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Tls Newsletter Volume 3, Edition 4 April 2010, Unf Transportation And Logistics Society

Transportation & Logistics Society Newsletter

Inside this newsletter: Spring 2010 Graduate Survey. Editors' corrections and retractions. In the Know--TLS Tours. Important Spring Dates. Professional Spotlight on American Society of Transportation and Logistics. Get to Know Darline Bernheimer.

An Examination Of The Interfaces Between Operations And Advertising Strategies, Abdullahel Bari

Doctoral Dissertations

This dissertation is composed of three journals examining the interfaces between the marketing variable of advertising and various aspects of the operations function of the enterprise, namely, (1) production cost [Chapter 2], (2) inventory control [Chapter 3], and (3) service cost learning [Chapter 4]. The first journal identified the optimum advertising allocation policy over time in the presence of a quadratic convex/concave production cost function when the advertising response function is concave using a modified Vidale-Wolfe model. Through analytical proofs and numerical simulations, the results indicated the potential superiority of a pulsation policy in the presence of concavity in the …

How To Implement Best Strategic Practices In Small And Medium-Sized Procurement Organizations During Difficult Economic Times, Peter O'Reilly

Publications

Presentation objectives:

• What are Small-sized and Medium-sized Sourcing Departments?
• What is a Strategic Best Practice and Why is it Important to a Sourcing Department?

Developing Reverse Logistics Programs: A Resource Based View, Stephen E. Genchev, Timothy D. Landry, Patrica J. Daugherty, Anthony S. Roath

Journal of Transportation Management

Previous research proposes a six-process model for reverse logistics (RL) program design and execution. This manuscript advances RL related knowledge by incorporating the previous model into a broader theoretical framework, namely, the Resource Based View (RBV) of the firm. The current research employs exploratory techniques to investigate the applicability of RBV and its main tenants within the RL context. Based on in-depth interviews with 16 executives from seven different companies, the relationships among resources. RL capabilities, and RL competencies are explored.

A Study Of Logistics Strategies In Small Versus Large U.S. Manufacturing Firms, John E. Spillan, Jonathan W. Kohn, Michael A. Mcginnis

Journal of Transportation Management

The research reported in this manuscript empirically compares the similarities and differences of logistics strategies for small and large manufacturing firms. The hypotheses focus on whether there are significant differences between logistics strategies of small and large manufacturing firms and whether logistics strategy outcomes differ. The findings indicate that there are many similarities but differences do exist. The results identify dimensions of logistics strategy and assess their impact on logistics coordination effectiveness, customer service commitment, and company/division competitive responsiveness.

Forward Positioning And Consolidation Of Strategic Inventories, Joseph B. Skipper, John E. Bell, William A. Cunningham Iii, Daniel D. Mattioda

Journal of Transportation Management

The forward positioning of strategic inventory in the supply chain has an impact on transportation times and is important for sensitive demand profiles. Consolidation of stocks creates pooling effects and minimizes costs. This study analyzes a current military case where forward consolidation of equipment is considered using optimization, and payback periods are calculated for the cost of consolidating inventory at one of six locations. Results indicate that forward positioning and consolidation reduces time and cost, and also creates savings in reverse logistics flows. The study has implications for geographically diverse supply chains such as humanitarian aid and emergency response operations.

Fuel Costs And Supply Chain Decisions, Cliff Welborn

Journal of Transportation Management

The affect of rising fuel costs on the individual consumer is well documented in current media. Consumers are paying more for their basic necessities. Fuel surcharge, transportation cost, and logistics have become house hold words. The rising cost of crude oil creates an increase in fuel cost, and this creates an increase in the cost to transport products from one location to another. Managers, who are responsible for acquiring products and delivering them to customers, are also feeling the impact of higher fuel prices. This article will outline three significant areas where fuel prices are affecting U.S. supply chain decisions. …

Adapting Baumol’S Inventory Theoretic To Landed Cost Decisions, Stephan P. Brady, Peter F. Swan, Richard R. Young

Journal of Transportation Management

Major U.S. corporations have been importers for over 200 years. A significant impetus for “offshoring” has been reducing costs—usually labor costs. Often, other costs were overlooked. There has been a growing disenchantment with sourcing goods overseas, especially when there may be domestic alternatives as other costs begin to dominate. Baumol and Vinod’s Inventory Theoretic model was useful in adding transportation considerations. However, Baumol leaves out several important costs that unless considered in offshoring decisions can lead to suboptimal solutions. This paper extends that model, providing a prescriptive model that could be operationalized by firms to evaluate offshore sourcing decisions.

