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Powering Economy Through Logistics Advances

Powering Economy Through Logistics Advances. John Wu, Ph.D. Director and Professor Leonard Transportation Center Cal State San Bernardino Leonard.csusb.edu. Disclaimers and Perspectives. North American perspectives Californian perspectives Academic perspectives Macro vs. micro views

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Powering Economy Through Logistics Advances

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  1. Powering Economy Through Logistics Advances John Wu, Ph.D. Director and Professor Leonard Transportation Center Cal State San Bernardino Leonard.csusb.edu

  2. Disclaimers and Perspectives • North American perspectives • Californian perspectives • Academic perspectives • Macro vs. micro views • Public sector vs. private sector • Not normative at all

  3. What’s in the Shop? • More efficient supply chain • More green/socially responsible • More small/direct/time defined • More IT integration/automation • More advanced logistics practices at source

  4. What’s in the Shop? • More efficient supply chain (relentlessly) • Faster transportation (infrastructure/mode) • Larger capacity • Better coordination • Less empty/wasted space • More innovation • Higher productivity

  5. Logistics Cost as A Percent of GDP CSCMP, SOLP 2010

  6. What’s in the Shop? • More efficient supply chain • More green/socially responsible • Regulations (with or without incentives) • Use of alternative energy • Cleaner trucks/ships/trains • Energy efficient warehouses • Retailer-lead mandates/practices

  7. Green/Sustainability is In! • Supplychainer.com: hot topics in consumer goods supply chain management • Inbound Logistics Top 50 Green Companies • eyefortransport annual sustainability summit • Supply Chain Digest: Top 10 Trends in supply chain management … in 2006! • Wu and Dunn, 1995, IJPDLM article

  8. What’s in the Shop? • More efficient supply chain • More green/socially responsible • More small/direct/time defined • Internet sales up 25% annually • B2C direct, exclusive packaging • Tighter delivery windows for business/residential • Net effects still unknown

  9. What’s in the Shop? • More efficient supply chain • More green/socially responsible • More small/direct/time defined • More IT integration/automation • RFID/barcodes • Information rich shipments/value add • Use of robots, AS/AR, intelligent highways, driver-less vehicles

  10. What’s in the Shop? • More efficient supply chain • More green/socially responsible • More small/direct/time defined • More IT integration/automation • More advanced logistics practices at source • Store ready shipments, ship direct • Warehouses/DCs in China?

  11. What’s in the Shop? • More efficient supply chain • More green/socially responsible • More small/direct/time defined • More IT integration/automation • More advanced logistics practices at source

  12. John Wu, Ph.D. jwu@csusb.edu

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