Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2000. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 102-107).

Thesis (M.S.)--West Virginia University, 2006. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains x, 155 p. : ill. (some col.). Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 100-101).

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Missouri--Rolla, 2007. / Vita. The entire thesis text is included in file. Title from title screen of thesis/dissertation PDF file (viewed December 3, 2007) Includes bibliographical references (p. 29-31).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2007. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Rutgers University, 2007. / Graduate Program in Industrial and Systems Engineering. Includes bibliographical references (p. 132-138).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wollongong, 2006. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 246-255) and index.

Thesis (MComm)--University of Stellenbosch, 2008. / Bibliography. Also available via the Internet.

This thesis analyses the current situation of the retail market in the Czech Republic. It examines the principal trends in the distribution politics which have an important influence on the czech retail market. In the following section there is described how the most successful retail chains have developed in recent years. At the end, by three case studies I allow the reader to have an overview of the current practice. I explain how the distribution centers work and what is the business strategy of one of the leading chains in the Czech Republic.

Background: In recent times, the maritime shipping industry has been facing several challenges due to higher shipping costs caused by delayed deliveries and underperformance damaging the relationship between operating companies and end-customers. Researchers have shown the potential usefulness of an integrated supply chain system as it helps improve business results and end-customer relationships. It has also been shown to have a tremendous impact on operational and financial performance. Purpose: This thesis aims to analyze supply chain integration in the maritime transport sector to improve end-customer relationships and performance. Particularly, the logistics and distribution in terms of preventing delays and increased prices. Method: This thesis is conducted as a case study at a Scandinavian international service provider company. Empirical data is collected through semi-structured interviews with employees within the company and their end-customers. Content analysis is used to create themes that clearly relate to research. Conclusion: The study shows that inefficiencies in the shipping service supply chain are due to lack of integration within logistics and distribution processes. Improvements of the operations to improve the lead time and the pricing in the supply chain are needed to reduce such gaps. As data have been collected from a single company and its end-customers, the analysis shows that all actors in the supply chain must act as a single entity and work for a unified goal, and more studies are needed to confirm the applicability of these results to other cases with similar conditions.

The objective of this thesis is to analyze logistics processes of company Verana, s.r.o. both from the cost and feasibility perspective and using this analysis, the thesis investigates the possibility of outsourcing logistics by using a third party, that is a logistics company. Both advantages and disadvantages are addressed and compared to the current state of logistics system in the company.