Self-Organizing Logistics Systems, John J. Bartholdi, Iii, Donald D. Eisenstein, Yun Fong Lim

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

When a logistics system is “self-organizing” it can function without significant intervention by managers, engineers, or software control. The social insects, such as ants or bees, provide models of self-organizing logistics systems that may be profitably emulated. We illustrate some of these ideas for the problem of balancing assembly lines.

The Life Cycle Of A Pandemic Crisis: Sars Impact On Air Travel, Jun Liu, Steven E. Moss, Jonathan Zhang

Logistics & Supply Chain Management: Faculty Presentations (1998-2020)

This paper studies the effects of the SARS outbreak on air travel between the US and three destinations; China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. ARIMA models with interventions are used to estimate the timing, depth and shape of SARS impact on international air travel. Links between empirical findings and a conceptual framework for analyzing the life cycle of a crisis are established. The conceptual framework uses situational choice and governmental public relations differences by location to explain the response patterns to the crises. The research finds significant evidence that the impact and life cycle of SARS effect on air travel varies …

تسعير الخدمة التعليمية في الجامعات والكليات الأهلية العراقية, غازي معين فيصل, خولة حسين حمدان

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

يهدف البحث الى دراسة الأسس التي تعتمدها الجامعات والكليات الأهلية العراقية عند تسعيرها للخدمة التعليمية وبيان أسباب التفاوت في رسوم الخدمة التعليمية وتحديد الأساليب المناسبة التي يجب تطبيقها عند تسعير الخدمة التعليمية. وتم جمع البيانات عن طريق الاستمارة الإلكترونية المحكمة من قبل مختصين والتي وزعت على الجامعات والكليات الأهلية العراقية بواقع (4) جامعات أهلية ، (18) كلية أهلية لتحقيق اهداف البحث. وتوصل البحث الى مجموعة من الاستنتاجات أهمها : تركز الجامعات والكليات الأهلية على تحديد رسوم الخدمة التعليمية وفق أساس واحد للتسعير دون دراسة جميع العوامل المؤثرة على قرارات التسعير ،مما قد يؤدي الى زيادة العائد في اختصاصات معينة ولكن …

التنويع الاقتصادي في العراق بين تحديات الحاضر وامكانات المستقبل, حيدر طالب موسى

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

أن المتتبع لمسيرة الاقتصاد العراقي يرى بأن مراحله الاقتصادية وحتى السياسية والتي نشير لها هنا كونها لعبت الدور الابرز في رسم السياسات الاقتصادية قد جعلته أقتصاداً ريعياً بامتياز على الرغم من وفرة الموارد البشرية والمادية ، ,وعلى الرغم من هذه الوفرة الأ انه لم تبذل جهود جدية مبنية على أسس علمية للهروب من الفخ الريعي بل كانت الجهود تمثل في جوهرها منهجاً سياسياً ذو صبغة أقتصادية ، بحيث لم يتبنى القائمين على السياسة الاقتصادية منهجاً صحيحاً يقوم على استثمار الفوائض النفطية العالية ، بل بالعكس من ذلك أصبحت تبنى الموازنات العامة للدولة العراقية على أساس سعر النفط العالمي مما أنعكس …

دور الصناعات الصغيرة والمتوسطة في تحقيق التنمية الاقتصادية : دراسة حالة العراق, سعاد جواد كاظم

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

يجري التأكيد على دور الصناعات الصغيرة والمتوسطة باعتبارها النمط الأكثر فعالية في تحريك القوى العاملة شبه الماهرة وغير الماهرة باتجاه عملية التصنيع، وهو ما يأتي تزامنا مع الاهتمام الذي يعطى عادة إلى مسألتي: توفير فرص العمل للأفراد الذين يتسمون بمهارة عالية نسبيا وتوسيع نطاق التنمية الصناعية في الاقتصاد ليشمل كافة المجالات، وسيتبع ذلك الكثير من التساؤلات بشأن كل من وضع الحدود الدقيقة للصناعات الصغيرة والمتوسطة لتميزها عن الصناعات الكبيرة وعلاقة حجم المؤسسة بالكثافة النسبية للعنصر الإنتاجي من جانب وبكفاءة استخدام المدخلات من جانب آخر، وكل هذا يقدم صورة شاملة عن الصناعات الصغيرة في علاقاتها الهيكلية باعتبارات الموقعية وتنظيماتها المؤسسية.

