Deriving industrial logistics hub reference models for manufacturing based economies

  • Authors:
  • Charles V. Trappey;Gilbert Y. P. Lin;Amy J. C. Trappey;C. S. Liu;W. T. Lee

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Management Science, National Chiao Tung University, 1001, University Road, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan;Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, National Tsing Hua University, 101, Section 2, Kuang Fu Road, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan;Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, National Tsing Hua University, 101, Section 2, Kuang Fu Road, Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan and Department of Industrial Engineering and Ma ...;Identification and Security Technology Center, Industrial Technology Research Institute, 195, Section 4, Chung Hsing Road, Chu Tung, Hsinchu 31040, Taiwan;Identification and Security Technology Center, Industrial Technology Research Institute, 195, Section 4, Chung Hsing Road, Chu Tung, Hsinchu 31040, Taiwan

  • Venue:
  • Expert Systems with Applications: An International Journal
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

Global enterprises require extended logistics operations that integrate channel intermediaries into the network. The method for deriving integrated models for logistics hubs that improve the efficiency of manufacturers' global operations is the focus of this paper. Under government sponsorship, six industrial logistics hubs were implemented by leading manufacturing sectors across Taiwan over a five year period from 2004 until 2008. Each industry sector had unique industry characteristics, business strategies, and logistics models. Therefore, this paper describes how generalized and quick to implement integrated logistics hubs are developed by studying the successful reference models and systems used by six independent industrial sectors. The research results provide a field tested method for deriving integrated logistics hub models in different manufacturing economies with notes that provide sufficient methodological detail for repeating the construction of logistics hubs in other manufacturing economies.