eng
Poznan School of Logistics
Logforum
1734459X
2009-03-30
5
1
article
Slight PPC Systems Adaption
Michael Richter
1
Jens-Michael Potthast
1
Institute of Integrated Production Hannover, Germany
Logistics is a crucial issue for small and medium-sized enterprises (SME). Logistics constantly varying demands on a company require adjustments of its production planning and control systems (PPC systems) to the dynamic changes of supply chains under consideration of the company's work organization. The aim of the project 'PPC adaption' is to develop a simple method for adjusting a company's used PPC system to a constantly changing production and market environment. With the help of this system SME's are able easily to adapt their PPC systems to varying external and internal influences. Regardless of the company's type of PPC system, the result is applicable in every SME's.
http://www.logforum.net/vol5/issue1/no1/5_1_1_09.pdf
production planning and control
production logistics
adaption
eng
Poznan School of Logistics
Logforum
1734459X
2009-03-30
5
1
article
Survey-based analysis of criteria applied by retail chains and suppliers to select contracting parties for business cooperation
Wiesław Ciechomski
1
Szymon Strojny
1
University of Economics in Poznan, The Poznan School of Logistics, Poznan, Poland
The article deals with supplier selection criteria applied by retail chains. The authors analyse results of a survey which involved retail chains operators and some selected strategic producers supplying products to leading large format retailers in Poland. They focus on relationships in the distribution channels and on the increasing role of trade intermediaries who are an important link in the channels and whose market position is being systematically enhanced. Results of the source data analysis show the growing dynamics of trade integration and concentration processes.
http://www.logforum.net/vol5/issue1/no2/5_1_2_09.pdf
relationships in distribution channels
cooperation between retail chains and suppliers
trade concentration
eng
Poznan School of Logistics
Logforum
1734459X
2009-03-30
5
1
article
Determinants of warehouse space market development in Poland
Ireneusz Fechner
1
The Poznan School of Logistics, Poznań, Poland
Logistic nodal infrastructure consists of four types of facilities: ports, transshipment terminals, warehousing centres and logistics centres. The models of development of logistics centres in Poland are different from those typically found in Western Europe. Since 1990 we have been observing an intensive growth of modern warehousing space. The resources of modern warehousing space in Poland are estimated at ca. 4.8 M m2. There are two decisive determinants involved in the process of selecting location for modern warehousing facilities: the agglomeration determinant and the infrastructural determinant. The former accounts for the impact of such determinants as population size and household income, retail sales volume and volume of sold production. The latter is related to the availability and quality of transport infrastructure. Having taken into consideration all above mentioned determinants, an evaluation method was developed in order to estimate the demand for modern warehousing space in the largest urban agglomerations in Poland. It was found out that the modern warehousing space market in Poland does not demonstrate saturation, however, the demand for this type of space is diverse. New investment projects will be implemented predominantly in those urban agglomerations which until recently did not attract much interest from investors.
http://www.logforum.net/vol5/issue1/no3/5_1_3_09.pdf
logistic facilities
logistic infrastructure
logistic centres warehouse
urban agglomerations
eng
Poznan School of Logistics
Logforum
1734459X
2009-03-30
5
1
article
Logistics management of late product individualisation. Application in the automotive industry
Lothar Schulze
1
Sebastian Mansky
1
Janusz Klimek
1
Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
Global markets and the increasing demand of customers for individual products lead to a steady rise of product-variants. Especially high quality goods on highly competitive markets like automobiles must meet customer's demands. The opportunity to configure a car according to one's preferences leads to an unmanageable number of variants. Manufacturers' strategies to handle this problem reduce the offered component-combinations but barely succeed in reducing the production-complexity. The approach of approach of the "Late Product Individualisation" faces this issue. The complexity of the production is reduced without limiting the customer's choice to a small number of variants. The production process is relieved from customisation activities while these operations are relocated to downstream processes of the supply chain. The approach of Late Product Individual
http://www.logforum.net/vol5/issue1/no4/5_1_4_09.pdf
Late Product Individualisation
Logistics
Supply Chain
Efficiency Analysis
Analytic Hierarchy Process