المتطلبات الأساسية لمنهجية Six Sigma الرشيقة وانعكاسها على تعزيز استراتيجيات التصنيع الرشيق : دراسة استطلاعية لآراء عينة من المدراء في شركة نفط الشمال – كركوك, احمد حسين علي, محمد ابراهيم محمد

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

يهدف البحث الحالي الى محاولة ايجاد طبيعة علاقة الارتباط والأثر للمتطلبات الأساسية لمنهجيةsix sigma الرشيقة مع اســـــتراتيـــجــــيات التــــصنـــيع الرشيق، والــــتــي أضحت إحدى المواضيع الـــمـهــمــة في علم إدارة الانتاج والعمليات في الحقبة الزمنية الأخيرة، ولأجل معرفة النتائج المترتبة على هذه العلاقة ضمن بيئة الصناعة العراقية ، فقد قام الباحثان باختيار احدى الشركات الــــــصناعية والمتمثلة بشركة نفط الشمال في محافظة كركوك، وذلك من خلال دراســــــــة استـــــــطــلاعيــــة لآراء مجموعة من المدراء العاملين فيها، وتم التوصل الى عدة استنتاجات كان من أهمها “وجود علاقة ارتباط بين متطلبات منهجية six sigma الرشيقة واستراتيجيات التصنيع الرشيق ، فــــضــلاً عــــــــن التأثير المعنوي لــمتــطلبات منهجية six sigma الرشيقة …

اثر الوعي الضريبي في زيادة العوائد الضريبية دراسة تحليلية في الهيئة العامة للضرائب فرع الديوانية, علي غانم شاكر, كرار حاتم عطية

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

يعد الوعي ضرورة أساسية في أية قضية فهو عامل إبداع مضاف، واستناداً إلى هذا الفهم فإن مسالة الوعي بأهمية الضريبة ودورها يقود إلى انتقالها من فكرة الجباية المجردة، إلى فكرة جديدة يكون مفادها الالتزام الضريبي اختياراً حراً يمارسه الإفراد بوعي لمدلولاته المختلفة وسيقود في النهاية إلى اعتبار الضريبة واجباً وطنياً يؤول نفعها إلى الجميع بصورة أو بأخرى. ويهدف البحث الى بيان الدور المهم والفاعل الذي يمكن ان تلعبه المؤسسات بمختلف اشكالها في نشر الوعي الضريبي لدى المكلفين لما لهذا الدور من أثر واضح في تقليل حالات التهرب الضريبي وزيادة العوائد الضريبية من خلال إدراكهم أهمية الاسهام في تحمل الأعباء العامة …

ممارسة مجالات المراجعة الخارجية للأداء البيئي في السودان المحددات والمأمول لتغيير الممارسة الحالية, فتح الاله محمد احمد محمد, محمد اسحاق عبد الرحمن عيسى, سالم العجيب سالم العجب

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

تناولت الدراسة الممارسة الحالية لمجالات المراجعة الخارجية للأداء البيئي في السودان، حيث هدفت إلى التعرف على العلاقة بين المحددات المتعلقة بالمنشأة، والمحددات المتعلقة بمراجعي الحسابات أنفسهم، والمحددات المتعلقة بالبيئة الخارجية والتشريعات الحكومية وبين مستوى ممارسة مجالات المراجعة الخارجية في بيئة الاعمال السودانية ومن ثم تقديم بعض الإجراءات والممارسات التي يمكن أن تساهم في تطوير عملية مراجعة الأداء البيئي في السودان. ولتحقيق اهداف الدراسة تم اعداد استمارة استبيان وزعت على المراجعين الخارجيين بولاية الخرطوم حيث بلغ حجم العينة (200) مراجع خارجي. توصلت الدراسة إلى أن أبرز المحددات تمثلت في عدم اهتمام منشآت الأعمال بمراجعة الأداء البيئي والافصاح عنه في التقارير والقوائم …

