Reverse logistics in the Brazilian construction industry

In Brazil most Construction and Demolition Waste (C&D waste) is not recycled. This situation is expected to change significantly, since new federal regulations oblige municipalities to create and implement sustainable C&D waste management plans which assign an important role to recycling activities. The recycling organizational network and its flows and components are fundamental to C&D waste recycling feasibility. Organizational networks, flows and components involve reverse logistics. The aim of this work is to introduce the concepts of reverse logistics and reverse distribution channel networks and to study the Brazilian C&D waste case.     

Survivor needs or logistical convenience? Factors shaping decisions to deliver relief to earthquake‐affected communities,Pakistan 2005–06

In Bureaucratizing the Good Samaritan , Waters (2001) argues that bureaucratic rationality distracts humanitarian agencies from the needs of the people they are supposed to assist, in favour of other values that their institutional frameworks dictate. We test his claim by investigating the response to the Pakistan 2005 earthquake. One of us (Dittemore) worked with the United Nations Joint Logistics Centre in the theatre, managing a relief cargo shipment database. The response, known as 'Operation Winter Race', was hampered by extreme logistical challenges, but ultimately succeeded in averting a second disaster resulting from cold and starvation. We use statistical models to probe whether survivor needs significantly guided decisions to deliver relief to affected communities. Needs assessments remained incomplete and incoherent. We measure needs through proxy indicators and integrate them, on a Geographic Information System (GIS) platform, with logistics and relief delivery data. We find that, despite strong logistics effects, needs orientations were significant. However, the strength of decision factors varies between commodity types (food versus clothing and shelter versus reconstruction materials) as well as over the different phases of the response. This study confirms Thomas's observation that logistics databases are rich 'repositories of data that can be analyzed to provide post-event learning' (Thomas, 2003, p. 4). This article is an invitation for others to engage in creative humanitarian data management.     

粮食基础设施震后恢复重建关键问题研究

在对汶川8.0级地震后绵阳市粮食基础设施破坏情况调研的基础上,提出恢复与发展并重、粮食基础设施节点与网络并行、推进行业整合和信息化的建设思路,规划了绵阳市灾后恢复重建的维修保障和重建发展项目,并对规划实施效果进行了经济和社会效益分析。     

Two-echelon closed-loop supply chain deterministic inventory models in a batch production environment

This paper considers a two-echelon closed-loop supply chain consisting of a manufacturer and a remanufacturer at the upper echelon and a retailer at the lower echelon. The retailer faces a constant demand from customers, which is satisfied through recovered and new products received from the remanufacturer and the manufacturer, respectively. The manufacturer produces the product with finite rate, whereas the recovery of returned product is instantaneous at the remanufacturer. We develop three models to determine the optimal production-inventory policy of the players for minimizing the joint total cost of the system. In the first model, the retailer receives the product in batches from the manufacturer and the remanufacture simultaneously, whereas in the second and third models, the batches are received alternatively. In the third model, however, the procurement of raw material at the manufacturer is also considered. Numerical illustration is presented to examine the impact of certain key parameters.     

The humanitarian common logistic operating picture: a solution to the inter‐agency coordination challenge

Although significant progress has been made in developing the practice of humanitarian logistics, further improvements in efficiency and effectiveness have the potential to save lives and reduce suffering. This paper explores how the military/emergency services’ concept of a common operating picture (COP) can be adapted to the humanitarian logistics context, and analyses a practical and proven approach to addressing the key challenge of inter‐agency coordination and decision‐making. Successful adaptation could provide the mechanism through which predicted and actual demands, together with the location and status of material in transit, are captured, evaluated, and presented in real time as the basis for enhanced decision‐making between actors in the humanitarian supply network. Through the introduction of a humanitarian logistics COP and its linkages to national disaster management systems, local communities and countries affected by disasters and emergencies will be better placed to oversee and manage their response activities.     

低碳物流发展现状及对策研究

在低碳经济日益发展的今天,物流业的低碳化发展存在的问题需要我们正视：低碳物流相关法规不完善;物流企业技术装备较落后、标准化水平不高,致使能源使用效率低下;低碳物流教育未有效开展;社会公众的低碳化意识较弱。对以上问题可采取的对策有：政府应完善低碳物流相关法规,健全碳交易体系,实行有效激励;物流行业应加快低碳技术的研发及推广,推进低碳物流系统工程;低碳物流教育应逐步有效开展;加强宣传,提高公众低碳物流意识。     

企业逆向物流与循环经济立法之联系

逆向物流给企业带来效益的同时,也带来了生态物流的理念.逆向物流涉及了经济与生态环境两大系统,显现出了自身的特点与积极因素.逆向物流充分体现了循环经济发展之宗旨.加速循环经济的立法,并以相应立法来推动企业尽快实施物流活动是至关重要的.     

泛珠三角区域物流的空间组织形式初探

在区域合作的大背景下，基于区域物流发展的背景与研究现状的基础上，对区域物流概念与研究地域的范围进行界定，进而对我国泛珠三角区域物流的空间组织形态做了较为详细的探讨。通过分析认为，目前在泛珠三角区域的物流经济要素处于以集聚为主的阶段，物流经济空间组织采取点、轴、网、面模式，合理的人为调控和组织可以有效促进空间结构的演化，最后提出了相应的调控措施。     

我国物流产业基本经济活动空间格局分析

基于经济基础理论,对1991～2001年间我国各省区物流产业基本经济活动部分进行了实证分析,从省际差异、东中西部差异两个方面分析了我国区域物流产业基本经济活动的省区差异:在时间维度上区域差异呈逐步扩大趋势,在空间结构上表现出较明显的沿海指向性和交通指向性,并以此分析归纳出我国物流产业基本活动的"四区(物流集聚区)一带(物流集聚带)"空间格局特征,进而得出其基本经济活动强度与区域经济发展水平、物流需求程度、科技水平、区位条件、交通等基础设施、政策及历史发展作用紧密相关的结论.     

国内外低碳物流研究评析

随着全球化的气候问题日益严重和“低碳革命”的兴起,低碳物流已成为现代物流业发展的必然趋势.结合国内外学者对低碳物流的研究文献,从物流过程的碳排放测量、物流环节的低碳控制、物流系统的低碳设计方面系统回顾了国内外学者在低碳物流领域的研究成果,梳理了低碳物流的发展历程,并对现有的研究成果进行了分析,以期为相关学者的后续研究提供思路.