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In parallel with the increase in competition in international trade, the importance of the logistics sector, which plays an important role in the continuity of our commercial life, is increasing gradually, so the number of studies on logistics performance and trade is increasing day by day. The study aims to systematically examine the studies based on the relationship between logistics performance and international trade, evaluate the situation, and make suggestions to researchers who will work on the subject in the future. In the study, 33 articles that were reached as a result of scanning the Web of Science and Scopus databases were systematically examined in terms of various criteria. According to the findings obtained; In the studies, it was determined that mostly the effect of logistics performance on trade was discussed and this effect was generally measured with the gravity model, and the logistics performance index was frequently used in logistics performance measurement. In addition, it is noteworthy that the number of product and sector based studies are quite limited. Within the scope of the findings obtained in the study, suggestions for future studies are presented., Uluslararası ticaretteki rekabetin artışına paralel olarak, ticari hayatımızın devamlılığında önemli görevler üstlenen lojistik sektörünün de daha önemli hale gelmesiyle lojistik performans ve ticarete yönelik çalışmaların sayısı her geçen gün artmaktadır. Bu kapsamda çalışmanın amacı lojistik performans ile uluslararası ticaret arasındaki ilişkiyi temel alan çalışmaların sistematik bir şekilde incelenmesi, durum değerlendirmesinin yapılması ve gelecekte konuyla ilgili çalışacak araştırmacılara önerilerde bulunulmasıdır. Çalışmada Web of Science ve Scopus veri tabanlarının taranması sonucu ulaşılmış olan 33 makale çeşitli kriterler açısından sistematik bir şekilde incelenmiştir. Elde edilen bulgulara göre; çalışmalarda lojistik performansın, uluslararası ticaret üzerindeki etkisinin ele alındığı ve bu etkinin genellikle çekim modeli ile ölçüldüğü ve lojistik performans ölçümünde sıklıkla lojistik performans endeksinin kullanıldığı belirlenmiştir. Ayrıca ürün ve sektör bazlı çalışmaların sayısının oldukça sınırlı olduğu dikkat çekmektedir. Çalışmada elde edilen bulgular kapsamında gelecekteki çalışmalara yönelik öneriler sunulmaktadır.

Goal: The purpose of this article is to encourage discussion on the basic structuring of a logistics performance assessment system, as well as the challenges and opportunities identified in the development and implementation of new proposals. Design / Methodology / Approach: A systematic literature review was adopted as a research strategy, based on a protocol adapted to the theme of this research. The bases searched were Scopus, Web of Science, Scielo and Science Direct. Results: It was possible to identify a basic structure for the elaboration of a logistic performance evaluation system. In addition, a number of opportunities for developing the theme were observed, as well as the respective challenges to be overcome. Limitations of the investigation: One of the limitations found was that the databases chosen did not always have articles available in their entirety, five of them were not available. Practical implications: It is believed that this research can serve as a reference for researchers who are interested in proposing performance evaluation systems in the context of logistics, contributing to an initial understanding of its structure and highlighting the possible implementation challenges. Originality / Value: According to the bases surveyed, this is the first survey that sought to identify the structure of the logistic performance assessment systems with a focus on business logistics.

Teknoloji ve telekomünikasyon alanında meydana gelen hızlı değişim, bilgi ve veri paylaşımının artan önemi, ekonomik gelişmeler, iş ve sosyal yaşamda meydana gelen değişiklikler, pazarda meydana gelen hızlı değişim belirsizlikleri artırmakta ve işletmelerin daha fazla riskle karşı karşıya kalmalarına neden olmaktadır. İşletmelerin de içerisinde bulunduğu tedarik zincirlerinde karşılaşılacak muhtemel riskler, zincirin tüm halkalarını olumsuz etkileyebilmekte ve işletmelerin performanslarının düşmesine yol açabilmektedir. Bu çalışmada işletmelerin karşılaşabileceği muhtemel tedarik zinciri risklerinin lojistik performans üzerindeki etkileri Yapısal Eşitlik Modeli ile test edilmiştir. Bu kapsamda hazırlanan anket Gaziantep Organize Sanayi Bölgeleri’nde faaliyet gösteren üretim işletmeleri üzerinde uygulanmıştır. Elde edilen bulgular işletmelerin tedarik zinciri risklerine ait bazı alt boyutların lojistik performans üzerinde negatif ve anlamlı bir etkisinin olduğu sonucunu ortaya koymaktadır.