استعمال مصفوفة التحليل الاستراتيجي Swot لتقويم الأداء الجامعي, خالد صباح علي, كريمه عباس جعيلو, وعد هادي عبد الحساني

Muthanna Journal of Administrative and Economics Sciences

يهدف البحث الى ابراز اهمية تقويم اداء الجامعات الحكومية نظرا لما يوفره من معلومات عن الكفاءة والفاعلية وذلك من خلال وضع انموذج مقترح لتقويم اداء الجامعات العراقية باعتماد التحليل الاستراتيجي swot ، وتنبع مشكلة البحث من مشكلة ان تقويم الاداء المستند الى الاجراءات التقليدية لا يعد فعالا مما يؤدي الى الضعف في اعطاء صورة واضحة وشاملة عن أداء المؤسسة التعليمية ما لم يقترن بأدوات اخرى حديثة في تقويم اداء الجامعات الحكومية بشكل خاص من اجل الوقوف على مستوى كفاءة وفاعلية الأداء فيها. وأستند البحث إلى فرضية أساسية مفادها ” الاعتماد على ادوات التحليل الاستراتيجي swot في تقويم اداء الجامعات الحكومية …

Stealthy River Navigation In Jungle Combat Conditions, Fabio Ayres Cardoso

Theses and Dissertations

One of the biggest challenges for Brazilian military logisticians is to support effective jungle warfare for both real and training operations carried out by their combat forces in the Amazonian region. The jungle's heat, humidity, and dense vegetation put significant demands on the supply chain. Further, because of the difficulties of land or air transportation, water transport is the most reasonable transportation option to sustain these deployed forces. Planners must select from among the available watercourses those whose surroundings provide stealthy navigation to the combat force location where the requested supplies can be safely unloaded. We seek a method of …

Measuring The Effect Of Transportation Uncertainty In The Postponement Strategy, Chang-Sung Kim

Theses and Dissertations

A manufacturing company can postpone production and logistics processes in its supply chain system. The delaying of manufacturing and logistics can eliminate the burden of accurate forecasting of demand and thereby reduce inventory carrying cost. Identical postponement processes cannot be generally implemented because every product has its own characteristics in reference to demand and every company has its own individual production environment. A company needs to find its best postponement strategy to minimize its costs for any certain product. This study applies Pagh and Cooper (1998)’s typology of supply chain postponement/speculation strategies to find the best postponement strategy for a …

Korean Domestic Third Party Logistics Providers: Research For A Global Market, Daewon Kim

Theses and Dissertations

The objective of this thesis is to contribute to the globalization of Korean domestic third party logistics companies. This is accomplished through a benchmarking model for globalization based on a comparative analysis of domestic and global third party logistics provider (3PLs) companies. The research performed a SWOT analysis to identify the capabilities required by Korean domestic 3PLs to become global 3PLs. The research investigated the following areas: 1) global service, 2) infrastructure, 3) supply chain management (SCM) services, and 4) information technology (promptness, visibility). This was accomplished by an extensive literature review, case analysis of logistics companies, and telephone interviews …

Emergency Management Benchmarking Study: Lessons For Increasing Supply Chain Resilience, Jose M. Morais Jr.

Theses and Dissertations

The challenge to manage a business today is bigger than ever, because we cannot think only about our organization, but the intricate network of organizations that form our supply chain. Some organizations cope far better than others with both the prospect and the manifestation of unquantifiable risk -- they share a critical trait: resilience. This study researches emergency management organizations which are required to maintain a state of readiness for immediate reaction, and evaluates best practices in preparedness, detection, response and recovery. Extracting insights from multiple interviews, this research verified that most of the current emergency management best practices do …

Supply Chain Resilience: Assessing Usaf Weapon System Life Cycle, Brian P. Tobin

Theses and Dissertations

The Air Force Global Logistics Support Center (AFGLSC) is responsible for the United States Air Force’s supply chain. One of the AFGLSC’s responsibilities is to improve AF supply chain processes. This thesis investigates the subject of supply chain resilience and its potential impact for improving supply chain management. Through literature a supply chain resilience framework and measurement tool was identified for potential benefit to Air Force supply chain management. Air Force weapon systems were identified and segmented into two phases of the weapon system life cycle. This research analyzes data collected on supply chain resilience factors, vulnerabilities and capabilities, for …

