Logistic efficiency

Easy access permitting more efficient logistical support and greater mobility if heavy protection equipment is required... 

In summary, to accommodate both domestic and international demand for fresh produce, cold chain infrastructure, transport facilities and its management must be improved in China. Moreover, the need and demand for tightly-focused, efficient logistics services will escalate, given the expected rises in the volume of external trade and domestic distribution induced by China s WTO accession. 

Most countries in ME have perfected the implementation and deployment of efficient logistics infrastructure. For example, the US accounts for about 25% ( 900 billion) of the 3.5 trillion of annual revenue that the transportation sector generates worldwide. On an average per-capita basis, the estimates indicate that approximately 68 tons of freight (135,338 lb) valued at 45,324 were transported 15,310 ton-miles for every American resident in 2002 (DOT 2006). In 2002, more than three-quarters of the weight of all shipments and over half the value moved in local and short haul shipments within 250 miles from origin. However, long haul shipments carried 82% of the ton-miles. 

Hallddrsson, A., and Kovacs, G. The sustainable agenda and energy efficiency Logistics solutions and supply chains in times of climate change. International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management 40, no. 1/2 (2010) 5-13. 

Wood was the easiest fuel to use in early steam locomotives, but it was soon realized that the logistics of wood fuel were limiting. Steam engines were developed that could burn coal, peat, or (later) oil where those fuels were more abundant. For intercity railroads (especially in the Americas, Asia, Australia, and Africa), coal remained the fuel of choice for one hundred years. Despite impressive technology development, steam locomotives never could achieve thermal efficiencies greater than about 6 to 8 percent. 

The improvement of human control over inanimate forms of energy, put to use to military ends, has improved the logistics and coordination aspects of armies and navies, and increased the overall destructive capacity of humanity. Energy-efficient propulsion systems have reduced the costs and increased the ranges of various forms of transportation, both militai y and civilian. For the militai y, energy is both a blessing and a vulnerability, requiring ever-more-specialized soldiers and more expensive equipment to remain effective in the face of competition from other modern military forces. 

The problem to be faced by the monitoring programmes can be formulated in a logistic perspective as how to allocate the available resources in order to give response to the different control requirements in the most efficient way. 

Efficient Consumer Response (ECR) and Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR) both are operations models in the consumer goods industry to ensure delivery capability and avoid stockouts based on an automated replenishment of outlets using product inventory, historic and/or planned sales information at the point-of-sales (POS). CPFR focuses on a close cooperation between retailer and manufacturer. ECR focus on the customer-facing reaction on customer responses in logistics, sales and promotions. 

Early expectations of very low emissions and relatively high efficiencies have been met in power plants with each type of fuel cell. Fuel flexibility has been demonstrated using natural gas, propane, landfill gas, anaerobic digester gas, military logistic fuels, and coal gas, greatly expanding market opportunities. Transportation markets worldwide have shown remarkable interest in fuel cells nearly every major vehicle manufacturer in the U.S., Europe, and the Far East is supporting development. 

The implementation of efficient and updated 2D and 3D structure databases is one major challenge in molecular diversity management. In addition to the compound design and selection criteria used for the compilation, the quality of the compound storage, manipulation, and logistics systems used for the management of the collection are key factors to yield reproducible results. ... 

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