To expansion of globalizing supply chain, the problem that a retail trade should solve and risks to face increase. On the other hand, the stockholder and the consumer who were a party intersted came to insist on an opinion for a company from each situation. It is thought that the Corporate Reputation is an extremely important management index that controls the management in the future. New value is created by bringing the concept “Reputation” in to the SCM field and the competitive advantage becomes possible. In addition, three economical effects like an effect of the business power improvement, an effect of the environmental burden reduction, and a financial effect, can be expected of the reputation construction by the approach on needed RSCM.

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With diversification and individualization of consumer needs a small sum of a logistics is progressing and it produced the logistics quotient custom further. In the city, it becomes entangled, and two or more logistics quotient customs are complicated, and have become the factor which causes the social problem of non efficiency and the environmental problem of the logistics by that cause. In this research, the logistics quotient custom which causes the non efficiency of logistics is extracted, and it analyzes about the influence which it has on city logistics.

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Modal shift from truck to railway or ship is very important policy to achieve the Kyoto protocol's targets in Japan. In particular, ferry has been paid attention as a mean of realizing intermodalism. Therefore, a lot of researchers have shown the thesis about ferry transport. However, they have not analyzed the ferry routes.
In this paper, the authors studies on the route choice model for truck transportation and middle/long distance ferry routes. Firstly, the authors will show the route choice model for truck with disaggregated binary logit model. Secondly, we will investigate the factor of route choice model. Finally, we will describe the existing ferry routes and new ferry routes from the viewpoint of modal shift.

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The time of a review of an airship has come by recent innovation. It is advantageous in that an airship is located in the middle of an existing plane and ship at a point of speed, and it is assumed that it is advantageous in that airship can There is movement to examine development of a freight airship from above mentioned reason. But the commercial Freight airship business is unrealistic. The reason is because airship operators must take a burden development risk of craft and development and maintenance of infrastructure under the present conditions.

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It is expected that SCM will take on the basic role of re-structuring the business processes within and in-between corporations, cut-down unnecessary management resources, and reduce lead-time. On the other hand, the real nature of SCM is taking an indigenous form according to the changes in the management environment and the individual corporate strategies. It is believed that in order to ensure on-going competitive superiority, corporations are building indigenous strategic business systems, and to realize this, SCM are also taking an indigenous form. This research makes an attempt to analyze the corporation's strategic purpose, and the relationship between the business system and the SCM's form, based on a literary research and a case study. As a conclusion, it was confirmed that the operations, division of labor, and business processes changed according to the peculiarity of the business systems, and thus a unique SCM process is formed.

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Making an investment in information system in the area of physical distribution has such purposes as increasing work efficiency, improving customer services, and, furthermore, maintaining the superiority over competitors. In the early days of computerization of physical distribution when, for example, simple tasks were mechanized, it was possible to quantify the cost-effectiveness, whereas today evaluation of the effectiveness resulting from informatization is becoming more difficult because business management and information system have become so closely related that they are virtually inseparable. This paper analyzes issues in evaluating investment in physical distribution information system and as a solution introduces “mutual consent model among the concerned parties, ” proposing application of an information technology portfolio and the performance reference model as a tool of management system of consensus building.

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Existing SCM models have a premise as which supply chains could be designed freely, that is the premise of 'objectification'. However, before then it is necessary to establish a subject which discusses and effects supply chains. It is a topic of 'meta-management' which means management of managing ta'. This paper raises the issue of it, approaches in more detail by case studies of brewery companies.

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The 'express' market in Japan is here defined to comprise private, postal, and international parcel delivery. This market is estimated to expand steadily in the near future stimulated by the demand increase of domestic and international trading from Internet mail ordering as well as the globalization of economic activities of companies. In this paper, the domestic express market is firstly categorized by private and public services, followed by empirical analysis of fluctuation factors and interconnections of both markets using estimating VAR model.