Logistics performance is an important determinant of economic growth. The present study investigates the moderating role of logistics performance of the logistic infrastructure on economic growth in developing countries. We employ the World Bank computed LPI index in the year 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018 to measure the logistic performance. The current research includes the 50 developing economies, and a panel data set comprising of total 300 observations is collected. The study used the conventional Cobb–Douglas production function with labor, capital stock as main drivers of economic growth. The study found that the labor and capital endowments have significantly different impacts in terms of elasticity coefficients for developing countries with different logistics performance levels. It implies that logistics performance, i.e., the efficient performance of logistic infrastructure, plays a moderator role in economic growth in developing economies.

Increasing customers' requirements together with the current trend of digitization in the spirit of Industry 4.0 puts pressure on manufacturing companies to increase both the flexibility and the performance of their manufacturing and logistic processes. This work presents the challenges in the introduction of AGV (Automatically Guided Vehicles) technology in production lines through two case studies from two different countries, Portugal and the Czech Republic. Both companies are from the automotive industry. Case study research aims to explore and understand complex phenomena. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the limitations and necessary conditions that must be considered when implementing AGV technology for automating selected logistic processes. Based on the data collected through multiple observations, a three-phase methodology considering technological, organizational and safety aspects is proposed as the main output. The basic scheme also includes the proposal of some critical success factors and key performance indicators that should be monitored in order to evaluate the efficiency of implementing this technology in future projects. © 2019, Serbian Journal of Management.

Lojistik sektörü her geçen yıl GSYIH içinde daha fazla önem kazanmaktadır. Ülkelerin lojistik sektöründe etkinlik ölçümü yapmaları, bu sektördeki düzeylerini ölçebilmeleri ve gerekli iyileştirmeleri yapabilmeleri için yol haritası sunmaktadır. Bu çalışmada ülkelerin rekabet avantajı sağlamalarında etkin rol oynayan lojistik sektörünün ülkeler bazında performansları veri zarflama analizi kullanılarak hesaplanmıştır. Çalışmada, seçilen 15 ülkenin 2016 yılına ait gümrük prosedürleri, altyapıları ve enerji kullanımları girdi olarak ele alınıp; ��������������������������������2 Emisyonu, Lojistik Hizmet Kalitesi ve İş gücü oranı çıktı olarak ele alınmıştır. Çalışmanın sonucuna göre ‘etkin’ ve ‘etkinsiz’ ülkeler belirlenmiş, ‘etkinsiz’ ülkeler için potansiyel iyileştirme çalışmaları yapılmıştır. Logistic sector is gaining more importance in GDP every year. It provides a road map for countries to measure efficiency in the logistics sector to measure their level in this sector and make necessary improvements. In this study, the performance of the logistics sector which plays an effective role in ensuring competitive advantage of countries is calculated by using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). In the study, custom‘s procedures, infrastructures and energy consumption of 15 selected countries were considered as input. ����������������������������2 Emission, Logistics Service Quality and Labor Force Ratio are considered as output. According to the results of the study, effective and inefficient countries are identified and some potential improvements have been suggested for inefficient countries.

Nowadays, production enterprises are faced with an array of challenges including increasing pressure regarding costs, demands for individualized products as well as the growing significance of logistic performance and costs, to name just a few. These in turn give rise to special requirements that the production planning, control and monitoring, among others, need to meet with suitable methods and techniques. Within this context, developments such as Industry 4.0 and cyber-physical production systems on the technology side, and approaches such as innovative learning factories for training employees hold great potential. This paper clarifies the advantages of cyber-physical systems in view of production planning, controlling and monitoring. Based on that, using the concept of IFA's Learning Factory, it describes how these can be specifically utilized in applying logistic models to improve order processing.

