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Inbound Logistics

Emerging markets suffer from significant logistics and transportation issues related to moving goods including customs clearance, multimodal shipping, and product visibility. Many firms turn to experts for help. Read the recent article about 3PLs in China from Inbound Logistics. What are the implications and open research issues here?

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EricJohnson visiability 0 May 8 2007, 1:55 PM EDT by EricJohnson
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Ray at Dell argued that even small improvements in inbound visiability can be significant. They use the information to redirect supplies to their three US factories as they work to balance workloads and keep transporation costs (and labor) low. There has been some related research, but how can we better capture this dynamic trade-off?
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