Scope of Logistics Management

Mike Sadle is the owner of Mike’s Wrecker Service in Huntsville, Alabama. Mike has been providing tow services in the Huntsville and the surrounding areas for the past 20 plus years. During that span, Mike has experienced firsthand the growth and evolution of the towing industry. The purpose of this project was to help Mike identify an area in his business where a significant contribution could be made to increase the overall success of the company. The goal was to present Mike’s Wrecker Service with a telematics solution that will not only bring added value to the company but also provide a significant competitive advantage.

The risk of major injury to pedestrians from collision with the forklift is in an unacceptable range because of both unsafe conditions and lack of personal protective equipment (PPE). Firstly, the warehouse floor is used entirely for block stacking, no pallet racking exists, there is minimal room for the forklift to manoeuvre and vision is impaired; picking areas are not separate and no pedestrian safe zones are in place (Worksafe Victoria 2011). Additionally, no PPE is worn by employees, decreasing the ability of forklift operators to avoid possible impacts.

After retiring from the military, I was lucky enough to acquire a job as a business logistics advisor to a company called, SOTECH. A small defense contractor for the Special Warfare community with its primary customer being the Special Operations Command (SOCOM). The company’s main office was in Tampa, Florida with satellite offices located in Little Creek, Virginia, San Diego, California and Fayetteville, North Carolina. The offices were strategically placed in those areas in order to better serve the extended enterprise. Prior to my leaving to the government sector, the company had over one hundred employees to which ninety of them were on contracts and the other fifteen were situated in overhead. The personnel involved with

In order to perform any task in a more productive manner during construction, equipment must be used. Depending on the scope of work and the size of the job more than one piece of machinery may be used; the model, size, and people operating the equipment will differ too. The equipment, personnel, area, and project factors may be different for every job but they all share a common factor, risk. This factor aids contractors to determine the type of equipment to choose and the supplier to provide the equipment for the project as well.

There are two E-commerce scenarios that have been looked at that face logistical issues in Australian organisations of Big W and Oz Hut and through the analysis of these organisations we will be looking into the systems used and how they are dysfunctional to these companies. Also exploring better ways to improve order fulfilment, third party logistics and the growing online retailing industry of changes needed to enhance competitiveness. With transportation having a substantial impact on the way the e-commerce trade is facilitated been a key element of building trust between sellers and buyers. (Commission, 2012)

OPERATIONS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT Vol. 2, No. 3, September 2009, pp. 167-171 ISSN 1979-3561|EISSN 1979-3871

With global operations, becoming more complex, companies in manufacturing, retail and technology and the consulting firms that service them, they are scrambling to hire people with Supply Chain expertise, but these experts are hard to come by. Supply Chain Management has moved from a "necessary evil" to a "core competency" at companies across industries.

Organization (company infrastructure), Human Resources, Technology and Purchasing, supported the primary activities and ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of those activities.

Worldwide business is getting to be continually dependent on logistics and supply chain network administration with a specific end goal to keep pace with the requests of the worldwide economy. This is the reason business pioneers recognize that the inventory network could be a quality maker and a wellspring of point of interest.

Operations Management is concerned with the managing of resources and activities that produce and deliver goods and services

Logistics is an important part of the supply chain process as it is the phase where products that are manufactured are packed, stored in warehouse, and transported to the end users when an order is placed. Logistics deals with lot of data/information about different products, resource, transport, and warehouse management. With the growth of technology, many devices like RFID, barcode, sensors, GPS, Telematics etc. have found its use in Logistics resulting in huge amount of data/information generated from these devices. Information ranging from products available in warehouse to real time information like where the product is in delivery truck are available which makes Logistics an ideal place for big data applications. DHL is one such

This report will analyze the Supply Chain and Logistics Industry in the United Arab Emirates during the last five years. The tools and techniques used for this analysis shall be PESTEL and PORTER’S 5 forces. Further this report shall discuss about the Industry type based on the competition existing in the market and its current phase in the Industry cycle.

Kazakhstan has 73 enterprises offering logistics-related services. These include multimodal transporters, customs brokers, integrated service providers, and freight forwarders. They can be categorized into express and courier companies, freight forwarders, and manufacturers and/or traders. Express and courier companies are mainly multinational corporations, such as DHL and Pony Express, whose representative offices liaise with overseas offices and oversee domestic distribution. They own warehousing facilities and run a fleet of trucks. For example, Pony Express owns a 4,000 sq m warehouse in Almaty and operates 30 vans for door-to-door deliveries. Each vehicle is equipped with global positioning system and satellite communications, allowing real time track and trace capabilities. However, this is more of an exception and not the norm for most transporters.

Education and labour skills are essential for a fully functioning logistics and supply management system. In Southern Africa there is a lack of education and skills within the logistics system, which means unskilled labour and less effectiveness and efficiency. Education is the single most important aspect in order for a country to achieve success and wealth, the more educated people are, the more people can make intelligent and effective decisions about the economy and the logistics and supply chain management functions. Southern Africa does not have a strong education system in comparison to the global market in which Southern Africa compete in, which limits its full potential that it has to be a functioning logistic powerhouse which

In the vast industry that is transportation and logistics management, has a lot of influence on the economy of the United States. One of the reasons for the close connection of the industry and U.S economy is because of globalization, and in the content of this paper we will examine different segments of the industry, and how they affect the economy in different ways. Addressing specific segments of the industry tells us just how important each segment is to the economy, instead of speaking of the industry in general. Throughout this research paper we will be looking at five specific transportation and logistics operation within the industry. The airline industry is very important to the many cities within the United States, creating a number of jobs because of the ability that airports have to connect cities to the rest of the world. Job created through the air transport systems that help boost a cities economy is tourisms and airport jobs, which can help to transform a city. The cruise ship industry also help boost cities, which operates port of call for the cruises that operate from them. Cruises also generates many jobs in the tourism sector as people sometimes have to fly and overnight from different cities to board these cruises. Another major factor that is affecting the industry is globalization and how it is able to create jobs and help improve the economy. Other areas in the transportation and logistics industry that has an affect on the economy is the overuse of