Dissertação de mestrado integrado em Engenharia e Gestão Industrial, O presente projeto de dissertação, desenvolvido no âmbito do curso do Mestrado Integrado em Engenharia e Gestão Industrial (MIEGI), da Universidade do Minho realizou-se no departamento de Logística da empresa Bosch Car Multimédia Portugal, S.A. O mesmo centra-se na melhoria do desempenho logístico da área: Gestão de Encomendas do Cliente (GEC) e Planeamento da Produção (PP). A GEC está associada à receção, análise, processamento e confirmação das encomendas do cliente. O PP de produto acabado relaciona-se com a definição do plano de produção e com o controlo diário das quantidades produzidas e disponíveis para o envio. Assim, pretende-se a eliminação e/ou redução do tempo improdutivo destas atividades e o decréscimo de custos associados à realização de transportes especiais, assegurando paralelamente o aumento da produtividade do planeador e um melhor nível de serviço prestado ao cliente. A metodologia de investigação que vigorou ao longo da dissertação foi o Action-Research. Neste seguimento, realizou-se, numa primeira fase, um diagnóstico à situação atual. Para tal utilizou-se a ferramenta standard da Bosch que auxilia o mapeamento das atividades realizadas em áreas indiretas – denominada VSDiA. A sua aplicação permitiu a identificação dos principais problemas e posterior desenvolvimento e normalização de soluções focadas na melhoria contínua do desempenho logístico da área em estudo. As propostas de melhoria apresentadas incidiram essencialmente na aplicação de ferramentas Lean, tais como a gestão visual, o Standard Work, o sistema Kanban e a melhoria contínua ou Kaizen. Estas medidas proporcionaram uma melhoria no desempenho do planeador que atingiu um aumento de cerca de 31% na sua produtividade diária e ainda uma redução de 4% no custo semanal do stock de produto acabado. Adicionalmente, foi explorada e parametrizada uma ferramenta informática standard do Grupo Bosch destinada ao nivelamento automatizado da produção – o NivPLuS. A utilização da ferramenta teve um papel fundamental numa maior integração da informação, que se traduziu num aumento da flexibilidade, na eficiência das atividades de GEC e PP e na otimização do PP a curto, médio e longo prazo. A integração de toda a informação na ferramenta, aliada à sua capacidade de automatizar o PP, permitiu as seguintes melhorias ao nível da eficiência das atividades estudadas: uma redução de 29% do tempo de processamento das atividades que constituem o planeamento da produção, uma diminuição de 83% do tempo de processamento do Levelling (planeamento a curto prazo), um decréscimo de 25% do tempo improdutivo das atividades que integram o controlo diário da produção e uma redução de 50% do tempo de resposta ao cliente. Por fim, a melhoria das atividades de GEC e PP permitiram um aumento de 11% no desempenho do cumprimento das encomendas do cliente (associado também a uma redução de 85% na realização de transportes especiais)., This dissertation project, developed as part of the Integrated Master in Industrial Engineering and Management (IMIEM), of the University of Minho was developed in the logistics department of Bosch Car Multimedia Portugal SA. The aim of this project focuses on the logistics improving of area: Management Requirements of Customer and Production Plan. The first is associated with receiving, analyzing, processing and confirmation requirements from customer and the second relates to the definition of production plan for finished goods and with daily management monitoring of quantities produced and available for shipping. In this context, the aim of this project, is the elimination/reduction of unproductive time identified in these activities and decrease costs associated with special transport, ensuring the increased on daily productivity of planner and a better performance in level of service to the customer. The research methodology used in this work was the Action-Research which started by a diagnostic of the current situation of the study area. For that, was used the Bosch standard tool that support the mapping of activities in indirect areas – called VSDiA. The application of this tool allowed the identification of key problems and subsequent development, presentation and standardization of solutions focused on continuous improvement in the logistic performance. The presented improvement proposals involved the adoption of Lean tolls, such as: Levelling production, visual management, Standard Work, Kanban system and Kaizen. These measures improved the performance of the planner that gets an increase the daily productivity in about 31% and a reduction of 4% in the weekly cost of finished goods stock. Furthermore, NivPLuS, a standard informatic tool developed by the Bosch Group, was explored and parameterized. The use of this tool had a fundamental role concerning the integration of the information which resulted in the improvement of the flexibility, in the efficiency of the GEC and PP activities and in the optimization of the PP in the short, medium and long term. The inclusion of all this information in the tool and its capability of turning the PP more automatic allowed the following improvements on the efficiency of the studied activities: 29% of reduction on the throughput time of the production planning activities; 83% of reduction on the Levelling throughput time/short term planning); reduction of 25% of the non-productive time of the daily production control activities; and 50% reduction on the time of replying to the customer. At last, the improvement of the GEC and PP activities allowed an increase of 11% on the performance of the customer order fulfillment (also associated with a reduction of 85% in the performance of special transport).

Статтю присвячено питанням вимірювання і оцінки ефективності діяльності у сфері логістики різних країн світу. На прикладі індексу ефективності логістики (LPI) розглянуто елементи та фактори впливу на ефективність здійснення логістичної діяльності. Проаналізовано показник ефективності логістики України у порівнянні з іншими країнами за 2010-2014 роки, The article is devoted to the problems of measuring and evaluating the performance of logistics in different countries of the world. The elements and factors influencing the efficiency of logistic operations were considered on the example of Logistics Performance Index (LPI). The indicator of logistic effectiveness in Ukraine is analyzed compared to other countries in 2010-2014

The challenges that logistics faces in the retail industry must be investigated in the context of the specific retail sector as well as the degree of development of the retail market. The research focus in this paper is on logistic processes in supermarket supply. The aim is to deepen the understanding of logistic processes and then to investigate the possibilities of their enhancement by applying radio frequency identification (RFID) as a higher level of information technology for product identification in retail supply chains. The research was conducted in one of the top ten trade companies in the emerging Serbian market. Simulation modelling was performed for one supply chain category, followed by quantification of time and cost performance of the current logistic processes (AS-IS model). Then, in accordance with the capabilities of RFID system, improvements are proposed and integrated into a new simulation model (TO-BE model). The obtained results can be utilised as part of a broader research when deciding on the implementation of modern information technologies in supply chains.

