Impact of means and resources pooling on supply-chain management: Case of large distribution

Author

Taieb, Nouha Hadj ; Mellouli, Racem ; Affes, Habib

Author_Institution

Fac. of Econ. & Manage, Univ. of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

fYear

2014

fDate

1-3 May 2014

Firstpage

160

Lastpage

166

Abstract

The aim of this study is to find the impact of means and resources pooling on the logistics networks. In fact, the pooling of resources and means, allows sharing resources and means in the logic of quality improvement and cost reduction, it will ensure a better functioning of the various operations management. In this context, we evaluate the difference between the actual situation and future situation of a firm by adopting the phenomenon of mass and that of the pooling. These results will be evaluated on the various costs associated with the company. However, our goal is to identify the different gains induced by the change of the organization of the logistics network of the firm. By this, we will try to optimize the various costs and more specifically transportation costs.

Keywords

cost reduction; logistics; minimisation; organisational aspects; quality management; resource allocation; supply chain management; transportation; cost reduction; logistics networks; organization change; quality improvement; resource pooling; supply-chain management; transportation cost optimization; Companies; Context; Economics; Supply chains; Transportation; Pooling means; mass disturbution; pooling resources; supply chain management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Logistics and Transport (ICALT), 2014 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hammamet

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICAdLT.2014.6864111

Filename

6864111