Reconfiguration of supply chains and implications for transport
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 04:10:45
Category: / Science & Technology / Transportation
Length: 27 pages (7543 words)
Category: / Science & Technology / Transportation
Length: 27 pages (7543 words)
Keywords Supply chain management, Distribution systems, Distribution operations,
Distribution management, Freight forwarding, Transport management
Abstract
A large number of firms have reconfigured their supply chains. The general trends
entail, among others, the reduction, centralization and re-location of plants and distribution
centers, the design of new distribution systems, and the reduction of the supplier base. The analysis of the implications of such reconfiguration for freight transport has received comparatively little attention, and most of the analysis …
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