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Dailian Daiyao Bay container port is one of the eight most important container ports in China. With the execution of “Northeast Region promotion policy” in 2003, Dailian Port has made rapid progress. However, at the Bohai region, there are two strong rivals such as Qindao Port and Tianjing Port. Because the two ports get closer to Dailan Port, it is severe challenge for Dailian Port. At this paper, analyzed the development strategy of Dailian Port by SWOT analysis. Then, find out of the possibility of joint development of container ports in the Bohai regional in the future.

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To collect parcels of individual shipper directly on his demand is an important subject in the future delivery services. We have studied the system called “On-demand real-time parcel collection and delivery system.” We firstly describe features of the system, then show the basic characteristics obtained by the simulation comparing with the existing milk-run type parcel collection, finally propose guidelines for commercial use of the system.

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In this study, we measured an electromyography (EMG) by electromyographic analysis and calculated a pressure on back by performance analysis in case picking work in order to measure and improve body load in logistics work. As the result, we have showed that it is necessary to evaluate load of muscles and bones at the same time and quantitatively. And we have proposed an evaluation method of body load and showed its effectiveness. As an example of the method application, we have defined the range that case picking work can be performed safely.

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In recent years, logistics companies have mushroomed with the rapid development of china's economy. According to the government statistic, the number of registered logistic companies reached 730.000. In the past, most of the statistic companies were running in small-scale, while large-scale statistic companies were stated-owned. However, Recently, the ownership of China's the logistics enterprises is becoming more and more varied with the reforming of state-owned and the development of private and joint venture enterprises. In this paper, the ownership characteristics of China's logistics enterprises are clarified on the basis of newly-issued report of the best 50 logistics enterprises in China. Moreover, some of representative logistics enterprises are taken as example in order to analyse their business features, scope, scale and developing direction in detail. Through this way, the present situation of China's logistics may be understood.

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A lot of results of logistics improvement activity in enterprises were reported. But the results were not utilized sufficiently, because they were not systematically classified. Therefore we have extracted data from these improvement cases, decided data items and structure, and constructed a logistics improvement database. The logistics improvement database enables to get the effective improvement method and a specific idea by utilizing its relations. Furthermore it enables to enlarge the viewpoint and get flexible ideas by utilizing its structure. Therefore, it can be said that the database is effective to the logistics improvement.

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The efficient use of energy, protection of the global warming and sustainable development has been promoted globally. Many transportation companies and owner of goods are obliged to reduce the energy consumption. Companies are required to report the energy consumption to the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport. However, it is hard to use the calculation method of energy consumption provided by the government for the improvement of energy consumption. This paper will describe the evaluation technique for estimating fuel economy improvement for trucking industry.

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Many injured persons come to a hospital after an huge earthquake. Because the interruption of the traffic and the confusion of the communication will occur, there are possibilities that the medicine stock is shortage, and the medicines are not supplied the disaster site. Therefore, it is necessary to establish the logistics systems for emergency care in hospital.
A final purpose of this study is to establish the logistics systems for emergency care, which support doctors and nurses to provide necessary care for patients. In this paper, we proposed the estimate method of the medicine volume for emergency care in hospital as the basic study.

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Apparel industry has been introducing new production and logistics system involving Chinese manufacturing companies with capabilities of product designing and inventory management as well as cutting and sewing. Their challenges follow Speculation and Postponement strategies in manufacturing and logistics management, which could meet diversified consumers' needs efficiently. This paper aims to examine how these challenges could work and bring effects by conducting interview survey against Chinese manufacturing companies and a check and consolidation company who have good reputation among Japanese major retail chain stores.

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The success in becomes possible when it keeps creating attractive customer service. In the collaborative logistics business as the business platform, (1) the horizontal cooperative relationship brings efficiency improvement, and (2) vertical cooperative relationship achieves the value creation by the reformation of the supply chain. The spiral business innovation, which aims at efficiency improvement in some phase or the value creation in another phase, brings the creative new service in the collaborative logistics business.

