3 ways to deal with the greatest complexity in the supply chain
The transformations that have taken place in the world have made the consumer much more informed and demanding, demanding that companies offer […]
APPLICATION OF SIMULATION AS A TOOL TO SUPPORT THE ELABORATION OF A STRATEGIC CAPACITY PLANNING
Capacity is “the volume of output that a system is able to achieve in a specific period of time” (Yang, 2001). To the […]
LEAN LOGISTICS
The term lean, as a translation of “lean”, appeared in the business literature to describe the Toyota manufacturing system. Such a system was […]
THEORY OF RESTRICTIONS: MAIN CONCEPTS AND PRACTICAL APPLICATION
The Theory of Constraints, also known as TOC (Theory of Constraints) is a relatively recent development in the practical aspect of decision making.
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE – PART 2
Continuing the article presented in the previous edition, some results of the research carried out by the ILOS Institute on the current stage […]
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE – PART 1
The end of the last decade was marked by the vertiginous growth of ERP system deployments (SAP/R3, Oracle, BAAN, etc). This move was […]
THE IMPACT OF PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS, OPERATION AND DEMAND ON THE TYPE OF ORGANIZATION OF THE PRODUCT FLOW: FIELD RESEARCH IN SIX SECTORS OF THE RANKING EXAME BEST AND BIGGEST
The importance attributed to integrated logistics as a fundamental element for efficient and […]
LOGISTICS POSITIONING STRATEGY: CONCEPTS, IMPLICATIONS AND ANALYSIS OF THE BRAZILIAN REALITY
The purpose of this article is to present a concept that is allowing several companies to compete efficiently in the supply chain, through the integration […]
CAPACITY AND DEMAND MANAGEMENT IN LOGISTICS SERVICES – PART 2
In the previous issue, we began a series of two articles dedicated to the challenging issue of capacity management in service provider systems […]
CAPACITY AND DEMAND MANAGEMENT IN LOGISTICS SERVICES – PART 1
I – CAPACITY CONCEPT AND MANAGEMENT Several articles published in this same journal and in other specialized sources draw attention to […]
THE PARADIGM OF LEAN RESUPPPLY: A TRAP IN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE FLOW OF MATERIALS BETWEEN LINKS IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN
This article presents a case study conducted in an industrial company, in which the logic of resupplying materials between […]