For years now, it has been recognized that logistic performance capability contributes enormously to a production enterprise’s competitiveness and as such is a critical control lever. In doing so, the orientation on customer wishes (e.g. delivery dates) represents a key parameter not only in the value-adding production but also in product regeneration. Since production and regeneration processes have different characteristics, production planning and control measures cannot be directly transferred to regeneration processes. As part of a special research project, the Institute of Production Systems and Logistics Hannover is focused on increasing the logistic performance capability of regeneration processes for complex capital goods. The aim is to ensure logistic targets are met by implementing a model specifically designed to align the capacities and load in regeneration processes., {"references":["P. Nyhuis, H.-P. Wiendahl, LogistischeKennlinien, Grundlagen, Werkzeuge und Anwendungen, Springer Vieweg Berlin Heidelberg, 3. Auflage, 2012.","S. C. Eickemeyer, P. Nyhuis, \"Capacity planning and coordination withfuzzyload information,\" The Business Review Cambridge, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 259-264, 2010.","H. Lödding, Verfahren der Fertigungssteuerung. Grundlagen, Beschreibung, Konfiguration, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2. Auflage, 2008.","S. Beck, Modellgestütztes Logistikcontrollingkonvergierender Materialflüsse. Garbsen. PZH, Produktionstechnisches Zentrum Hannover, 2013.","M. Schmidt, ModellierunglogistischerProzesse der Montage.Garbsen, PZH,Produktionstechnisches Zentrum Hannover 2011.","H. Lödding, P. Nyhuis, M. Schmidt, A. Kuyumcu, \"Modelling lateness and schedule reliability: how companies can produce on time,\" Production Planning& Control: The Management of Operations, 25:1, pp. 59-72, 2014.","S. C. Eickemeyer, S. Doroudian, S. Schäfer and P. Nyhuis, \"Eingenerisches Prozessmodellfür die Regeneration komplexer Investitionsgüter,\" ZWF, vol. 106, no. 11, pp. 861-865, 2011.","C. Reményi, S. Stauchdacher, \"MRO: Organisation der Produktion sowie von Produktionsplanung und –steuerung,\"wtWerkstatttechnik online, 101, H.4, pp. 242-248, 2011.","S. C. Eickemeyer, C. Krügerand P. Nyhuis, \"Kapazitätsplanung und –abstimmungbeiunscharfen Belastungsinformationen,\"ZWF, vol. 105, no. 4, pp. 323-327, 2010.\n[10]\tC. Reményi, S. Staudacher, N. Holzheimer and S. Schulz, \"Simulation of the Maintenance Process in an Aircraft Engine Maintenance Company,\" in Proceedings of the 44th CIRP Conference on Manufacturing Systems, Duffie, N.A., DeVries, M.F., Eds. June 1-3, Madison, Wisconsin/USA, 2011.\n[11]\tP. Nyhuis, R. Nickel and T. Busse, \"Logistisches Controlling der Materialverfügbarkeit in der Montage mitBereitstellungsdiagrammen,\" ZWF, vol. 101, no. 5, pp. 265-268, 2006.\n[12]\tP. Nyhuis, M. Schmidt and F. S. Wriggers, \"Reduction of capital tie up for assembly processes,\" CIRP Annals – Manufacturing Technology, vol. 57, no. 1, pp. 481-484, 2008.\n[13]\tH. Fastenabend, Kennliniengestützte Synchronisation von Fertigungs- und Montageprozessen. Düsseldorf.VDI-Verlag, 1997.\n[14]\tS. C. Eickemeyer, T. Borcherding and P. Nyhuis, \"Validation of data fusion as a method for forecasting the regeneration workload for complex capital goods,\" Prod. Eng. Res. Devel., vol.7, pp. 131–139, 2013.\n[15]\tM. Schmidt, P. Fronia and P. Nyhuis, \"Decentralized control of assembly processes driven by Gentelligent Parts,\" International Journal of Management Science and Engineering Management, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 59-64, 2010."]}

