A survey study on integration of warehouses and distribution centres
Lately, customers’ expectations and demands are increasingly higher than before. In order to sustain their business, companies have to maintain a healthy balance between meeting their needs and gaining sufficient profit margins. One possible business strategy is to adopt integration. This report ser...
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| author | Lee, Vanessa Yen Min. |
| author2 | Lum Kit Meng |
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| description | Lately, customers’ expectations and demands are increasingly higher than before. In order to sustain their business, companies have to maintain a healthy balance between meeting their needs and gaining sufficient profit margins. One possible business strategy is to adopt integration. This report serves to examine integration, particularly in the warehousing and distribution sector of the shipping industry in Singapore. The advantages and disadvantages of integration, as well as the reasons and obstacles of integration, are established and further examined. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/451472023-03-03T17:19:14Z A survey study on integration of warehouses and distribution centres Lee, Vanessa Yen Min. Lum Kit Meng School of Civil and Environmental Engineering DRNTU::Engineering::Maritime studies::Maritime management and business Lately, customers’ expectations and demands are increasingly higher than before. In order to sustain their business, companies have to maintain a healthy balance between meeting their needs and gaining sufficient profit margins. One possible business strategy is to adopt integration. This report serves to examine integration, particularly in the warehousing and distribution sector of the shipping industry in Singapore. The advantages and disadvantages of integration, as well as the reasons and obstacles of integration, are established and further examined. Bachelor of Science (Maritime Studies) 2011-06-09T06:26:13Z 2011-06-09T06:26:13Z 2011 2011 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/45147 en Nanyang Technological University 65 p. application/pdf |
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| title | A survey study on integration of warehouses and distribution centres |
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| title_short | A survey study on integration of warehouses and distribution centres |
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