Determinants For Assigning Value-added Logistics Services To Logistics Centers Within A Supply Chain Configuration
A number of literature contributions have underlined the importance of developing value-added logistics activities or VALS in order to help improve customers’ satisfaction. However, there is usually very little attention given regarding where to perform these VALS. This study aims to: (1) identify a...
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| description | A number of literature contributions have underlined the importance of developing value-added logistics activities or VALS in order to help improve customers’ satisfaction. However, there is usually very little attention given regarding where to perform these VALS. This study aims to: (1) identify a comprehensive set of factors which may influence the location of VALS, (2) to analyze to what extent those factors influence location decisions, and (3) to distinguish the determinants behind the location choices for distribution centers and for the kind of VALS that will be developed in these distribution centers. In this paper, we will present a conceptual framework on the locations of VALS in view of the identifying determinants for assigning VALS to logistical centers. We argue that the optimal location of VALS is determined by complex interactions between the determinants at the level of the choice of a distribution system, distribution center location factors, and different logistical characteristics regarding products. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a40b3d42ec0c48a488ab66ae0d4edefc2023-11-17T10:48:52ZengEmerald PublishingJournal of International Logistics and Trade1738-21222508-75922012-04-0110134110.24006/jilt.2012.10.1.3Determinants For Assigning Value-added Logistics Services To Logistics Centers Within A Supply Chain ConfigurationLu Chen0Theo Notteboom11ITMMA –University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium2ITMMA –University of Antwerp and Antwerp Maritime Academy, BelgiumA number of literature contributions have underlined the importance of developing value-added logistics activities or VALS in order to help improve customers’ satisfaction. However, there is usually very little attention given regarding where to perform these VALS. This study aims to: (1) identify a comprehensive set of factors which may influence the location of VALS, (2) to analyze to what extent those factors influence location decisions, and (3) to distinguish the determinants behind the location choices for distribution centers and for the kind of VALS that will be developed in these distribution centers. In this paper, we will present a conceptual framework on the locations of VALS in view of the identifying determinants for assigning VALS to logistical centers. We argue that the optimal location of VALS is determined by complex interactions between the determinants at the level of the choice of a distribution system, distribution center location factors, and different logistical characteristics regarding products.https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.24006/jilt.2012.10.1.3/full/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Lu Chen Theo Notteboom Determinants For Assigning Value-added Logistics Services To Logistics Centers Within A Supply Chain Configuration Journal of International Logistics and Trade |
| title | Determinants For Assigning Value-added Logistics Services To Logistics Centers Within A Supply Chain Configuration |
| title_full | Determinants For Assigning Value-added Logistics Services To Logistics Centers Within A Supply Chain Configuration |
| title_fullStr | Determinants For Assigning Value-added Logistics Services To Logistics Centers Within A Supply Chain Configuration |
| title_full_unstemmed | Determinants For Assigning Value-added Logistics Services To Logistics Centers Within A Supply Chain Configuration |
| title_short | Determinants For Assigning Value-added Logistics Services To Logistics Centers Within A Supply Chain Configuration |
| title_sort | determinants for assigning value added logistics services to logistics centers within a supply chain configuration |
| url | https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.24006/jilt.2012.10.1.3/full/pdf |
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