Before the 1950s, logistics was thought of in military terms. It had to do with procurement, maintenance, and transportation of military facilities, material, and personnel. The study and practice of physical distribution and logistics emerged in the 1960s and 1970s. Logistics cost in the U.S. accounted for 15% of the gross national product and on an individual firm level, they could be as high as 32%. In the 1990s, a new name emerges: “supply chain management”. This name took the logisti...
ABSTRACT Cold chain management is the process of storing vaccines in a potent state from the manufacturer to the recipient. This study assessed the knowledge, attitude and practice of cold chain management among health practitioners in the Sekyere Central District of Ghana. The study used a mixed method approach. Eighty- six participants responded to a questionnaire. Twelve cold chain sites were observed and a key informant interview was conducted with 11 health practitioners to explore the c...
The study aimed to identify how route planning for logistic companies can efficiently implemented. Route Planning explains basic transportation strategies and frameworks, as well as crucial functional needs, while considering contemporary changes in distribution planning. Companies may save mileage, fuel use, and carbon emissions by using a route planning system that calculates the most effective routes. Businesses may better recognize unforeseen deviations and communicate proactively to...
ABSTRACT There has been growing concern about environmental sustainability for future generations. Green Supply Chain Management are practices that can be used by companies to re-examine their purposes and create a favourable environmental image as manufacturing firms play an important role in the implementation of sustainable options. However, there has been no research that examines the effect of adopting Green Supply Chain Management on the competitiveness of Kenya’s food manufacturing ...
ABSTRACT The investigation of the supply chain challenges faced by small scale farmers at Etunda irrigation farm is the core of this study. The main rationale for the investigation is the fact that Green Scheme projects, of which Etunda is one of them, is one of the key economic development and diversification focus areas highlighted in Namibia’s fourth national development plan (NDP_4). The farming operations at Etunda are heavily dependent on logistical services for production inputs and ...
INTRODUCTION Globalization is a strong engine room that transformed the world from its old method of transaction to a modern one without stress. Globalization has made companies to grow wider, bigger and better in size, length, purchasing power and affluence and it is in a logistically method to match each culture and tradition for result oriented reason. Porcile (2020). Globalization is playing a role of supply chain management by transferring businesses from a location to city, sta...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to establish the impact of ICT on the supply chain management. The objectives of the study were to find out the ICT tools used iil SCM at Mukwano, find out the impact of ICT on the SCM at Mukwano and the challenges brought by ICT in the SCM at Mukwano. The nature of the research was descriptive and analytical. This involved quantifying data, tabulating findings and understanding treatment of information on respectively. The sample size is composed of so r...
TABLE OF CONTENTSACKNOWLEDGEMENTAPPROVALDEDICATIONLISTDECLARATIONOF ACRONYMS.LIST OF TABLESTABLE OF CONTENTSABSTRACTCHAPTER ONE 1GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1I .0 Introduction.1 Background of the study1 .2 Statement of the Problem 31 .3 Objectives of the study 4.3. 1 General Objective 41.3.2 Specific Objectives 41.4 Research Questions 41.5 Scope of the study 41.5.1 Subject scope 41 .5.2 Geographical Scope s1.5.3 Time Scope 51.6 Significance of the study 51 .7 Conceptual frame work 6CHAPTER TWO 7LITE...
ABSTRACT The aim of the study is to develop a logistics performance model incorporating logistics performance as the focal construct with logistics planning strategy as antecedent and organizational performance, both marketing and financial, as consequences. The author proffers that logistics planning processes are dynamic capabilities because of improvement in logistics competitive capabilities and enhanced disaster immunity. Data from a sample of 230 top/middle managers representing differ...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM) on Organizational Performance among tea processing firms in Kericho County. The objectives of the study were: to investigate the effect of Green Purchasing on Organizational Performance, to establish the effect of Green Manufacturing on Organizational Performance, to investigate the effect of Green Distribution on Organizational performance, to examine the effect of Green Marketing on Organiza...
TABLE OF CONTENTAPPROVAL iDEDICATION iiACKNOWLEDGEMENT iiiLIST OF TABLES ivLIST OF ACRONYMS vABSTRACT ixCHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 11 .Olntroduction 11.1.lBackground of the study 11.1 .2Historical background 11.1 .3Theoritical perspective 11.1.4. Conceptual perspective 2Definition of terms 21.1.5. Contextual perspective 31.3 Statement of the problem 31.4Objectives of the study 31.4.1 General objective of the Study 31.4.2 Specific objectives of the Study 31.5 Research questions 41.5.lScope of t...
ABSTRACT Although there is widespread recognition of the potential of ports as logistics centers, widely accepted performance measurements for such centers are yet to be developed. The essence of logistics management is an integrative approach to the interaction of different processes and functions within the port extended to a network of organizations for the purpose of cost reduction and customer satisfaction. The logistics approach often adopts a concept, “value-added service” betwe...
ABSTRACT Business today operates in a global environment. The flow of goods and services along the logistics chain in the port industry is critical for the survival of businesses. The study was based on the Analysis of the Supply Chain Security in Tema Port. The main objective of the study was to assess the applicability of some of the selected Supply Chain Security Programs in Tema Port. A number of Supply chain security programs were reviewed and one of these were identified as the ISPS Cod...
Recently, pressures from globalization have reinvigorated the need to ensure food, safety, national quality, customers demand for convenience, variety and quality combined with new possibilities created by the biotechnology revolution have all led to changing attitude in which the industry becomes more directed at creating products that match what is demanded by consumers. This process is known as chain reversal. A change frorri supply based approach to a demand based approach (Muhlenberg, 20...