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 […]