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Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos In recent years, international trade has intensified and liberalized, so that decreases in border costs have become increasingly relevant. Much of these costs are associated with the excessive number of documents required to export or import, the bad infrastructure of ports and airports, among others. It is in this sense that stands out the importance of trade facilitation, principally regarding logistical factors. The trade facilitation began to be discussed at the WTO in 1996, but only in 2004 began the negotiations about it. Several papers have been written for several countries in order to assess the impact of trade facilitation on trade flows. However, studies for the brazilian case are still few, especially those that take into account logistical variables. This study aimed to identify the effects of trade facilitation, especially concerning logistics, upon the pattern of trade that includes Brazil and its major trading partners witch belong to the most important economic blocs. The data extends from 2008 to 2011 and takes into account variables on the quality of transport infrastructure and customs procedure. Gravity models considering Brazil and other 47 counties, witch were responsible for about 78% of brazilian exports in 2011, were estimated. The results evidenced the largest impact of custom variables on trade flows between countries. When considering separate models for blocs of developed and developing countries, the results showed the importance of improvements in terms of documentation, time and cost for blocs of developing countries, as well as improvement regarding the time for blocs of developed countries. With regard to transport infrastructure, good quality of rail was important for both groups. Finally, it was concluded that, for blocs of developing countries, there is a dependency on reforms in trade partners, while in blocs of developed countries the reforms made by the countries themselves have greater impact on trade flows. Nos últimos anos, o comércio internacional tem se intensificado e liberalizado, de modo que tomar medidas para diminuir os custos de fronteira vem se tornado cada vez mais relevante. Boa parte desses custos está associada ao excessivo número de documentos exigidos para exportar ou importar, a falta de infraestrutura de portos e aeroportos, entre outros. É neste sentido que se destaca a importância da facilitação de comércio, principalmente no que tange os fatores logísticos. A facilitação de comércio passou a ser discutida na OMC em 1996, mas apenas em 2004 começaram a ser feitas negociações a respeito. Vários trabalhos já foram elaborados para diversos países com o objetivo de avaliar o impacto da facilitação nos fluxos de comércio. Entretanto, trabalhos mais direcionados para o caso brasileiro ainda são poucos, principalmente aqueles que levam em consideração variáveis logísticas. O presente trabalho teve por objetivo identificar os efeitos da facilitação de comércio, em termos logísticos, no padrão de comércio que abrange o Brasil e seus principais parceiros comerciais pertencentes aos principais blocos econômicos. Os dados se estendem de 2008 a 2011 e levam em consideração variáveis de qualidade de infraestrutura dos transportes e variáveis que medem a eficiência alfandegária. Foram estimados modelos gravitacionais levando em consideração o Brasil e mais 47 países, responsáveis por cerca de 78% das exportações brasileiras em 2011. Os resultados evidenciaram o maior impacto das variáveis alfandegárias sobre o fluxo de comércio entre os países. Ao considerar modelos separados para blocos de países desenvolvidos e em desenvolvimento, os resultados mostraram a importância de melhorias em termos de documentação, tempo e custo nos blocos de países em desenvolvimento, bem como melhoria no que concerne o tempo para blocos de países desenvolvidos. Com relação a infraestrutura dos transportes, a boa qualidade do transporte ferroviário se mostrou importante para ambos os grupos. Por fim, concluiu-se também que, para blocos de países em desenvolvimento, há uma dependência quanto a reformas nos parceiros comercias, enquanto nos blocos de países desenvolvidos as reformas feitas pelos próprios países apresentam impacto maior sobre o fluxo de comércio.

