2014 THIRD-PARTY LOGISTICS STUDY The State of Logistics Outsourcing Results and Findings of the 18th Annual Study 2014 18TH ANNUAL THIRD-PARTY LOGISTICS STUDY Contents 4 Executive Summary 8 Current State of the 3PL Market 16 Big Data in 3PL-Customer Relationships 24 Preferential Sourcing 32 Smart Growth Leadership 38 Shipper-3PL Relationships 44 Strategic Assessment 48 About the Study 52 About the Sponsors 54 Credits 56
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INDIAN FOOD RETAIL SECTOR IN THE GLOBAL SCENARIO Vijay Anand1 & Vikram Nambiar2 (The figures indicated with reference to revenues of unlisted companies are based on press information and other sources of information that are not published and therefore, may not be accurate) GLOBAL RETAILING INDUSTRY The latter half of the 20th Century, in both Europe and North America, has seen the emergence of the supermarket as the dominant grocery retail form. The reasons why supermarkets have come to dominate
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in specific is an ideal and modern aerotropolis that is centered around Al Maktoum International Airport and serves the purpose of connecting flights from most parts of the world with tactical ease. It is noteworthy to mention that Dubai’s aviation sector is responsible for 28% of the Emirate’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Additionally, it is a source of employment for numerous local and international personnel (IBP, Inc., 2014). Dubai is one out of seven Arab Emirates of the United Arab Emirates
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Food Industry Last Updated: June 2012 Introduction The food services sector in India is expected to witness a 50 per cent increase in investments in 2012 to about US$ 750 million, as food suppliers and retail companies plan to scale up business and stay competitive by tapping the large potential of the domestic market. Of the total investments of US$ 750 million in 2012, about US$ 165 million has gone into purely front-end retail, such as fast moving consumer goods (FMCG), food and beverage
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strategic plan. In short, “performance measures are identified at the strategic level and implemented at the operational level” (Warwick, 2013, p. 1). One of Wal-Mart’s strategic plans is developing their grocery and food sectors to take advantage of developing health and wellness trends (www.marketline.com, 2013, p. 30). Eating healthy usually means eating a home
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it is absolutely impossible to think of business operations without proper processes designed for supply chain management in any organization. In most firms, supply chain management refers to the ways logistics are handled in the company. Supply chain management is nothing but management of logistics and the process of eliminating general inefficiencies in the company. It refers to the processes of how the different suppliers and the whole network thereof are managed. The overall aim of supply chain
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OPPORTUNITIES FOR INVESTMENT IN RETAIL SECTOR IN EMERGING ECONOMIES Ashish Deshpande MMS ashish.deshpande@simsree.net 9769138482 Sufiyan Sarguroh MMS sufiyan.sarguroh@simsree.net 7208850965 Sydenham Institute of Management Studies, Research and Entrepreneurship Education (SIMSREE), Churchgate Abstract: This paper presents the investment opportunities in the retail sector in the emerging economies through retrospective tracking of their past experiences and opportunities in the future
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the Logistics Sector in India .................................................................... 7 Discussion point 5: Potential of 3PL in India .................................................................... 7 The Indian Transport Infrastructure .................................................................................... 8 Discussion point 6: Present Status of 3PL in India ............................................................ 8 Discussion point 7: Analysis of logistics spending
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the main source of energy till date. Any economy around the world would fail to advance a single step in the absence of Petroleum Industry. The Petroleum Industry is divided into two segments namely Upstream Sector consisting of Exploration and Production of crude oil while the Downstream Sector consists of Refining, Processing, Storing, Marketing and Distribution of petroleum products. The most important part of the Petroleum Industry is the Petroleum Refining Industry which refines the crude
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eTourism Tourism management and eTourism 3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Trends and future applications Social Media & Web 2.0 Website optimisation Interoperability and semantic web Software agents Recommender systems Dynamic packaging Mobile services & ambient intelligence Online auctions in tourism 2 ICT in Tourism © copyright IFITT 1.2 eTourism – ICT usage in tourism Definition and history of eTourism Facts & trends Reasons, advantages and implications of ICT usage ECCA – eTourism Competence
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