioning...
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...gathering them into one place to figure out the patterns, trends and relationships for a successful business to flourish. Knowledge are the facts, information and skills acquired through experience and expertise put together with information and intelligence. As we start form data and move to knowledge we are including more and more information which is relevant, accurate and precise that results in more efficient decision making and problem solving. Q. 2 Identify the different departments in a company and why they must work together to achieve success. Ans. Companies are split up into different departments which allow the company to run smoothly and efficiently such as finance, accounting, marketing, human resources, sales and operations management. Although each department has a different function but in order for a company to run smoothly all of these must be coordinated and none can work on its own. It is essential that all the departments work together and for example it is easy to note the importance of sharing information like...
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...POSITION |NAME |SIGNATURE |DATE | | |Author |Steve Hocking | | | |Global Operations Director |Paul Balkwell | | | |Global Quality Manager |Susan Lewis | | | |REVISED BY |DATE |ACTION |QA APPROVED BY |DATE | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Purpose The purpose of this document is to provide clear guidance in the handling of pharmaceutical shipments that are to be shipped on the PDP National and International...
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