Esta pesquisa, de natureza descritiva, teve por objetivo entender como os gestores administravam o regime aduaneiro do drawback. Para tanto, comparou-se o desempenho das atividades logísticas entre Micros e Pequenas Empresas (MPEs) e Médias e Grandes Empresas (MGEs) do setor de bens de capital mecânico. Fundamentada na gestão da logística integrada, utilizou-se de questionários semi-estruturados para coletar dados junto a uma amostra composta de 73 empresas. Tratadas pela estatística descritiva e técnicas não paramétricas de Mann-Whitney, Kolmogorov-Smirnov e Qui-Quadrado (?2) revelaram que de um total de 20 variáveis analisadas, 45% delas apresentaram desempenhos logísticos diferentes sendo 15% favoráveis às (MPEs) e 30%, às (MGEs). A partir destes resultados pode-se concluir que a influência do regime aduaneiro do drawback: a) nas MPEs, ocorreu na etapa de suprimentos, nas importações de componentes ou de matéria prima com vistas à qualidade e custos; b) nas MGEs, ocorreram nas etapas de apoio à manufatura e exportação focadas na eficiência produtiva, desenvolvimentos de novos mercado externo e clientes e margem de contribuição compensadores. Além disso, não houve evidência de que as competências adquiridas pela utilização do drawback, fossem canalizadas para a modernização das instalações fabris, melhoria dos coeficientes técnicos de agregação de matérias primas ao produto ou capacitação administrativa com a finalidade de melhorar o posicionamento competitivo no mercado interno. This research, of descriptive nature, aimed to know how the drawback system was managed. For this, the performance of logistics activities between Micro and Small Sized Enterprises (MSEs) and Medium and Large Sized Enterprises (MLEs) of the mechanic capital goods sector was compared. Based on integrated logistics management, it utilized of semi-structured questionnaires to collect data in a sample of 73 companies. The data, treated by the descriptive statistical and nonparametric techniques of Mann-Whitney, Kolmogorov-Smirnov and Chi-Square (2), showed that of the total of 20 variables, 45% had different logistics performance, being 15% favorable to (MSEs) and 30% favorable to (MLES). From these results, it can be concluded that the influence of the drawback system: a) in the MSEs, it occurred in the stage of supply of imported components or raw materials in the scope of quality and costs, b) in the MLEs it occurred in the stage of support and exportation manufacturing focusing in production efficiency, the development of new foreign markets and clients, finally, the compensating contribution margin. Moreover, there were no evidences that the competences and skills acquired by the usage of drawback system were diffused to the modernization of manufacturing facilities, improvement of technical coefficients of raw materials aggregation to the product or administrative capacity in order to improve the competitive positioning in the internal market.

Neste estudo, buscou-se aplicar o modelo de avaliação do desempenho logístico de cadeias produtivas (ADELCAP), baseado nos tempos dos elementos do ciclo operacional do transporte de madeira de áreas de fomento de uma empresa produtora de celulose do Estado do Espírito Santo, objetivando apontar meios de otimizar os recursos físicos para garantir um fluxo de abastecimento ininterrupto e apropriado volume de entrada de madeira nos depósitos regionais. O ciclo operacional de transporte de madeira é ordenado pelas atividades de carregamento de madeira no campo, viagem carregada, descarregamento no depósito e viagem vazia. Utilizou-se a Rede de Petri Temporal, por trabalhar com dois tempos duração de sensibilização. Realizaram-se simulações com os softwares JARP e ARP, a fim de simular, analisar e avaliar o desempenho operacional. As variações empregadas em cada cenário se devem à qualidade da estrada, sob as condições atuais quanto à geometria vertical e horizontal e ao quociente de irregularidade, em cada depósito para os diferentes tipos de veículo e forma de carregamento da madeira adotado. Nas regiões de topografia acidentada, a melhoria das estradas alterando seu nível de qualidade tem maior influência para o aumento do desempenho dos veículos, e os veículos 4x2 e 6x2 apresentaram os melhores resultados. Nas regiões de planícies, a escolha do veículo tem maior influência no aumento do desempenho do transporte, já que a topografia e qualidade das estradas atuais já contribuem para isso. Nesses casos, a relação tonelada transportada por distância e tempo será maior para os veículos com capacidade de carga líquida maior. This study aimed at applying the model of logistic performance evaluation of productive chains (ADELCAP), based on the times of the elements of the operational cycle of wood transport from areas of fomentation of a cellulose producing company in the State of Espírito Santo, to indicate means of optimizing physical resources, guaranteeing a flow of uninterrupted provisioning and appropriate volume of wood entrance in the regional deposits. The operational cycle of wood transport is organized by the activities of wood loading in the field, wood hauling, wood unloading in the deposit and unhauling. The Temporal Petri Net was used, because it works with two times - sensitization duration. Simulations were carried out with the ARP and ARP software systems, in order to simulate, analyze and evaluate the operational performance. The variations employed in each scenery are due to the quality of the highway, under the current conditions, as for the vertical and horizontal geometry and the irregularity quotient, in each deposit, for the different types of vehicle and form of the adopted wood loading. In the areas of uneven topography, the improvement of the highways altering their quality level has a higher influence for the increase in the performance of the vehicles, and Toco and Truck presented better results. In the areas of plains, the choice of the vehicle has a higher influence in the increase of the performance of the transport, since the topography and the quality of the current highways already contribute to the performance. In these cases, the relation between transported ton and distance and time will be higher for the vehicles with higher capacity of liquid load.