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The aim of this paper is to evaluate rail container transport from shippers' view and to explore the possibilities of mil transport to promote green logistics. By mail questionnaires and interviews, we find 1) many shippers are now tackling environmental problems eagerly and think modal shift as an important issue, 2) majority of shippers are trying to use rail transport tactically, and some advanced shippers are frying to do strategically, and 3) forwarders and Japan Freight Railway are expected to play important roles as specialists. In order to construct green logistics systems based on the shippers' point of view, carriers and shippers are requested to cooperate with each other and play their own roles.

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Freight Railroads have been playing critical role on the US Freight Transportation. In the process, the US Freight Railroads have undergone a drastic change of Public Policy, from regulation to deregulation. This study shows historical backgrounds and factors behind regulation and deregulation. In addition, significant changes over the Class I Railroads after deregulation are presented.

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The privatization of the postal services will give a big impact to the home delivery service trade. In this study. the business statistics and the characteristics of the services of Japan Post and the three biggest companies in the home delivery service trade are compared. From these results, we show where Japan Post is placed in the home delivery service trade and a trend of the trade in the future.

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This is the age, when the goods don't sell well. The companies have mutually faced keen competition, asking for the low cost, and their factories have become actively to move to the Asian countries, mainly China. Meanwhile, many companies presently became to attach much importance on the view of LOGISTICS ; the goods most salable, at the time salable, in the place salable, in the quantity salable, at the low cost, just-in-time supply. We would consequently define how much LOGISTICS is supported by the Toyota Production System.

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This study describes not capsule transport by water and air but capsule transport technology by new working medium in which they are conventional working fluid. In the beginning, features of the pipeline were shown, and the movement capsule was newly manufactured even in the inside on capsule transport by the working medium using the vibration, and a pipe was shaken, and they moved pipe, and the transfer experiment was carried out. The experimental result is described, and on capsule movement technology by a pipe excitation, the consideration result is described.

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This report surveys future activation plan of a nucleus logistics subsidiary abreast of advancement of a logistics market. Among the subsidiaries where progress in a market is remarkable, it is nucleus logistics subsidiaries that have various possibilities in the future in particular. From example analysis of medium-ranking enterprise, we examine a problem policy in a logistics market, positioning from a strategic aspect. We analyze directionality of company cooperation and investigate a characteristic of “financial resources” at a nucleus subsidiary. In addition, through comparison analysis with specialists, w e examine “management power” that is necessary for strategic development and company cooperation.

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With the progress of the Internet services, we have been able to get even perishable foods like vegetables and fish on some Internet shops. To provide the customers with their foods safely is the fundamental and important problem. In this paper, we have studied a few basic subjects to implement the traceability system for marine articles handled on the Internet shops and proposed some corresponding measures.

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In this research, we compare the difference of JIT and TOC at three different CCR positions. The results show a clear difference between JIT and TOC and indicate which system would be better to apply or use at different CCR positions. The study also looks at the problems of JIT and suggests a solution as well. In addition, we prove mathematically why JIT and TOC require small lot-sizes.

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This research examine the construction status and problem of port logistics industry focused on the ship chandler industry, the ship refueling industry, and the logistics warehousing industry of Pusan port and tried to prepare the base that here after Pusan port will be able to grow as the Northeast Asia port logistics strongpoint port by presenting the activation strategy.

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In the old authorized storage-fee, inventory measurement as the basic factor to calculate the storage-fee was 10 day unit for ordinary temperature storage and 15 day unit for cold storage. However, this does not fit to the requirement of recent clients who make efforts to improve the inventory turn over.
In addition to this, the client's request by the ratio of passing cargo is increasing. In this case, it is very important in the logistic business to review how we should reflect the storage period as the factor of time on the logistic cost and I study here a new contract way to calculate the storage-fee based on this thought. The fundamental theory is made by linking passing inventory volume and storage cost to the number of day actually stored in the fixed period.

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