Questions from Logistics Management


Q: Almost a fifth of the UK’s wheat crop goes into poultry feed

Almost a fifth of the UK’s wheat crop goes into poultry feed and, although feed supply chains are often short and integrated, there are opportunities to improve the performance, even...

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Q: Bacalao is fish that has been salted and dried, traditionally in

Bacalao is fish that has been salted and dried, traditionally in the open air on rocks; today it is done in a drier. It has been produced in Norway since about 1640, can be kept refrigerated for sever...

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Q: Micro Compact Car AG (MCC), a wholly owned subsidiary of

Micro Compact Car AG (MCC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Daimler-Benz (formerly a joint venture of Daimler-Benz and Swatch), is the company behind the Smart Car. The Smart City Coupé is a...

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Q: Consumer products giant P&G has its share of supply chain

Consumer products giant P&G has its share of supply chain scope. In 2012 the company realised $84 billion in sales and 25 of its brands generated $1 billion or more revenue. In order to realise this r...

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Q: Li & Fung is a Hong Kong based company that was established

Li & Fung is a Hong Kong based company that was established in the early 1900s as a mediator between Chinese speaking sellers and English speaking buyers. A century later it is one of the world&ac...

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Q: DW Windsor is a service-led manufacturer of exterior lighting that

DW Windsor is a service-led manufacturer of exterior lighting that delivers road and street lighting products and design services to clients globally from their world-class production facility. The bu...

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Q: Many basic improvements were identified when the supply chain executive team from

Many basic improvements were identified when the supply chain executive team from Alfa Laval examined the alignment throughout the company, as illustrated in Figure 8.4, Four areas of alignment improv...

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Q: A major supplier of digital telecommunications systems, which we shall call

A major supplier of digital telecommunications systems, which we shall call ‘Cymru’, had established a successful manufacturing plant in Wales. The European region...

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Q: The National Association of Italian Footwear Manufacturers (Assocalzaturifici – http://

The National Association of Italian Footwear Manufacturers (Assocalzaturifici – http:// www.assocalzaturifici.it) explains, The success of the footwear sector in Italy is linked to a...

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Q: Located on the coast of east Tianjin, Binhai New Area (

Located on the coast of east Tianjin, Binhai New Area (BNA) is at the intersection of the Bohai Economic Belt and Jing-Jin-Ji Metropolitan Circle and Bohai Economic Sphere. This is also the starting p...

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