Este artigo visa conhecer o estado de colaboração em logística entre indústrias fornecedoras e redes de supermercados do Brasil, por meio do estudo da relação entre os elementos de colaboração e os elementos de desempenho logístico e de custos de transação identificados na relação de parceria. A metodologia é composta por uma análise qualitativa (por meio de observação participativa) e quantitativa, composta por uma amostra de 125 representantes dos fornecedores de 87 fabricantes de bens de consumo. Foram avaliadas as quatro maiores redes supermercadistas atuantes no país. Por meio de testes estatísticos e modelos de regressão, os resultados mostraram que alguns elementos de colaboração influenciam positivamente o desempenho logístico dos fornecedores, principalmente tratando-se de desempenho logístico diferenciado (entregas urgentes e em períodos de demanda alta). A integração interpessoal é a que mais contribui para a maior intensidade de colaboração, seguida da integração estratégica e integração tática. A maior intensidade de integração estratégica e de ações conjuntas (relacionadas aos elementos de integração tática) contribui para a diminuição de incertezas entre os participantes e essas ações conjuntas contribuem para o aumento do investimento em ativos específicos. This paper aims to ascertain the current state of collaborative logistics in the Brazilian supermarket retail chain through two quantitative studies: one concerning collaboration elements and logistics performance, and the other quantitative study focusing on collaboration elements and transaction costs. All of these elements are identified among the partners. The methodology consists of a qualitative analysis (using participative observations) and a quantitative analysis consisting of 125 representatives from 87 suppliers who evaluated Brazil's four largest retailers. From statistical tests and regression analysis, the results confirmed that some collaborative elements positively influence the logistics performance of the firms, mainly when it concerns a differentiated logistic performance (urgent deliveries and deliveries in periods of high demand). Interpersonal integration contributes most to a higher intensity of collaboration, followed by strategic integration and tactical integration. Moreover, the increase in strategic collaboration and joint actions (tactical integration elements) contributes to the reduction in uncertainties between the participants and these joint actions also help to increase investment in specific assets.

The supply chain management has been marked by many conflicts between internal and external agents of the productive chain. Notwithstanding, a new administrative practice based on collaboration and intensive exchange of information has emerged as a new form of relationship amongst the distinct agents. Based on that, this study aims to understand the existing relationship between the internal and the external firms collaboration, and the systematic flow of information required by the supply chain management. To accomplish this, a two stages multi-method research was conducted. The first stage, exploratory in nature, had the objective to know in details the nuances of collaboration practice amongst the related agents. Five executives from capital goods industry and others related were surveyed by means of in depth interviews, and the collected data was be interpreted by content analysis. Additionally, a survey was conduct with 49 respondents regarding theirs opinions bout the importance of specific attributes of collaboration The second stage, descriptive in nature, had the intent to establish the relationship between collaboration and in use information systems at the companies, as well their impacts on the firm s productive and logistics performance. Similar to the first stage procedures, other 43 respondents from capital goods and related sectors were surveyed by means of a structured form. The data obtained was subjected to descriptive and inferential statistical techniques. The results pointed to some meaningful relations between collaboration attitudes, information system s management, and logistic performance. A varied set of aspects of collaboration inter and intra firm were also evidenced, with an interesting preeminence for the compromise attribute in despise of the confidence. The difficulties to obtain a meaningful sample had an impact on a broader generalization of results, which implicates that a relationship between the factors exists, but they do not diminish the contributions for the field s research, considered the limitations and the scarcity of broader generalization s research in Brazil. Suggestions for additional research recommended a new tryout of validation of the model sketched, with more controlled samples. The needs for the inclusion of governance and power in future studies were also mentioned, and a recommendation for a specific study exploring the Compromise attribute of collaboration in Brazilian companies were also included. A gestão da cadeia de suprimentos tem se caracterizado por conflitos entre os diversos agentes internos e externos que compõem a cadeia produtiva. No entanto, nova prática administrativa caracterizada pela colaboração e troca intensiva de informações tem surgido como uma nova forma de se relacionar com os diversos agentes. Por conta disso, este estudo teve como objetivo compreender a relação entre a colaboração inter e intra empresas, e o fluxo sistematizado de informações requeridas pela gestão da cadeia de suprimentos. Para isto efetuou-se uma pesquisa multimétodos composta de duas etapas. A primeira etapa, de natureza exploratória, teve a finalidade de conhecer com maior profundidade as nuances da colaboração praticada pelos agentes envolvidos. Foram entrevistados 5 executivos de empresas do setor de bens de capital mecânicos e adjacentes, cujos dados coletados por meio de entrevistas em profundidade, foram tratados pela análise de conteúdo. Ainda na primeira etapa foi conduzido um levantamento que contou com 49 respondentes que se manifestaram sobre a importância de determinados atributos da colaboração. A segunda etapa, de natureza descritiva, teve a finalidade de estabelecer a relação da colaboração com os sistemas de informações vigentes nas empresas bem como seu impacto nos desempenhos produtivos e logísticos. Da mesma forma que na primeira etapa foi feito um levantamento que contou com 43 respondentes do setor de bens de capital mecânicos, e de montadoras e autopeças. Os dados coletados foram tratados pela estatística descritiva e inferencial. Os resultados apontaram para algumas relações significativas entre atitudes de colaboração, gestão de sistemas de informação, e desempenho logístico. Um variado conjunto de aspectos da colaboração inter e intra empresas também foram evidenciados, com uma interessante proeminência para o atributo de comprometimento em detrimento do atributo da confiança. A dificuldade de obtenção de uma amostra significativa impactou nas possibilidades de uma generalização maior dos resultados, que implicaram que existe uma relação positiva entre os fatores estudados, no entanto esta limitação não diminuiu a contribuição para o campo, ainda mais na vertente brasileira, cuja pesquisa de grande abrangência é limitada, senão rara. Como sugestões de prosseguimento foram recomendadas novas tentativas de validar o modelo esboçado, com amostras mais controladas. Também se evidenciou a necessidade de incluir questões de poder e governança nas análises futuras, e se recomendou um estudo específico sobre o entendimento do atributo de Comprometimento nas empresas brasileiras.

