This thesis is consisting of theoretical and practical part. In theoretical part few terms are elaborated like: distribution and logistics chain. In other chapters there are topics like: manipulation units and its use, transportation systems, Incoterms (norms of international business) and chapter which includes electronic identification of goods. In practical part there are descriptions of several business activities of small company doing international trade. There is detailed example of doing international business with the help of buying agent in China. In second case is mentioned direct business with producers in China (without cooperation with agent). Following analysis contains advantages and disadvantages of both the cases. In one of the chapters of practical part is written about type of warehousing used by companies (having own or rented warehouse) and about sea transportation. At the end of the thesis there are descriptions about selling logistics of the company.

This thesis contains in the first part logistics theory specialized on production. In the practical part, a real company and it's logistics system is described. As a result, company's strenghts and weaknesses are compared with company's aims and strategies. Mentioned weaknesses are described in the last part of this thesis, this part also includes suggested solutions.

This thesis is concerned with the outsourcing and providing of logistics services. It presents particular types of providers of logistics services and it analyzed development of the market of providers of complex logistics services. The practical part of the thesis attends to the providing of logistics services by the company C.S.CARGO a.s.. The solution of the concrete business case processed by the project team of the company C.S.CARGO a.s. is added with my own advice. In terms of comparing both solutions I have formulated some recommendations a suggestion of change, which could be applied to this case.

The Master's thesis discusses an analyst of supply chain at Frostfood a.s. The aim is to descibe the entire logistics chain , except production, and propose solutions to the current situation. The thesis is divided into theoretical and practical parts. The theoretical part describes basic concepts such as logistics, warehousing, distribution, etc. In the practical part introduces the company and its impact on various markets. The most important part is analysis of the actual logistics chain, finding weaknesses and propose solutions.

This master thesis deals with optimization of storage and transportation processes in the business firm K-elektric, s.r.o.. In the beginning of the thesis I focused on defining logistics and goals of the thesis. The first chapter is about the main processes and conceptions. The second part describes teoretical solution which could show proper way of the solution of suggestion. The third chapter is about characterization and analysis of the firm and surroundings. The fourth chapter dafines problems. The fifth chapter is devoted to suggestion of the solution for optimization. The conclusion of the thesis deals with evaluation of the suggestion. The reader of this master project will gain the basic informations about the logistics in business activity and information about this firm, processes in the storage and transport and will be familiarized with optimization of these processes.

This graduation theses focususes on improvement of logistician acquisition in company, which operates in machine industry. The theses solves this problem with application of internal audits and by use of system which valuates reliability of individual suppliers.

Yes / The purpose of this paper is to determine how best to reduce, reuse and dispose of household waste medicines in the National Health Service (NHS) (UK). Through a combination of literature review and empirical work, this research investigates the existing household waste medicines reverse logistics (RL) system and makes recommendations for improvement by benchmarking it against household waste batteries RL. The viability and feasibility of these recommendations are evaluated through in-depth interviews with healthcare professionals and end user surveys. The batteries RL system appears to be a more structured and effective system with more active engagement from actors/stakeholders in instigating RL practices and for this very reason is an excellent comparator for waste medicines RL practices. Appropriate best practices are recommended to be incorporated into the waste medicines RL system, including recapturing product value, revised processing approaches, system cooperation and enforcement, drivers and motivations and system design and facilitation. This study offers academics and professionals an improved insight into the current household waste medicines RL system and provides a step towards reducing an existing gap in this under-researched area. A limitation is that only a small sample of healthcare professionals were involved in subjectively evaluating the feasibility of the recommendations, so the applicability of the recommendations needs to be tested in a wider context and the cost effectiveness of implementing the recommendations needs to be analysed. Reducing, reusing and properly disposing of waste medicines contribute to economic sustainability, environmental protection and personal and community safety. The information retrieved from analysing returned medicines can be used to inform prescribing practice so as to reduce unnecessary medicine waste and meet the medicine optimisation agenda. This paper advocates learning from best practices in batteries RL to improve the waste medicines RL design and execution and supports the current NHS agenda on medicine waste reduction (DoH, 2012). The recommendations made in the paper not only aim to reduce medicine waste but also to use medicines effectively, placing the emphasis on improving health outcomes.

published_or_final_version / Geography and Geology / Master / Master of Arts

published_or_final_version / abstract / Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

published_or_final_version / abstract / Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering / Master / Master of Philosophy