Optimizing An F-16 Squadron Weekly Pilot Schedule For The Turkish Air Force, Murat Yavuz

Theses and Dissertations

Fighter squadrons in the Turkish Air Force build flight schedules for weekly periods. This process requires a great deal of time and does not seek optimality. Schedules are built with feasibility concerns. The Turkish Air Force doesn’t have an automated tool for flight scheduling. Many constraints including crew rest, number of sorties flown in a month, and duty currencies affect the schedule. Providing an automated scheduling tool may help schedulers save time for other squadron tasks including mission preparation, briefing, and debriefing. In this research, a heuristic approach to the problem is developed. Greedy Randomized Adaptive Search Procedures (GRASP) is …

Delivery Time Variance Reduction In The Military Supply Chain, Preston L. Goodrich

Theses and Dissertations

The United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) is currently responsible for the daily shipment of supplies to forward operating bases throughout Afghanistan. Aerial cargo shipments are an important method used to quickly deliver items that are needed immediately. Currently, delivery times vary greatly. This variation causes a decrease in confidence for on-time deliveries. As a result, shipments are demanded early and often, causing bottlenecks in the transportation system and fewer on-time deliveries. This paper analyzes data gathered through the global transportation network to determine shipment characteristics that cause the greatest amount of delivery time variance. A simulation is developed using the …

Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server (Moss) At Peerless Technologies, Shu Z. Schiller

Management Information Systems Faculty Publications

Peerless Technologies is an award-winning 8(a), small disadvantaged business (SDB) located in Fairborn, Ohio, whose primary focus is on government defense contracts. It has customers ranging from the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Department of Homeland Security and others in the government sector. Peerless currently has approximately 60 employees. More than half of these employees work at various locations while the remaining employees work at Peerless’ corporate headquarters in Fairborn, Ohio.

Tls Newsletter Volume 3, Edition 3 March, 2010, Unf Transportation And Logistics Society

Transportation & Logistics Society Newsletter

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Tls Newsletter Volume 3, Edition 2. February 2010, Unf Transportation And Logistics Society

Transportation & Logistics Society Newsletter

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Strategic End-Of-Life Management Of Electronic Assembly Product Recovery In Sustainable Supply Chain Systems, Vaidyanathan Jayaraman, Tim Baker, Yong Joo Lee

All Faculty Scholarship for the College of Business

In the past decade, technological advances in electronic data management have spurred economic growth while constant innovation and changing market forces have transformed the electronics industry into one of the most competitive business in the world. This industry is material constrained in which new products are constantly being introduced while used products are redesigned and recycled to support enhanced functionality. In this article, we discuss a case study based on a product recovery problem faced by an electronics company that faces complex materials separation while there is a need to balance holding and processing costs with fluctuating commodity markets for …

Two Models Of Virtual Transfer Pricing Mechanisms In Global Supply Chain, Kun Liao, Ke (Grace) Ke, Eldon Johnson, Yan Wang

All Faculty Scholarship for the College of Business

Supply chain is a network of financial flow while contract is a primary way of recognizing and distributing profits between buyer and supplier in a supply chain. Virtual transfer pricing defined in this study is the mechanism of using contract bundles within a global supply chain to maximize profit. We propose two virtual transfer pricing models.

Supplier Empowerment: Moderating The Casual Relationship Between Supplier Modularity Practices And Build-To-Order Supply Chain Capabilities, Kun Liao, Xiaodong Deng

All Faculty Scholarship for the College of Business

Psychological empowerment attracts researchers in theory building, measurements, and applications at the individual and team levels. Based on social dilemma theory and resource dependency theory, this study proposes a research model to explore (1) the relationship between supplier modularity practices and build-to-order supply chain (BOSC) capabilities, (2) the role of supplier empowerment in moderating the relationship between supplier modularity practices and BOSC capabilities, and (3) the direct impact of supplier empowerment on BOSC capabilities in a supply chain context. The model is tested with 208 responses from automotive suppliers in North America and in China.