The impact of international logistics parks on global supply chains

With the globalization of industries since the 1980's, logistics parks have emerged as a solution for the consolidation of operations and logistics services for global companies. In the beginning, logistics parks were limited to enabling companies to centralize their operations using shared warehousing and transportation infrastructures; however, these logistics parks now additionally offer a range of value-added services to enhance the supply chain. Most of these logistics parks were developed in the past decade, and there is little research on these facilities and the value-added services they are providing. The impact of these services on the global supply chain is also not well understood. Managers of logistics parks from around the world were interviewed and surveyed about the general infrastructures at their parks, and about the value-added services they provide for the companies operating at their facilities. Elements of the physical infrastructure and value-added services were grouped and ranked based on their impact on supply chains, and attractiveness to customers.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2007

Author dc:creator

• El Amrani, Ali (Ali El Jautei)

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Mustafa Çagri Gürbüz.

• Engineering Systems Division.

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• M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

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eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/40107

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oai:dspace.mit.edu:1721.1/40107