STOCK MAPS APPLIED TO SPARE PARTS MANAGEMENT - PART 2
As pointed out in the first part of this article1, strategic inventory management is gaining increasing importance in the management of […]
STOCK MAPS APPLIED TO SPARE PARTS MANAGEMENT - PART 1
Strategic inventory management is gaining increasing importance in supply chain management. With increasing competition […]
COMBINATION OR COMPETITION OF FORECASTS: A CASE STUDY IN AGRIBUSINESS FREIGHT – PART 1
In view of the growing importance of logistics activities in Brazil, it becomes increasingly necessary to measure its different components. Specifically, the […]
CAPACITY PLANNING IN A CONTAINER TERMINAL VIA SIMULATION – A CASE STUDY
Currently, the container is the most used way to move materials and products by sea. Yun & Choi (1999) point out that […]
PORTS PCP: SIMULATING THE SHIP-ANCHORAGE CONNECTION TO REDUCE DEMURRAGE COSTS – PART 2
For each of the combinations of mooring allocation norms and queue priorities, 30 thousand-day replications were performed […]
PORTS PCP: SIMULATING THE SHIP-ANCHORAGE CONNECTION TO REDUCE DEMURRAGE COSTS – PART 1
Several researchers have focused their work on studying the application of sophisticated modeling techniques to a port environment and the complex relationships […]
DIRECT DISTRIBUTION OR STAGED DISTRIBUTION?
The last three decades have been marked by strong transformations in supply relations between industry and retail. There are many reports about […]
THE QUALITY OF THE LOGISTICS INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE PERCEPTION OF THE MAJOR BRAZILIAN EXPORTERS
The year 2004 seems to have been decisive for Brazilian foreign trade: exports reached a financial volume of US$ 94 […]
SERVICE LEVEL MODELS AND INVENTORY OPTIMIZATION IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN
It is universally recognized the great importance of the service level concept in the design of logistic operations, in the communication of expectations regarding […]
IMPACTS OF TOP-DOWN AND BOTTOM-UP APPROACHES ON FORECAST ERROR VARIANCE WITH SIMPLE EXPONENTIAL SMOOTHING
This article aims to measure the impact of the Top-Down and Bottom-up approaches on the sales forecast error variance with […]
METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS ON SPARE PARTS INVENTORY MANAGEMENT: A CASE STUDY
A typical consumer goods company tends to keep between $5 million and $15 million in […]
INVENTORY MANAGEMENT TRENDS IN HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS
Inventory management in healthcare organizations – hospitals, clinics, medical centers and warehouses – has, in recent years, […]
