Distribution structures and distribution centre (DC) locations are essential for logistics companies to optimise logistics costs and service levels. This paper reviews Supply Chain Management (SCM), Geography and Economic Geographic literature on distribution structure and DC locations decision-making. Two central decision-making elements are discussed: process steps and decision-making factors. Added value of our paper is 1) A literature review 2) Conclusions on the state of current scientific knowledge in three research streams 3) A research agenda. Reviewing literature shows decision-making factors are renowned, however, importance of factors in each process step is unknown. Results also show literature diverges on which process steps logistics companies take (descriptive) or should optimally take (prescriptive) in distribution structure and DC location decision-making. Thus, more research is needed. Developing a descriptive conceptual model and testing on several industry sectors will be valuable to understand differences on distribution structure and DC location decision-making.
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Planning of transport through inland shipping is complex, highly dynamic and very specific. Existing software support is focusing on road transport planning and/or is merely a visual representation of shipments to be manually assigned to particular vessels. As a result inland shipment planning is time-consuming and highly relies on the personal skills of the planner. In this paper we present a business rules based model that aims to further support inland shipping organizations in their shipment planning by identifying the characteristics and constraints that are of interest and the related explicated business rules. The model is derived from transport-related literature, explorative expert interviews and transport management software vendors. The usability and applicability of the model is subsequently successfully empirically tested using identified performance measures through a case study at a major European inland shipping broker
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De tuinbouw sector is een innovatieve sector waar veel gebeurt en die sterk in ontwikkeling is. Er zijn veel vacatures op allerlei gebied: als gewasverzorger, als teeltspecialist, maar ook als manager logistiek, als HRM-er in een commerciële functie. Alleen weten veel mensen dat niet. De kloof tussen de blik van buiten t.o.v. de blik van binnen is groot. In dit project hebben we actuele realistische beroepsbeelden ontwikkeld in co-creatie met zes bedrijven welke kunnen bijdragen aan imagoverbetering van de sector en aan de doorontwikkeling van HRM. De bijlagen zijn op te vragen via BRC@inholland.nl
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