BRINGING STRATEGIC THINKING TO A CHINESE TOBACCO LOGISTICS CENTER
Zhao, Liubaihe (2012)
Zhao, Liubaihe
Jyväskylän ammattikorkeakoulu
2012
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2012060611811
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2012060611811
Tiivistelmä
Recently operation and logistics activities have played a more strategic role as tobacco business enterprises’ main functions. Because of the increasing costs of e.g. warehousing
and inventory, transportation, personnel and other relevant materials, the different parties in the supply chain are facing more challenges and opportunities. On the one hand, this brings about improvements to the process flow and communications within the logistics activities for the sake of saving materials and more competitiveness in the fierce
competition. On the other hand, this leads to developing a more efficient supply chain in order to fulfill the customers’ requirements and gain more achievements.
The core purpose of this thesis was to propose a strategic framework to improve the performance of the Chinese tobacco supply chain. Furthermore, this thesis was to give solutions to designing a new process flow for tobacco logistics activities in order to promote their efficiency and integrated resources. This thesis was focused on two main
types of directions, internal and external.
The Internet of Things applications have made the tobacco supply chain more effective and provided better performance. It also gives more opportunities for communication and connections between the different parties in the supply chain. Building the Tobacco Internet of Things is one trend for the future development in the Chinese tobacco market. It could monitor and control all the parties in tobacco supply chain by using RFID, GIS, GPS and other relevant sensors and technologies. Meanwhile, the internal department integration has made logistics activities more competitive and achieved
Just-in-time delivery targets. Strategic thinking is one of the most important issues in order to improve the internal and external tobacco logistics.
and inventory, transportation, personnel and other relevant materials, the different parties in the supply chain are facing more challenges and opportunities. On the one hand, this brings about improvements to the process flow and communications within the logistics activities for the sake of saving materials and more competitiveness in the fierce
competition. On the other hand, this leads to developing a more efficient supply chain in order to fulfill the customers’ requirements and gain more achievements.
The core purpose of this thesis was to propose a strategic framework to improve the performance of the Chinese tobacco supply chain. Furthermore, this thesis was to give solutions to designing a new process flow for tobacco logistics activities in order to promote their efficiency and integrated resources. This thesis was focused on two main
types of directions, internal and external.
The Internet of Things applications have made the tobacco supply chain more effective and provided better performance. It also gives more opportunities for communication and connections between the different parties in the supply chain. Building the Tobacco Internet of Things is one trend for the future development in the Chinese tobacco market. It could monitor and control all the parties in tobacco supply chain by using RFID, GIS, GPS and other relevant sensors and technologies. Meanwhile, the internal department integration has made logistics activities more competitive and achieved
Just-in-time delivery targets. Strategic thinking is one of the most important issues in order to improve the internal and external tobacco logistics.