Recently added articles from Transportation Journal:
Special focus issue--greater China region.(Brief article)(Conference notes)
Jun 22, 2009; ... Over the past few decades, we have witnessed a huge increase in the amount of global trade. For example, the U.S. Annual Survey of Manufactures reports that approximately 17 percent of all materials used by manufacturers in the U.S. between 1997 and 2005 came from abroad, while 12 percent ...
Impact of inventory management flexibility on service flexibility and performance: evidence from mainland Chinese firms.
Jun 22, 2009; ... Abstract This article summarizes the literature on inventory management flexibility from a competence perspective, and it classifies the work according to inter-firm and intra-firm flexibilities. It also explores the relationships between inventory competence flexibility, ...
How online vendors select parcel delivery carriers.
Jun 22, 2009; ... Abstract This study investigated what criteria online vendors use to select parcel delivery carriers and examines what bearing they have on the development and maintenance of mutually beneficial partnerships. The selection attributes are identified via the logistical transport ...
Locating manufacturer distribution centers by a fixed-charge model: A case study of Kinmen Kaoliang Liquor Inc.
Jun 22, 2009; ... Abstract Kinmen Kaoliang Liquor Inc. (KKL), once a nonprofit government monopoly, was corporatized in 1998. Cost reduction and profit maximization became the new corporation's main goal. Located on an island off the main island of Taiwan, KKL sells over 90 percent of its ...
How do regional third-party logistics firms innovate? A cross-regional study.(Notes and Comments)
Jun 22, 2009; ... Complexities of global trade, increased competition worldwide, and continued downward pressure on prices and margins are urging companies to develop better logistics systems in order to fulfill the need for a high service level at a lower cost (Sheffi 1990; Wilding and Juriado 2004; Lieb ...