Purpose - To analyze the relationship between supply chain management maturity, supply chain performance and financial performance in small and medium-sized enterprises (SME:s). Design/methodology/approach - The data comprises 15 SME:s that participated in a local logistic study in Gävleborgs län. The levels of supply chain mature within these firms were based upon an interview study and the financial performance of the firms was then examined using financial reports-based data. Findings -The results of this study indicate that there is a strong relationship between SCM maturity and SC performance in SMEs, some relationships between SCM maturity and financial performance, as well as some relationships between SC performance and financial performance. This means that if firms use maturity indicators in the SCOR areas to improve their processes, they will most likely achieve a positive effect on supply chain performance and probably also on financial performance. The result implies that the supply chain maturities in these firms are higher than expected with no one at the adHoc level. While this study is based on a rather small number of participating firms, it would be valuable to further test the significance of the indicated correlations between SCM maturity and performance in a large-scale survey. Research limitations/Implications - The research is an attempt to understand supply chain maturity and it´s implication on financial performance. Developing supply chain maturity is an opportunity for a company to gain superior performance. The use of this approach has been validated in several previous research studies. The research limitation of this study is the small number of participating firms. Practical implication - Maturity models could be valuable frameworks for corporate management. This study provides statistical evidence that a SME firm that has achieved a higher maturity level in their supply chain management also can achieve higher SC performance and financial performance as well. The study further confirms the maturity model from Lockamy and McCormack (2004) as a very reliable tool for this purpose, even in extremely small firms. Originality/Value - This study is one of very few to focus on supply chain maturity of SME:s and analyze the linkage between financial performance and supply chain maturity in SME:s. This is particularly significant since earlier research implicate that SME:s has a very low maturity and in addition to that a high potential of improvements in this area. Maybe the findings of this study can be a starting point for these SME:s to take their maturity to a higher level and improve their financial performance. These findings might be valuable for further research in the linkage between maturity and superior performance in SME:s. Key words - Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Performance, Supply Chain Maturity, Financial Performance, Logistic Performance. Paper type - Thesis/research paper

The article is devoted to the problems of measuring and evaluating the performance of logistics in different countries of the world. The elements and factors influencing the efficiency of logistic operations were considered on the example of Logistics Performance Index (LPI). The indicator of logistic effectiveness in Ukraine is analyzed compared to other countries in 2010-2014

This research, of descriptive nature, aimed to know how the drawback system was managed. For this, the performance of logistics activities between Micro and Small Sized Enterprises (MSEs) and Medium and Large Sized Enterprises (MLEs) of the mechanic capital goods sector was compared. Based on integrated logistics management, it utilized of semi-structured questionnaires to collect data in a sample of 73 companies. The data, treated by the descriptive statistical and nonparametric techniques of Mann-Whitney, Kolmogorov-Smirnov and Chi-Square (χ2), showed that of the total of 20 variables, 45% had different logistics performance, being 15% favorable to (MSEs) and 30% favorable to (MLES). From these results, it can be concluded that the influence of the drawback system: a) in the MSEs, it occurred in the stage of supply of imported components or raw materials in the scope of quality and costs, b) in the MLEs it occurred in the stage of support and exportation manufacturing focusing in production efficiency, the development of new foreign markets and clients, finally, the compensating contribution margin. Moreover, there were no evidences that the competences and skills acquired by the usage of drawback system were diffused to the modernization of manufacturing facilities, improvement of technical coefficients of raw materials aggregation to the product or administrative capacity in order to improve the competitive positioning in the internal market.