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by Chung Wai Yin, Jessie. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1992. / Includes bibliographical references. / ABSTRACT --- p.ii / TABLE OF CONTENTS --- p.v / LIST OF FIGURES --- p.viii / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.ix / Chapter CHAPTER I --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- History of the Hong Kong Container Port X / Chapter 1.2 --- Present Operations in the Port --- p.3 / Chapter 1.3 --- Future Expansion --- p.6 / Chapter 1.4 --- Regional and Local Competition --- p.8 / Chapter CHAPTER II --- RESEARCH OBJECTIVES AND METHODOLOGY --- p.13 / Chapter 2.1 --- Background and Overview --- p.13 / Chapter 2.2 --- Research Objectives --- p.15 / Chapter 2.3 --- The Belief --- p.16 / Chapter 2.4 --- Significance of the Research --- p.18 / Chapter 2.5 --- Research Methodology --- p.18 / Chapter 2.5.1 --- Personal Interviews --- p.19 / Chapter 2.5.2 --- Literature Survey --- p.20 / Chapter CHAPTER III --- LITERATURE SURVEY --- p.22 / Chapter 3.1 --- Terminal Capacity --- p.22 / Chapter 3.2 --- Huge Rise in Future Throughput --- p.23 / Chapter 3.3 --- Handling Efficiency --- p.25 / Chapter 3.4 --- Tariff --- p.26 / Chapter 3. 5 --- New Threats --- p.27 / Chapter 3.6 --- Consolidated Bibliography --- p.28 / Chapter CHAPTER IV --- PRESENT MARKETING STRATEGIES --- p.30 / Chapter 4.1 --- "Mission, Goals and Objectives" --- p.30 / Chapter 4 .2 --- Strategic Plan --- p.31 / Chapter 4.3 --- Marketing Strategy Review --- p.32 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Service Quality --- p.32 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Tariff Policy --- p.37 / Chapter 4.3.3 --- Market Share --- p.39 / Chapter 4.3.4 --- Customer Relationship --- p.41 / Chapter 4.3.5 --- Other Business Opportunities --- p.44 / Chapter 4.3.6 --- Company Image --- p.45 / Chapter CHAPTER V --- SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL FINDINGS --- p.46 / Chapter 5.1 --- Research Results and Analysis --- p.46 / Chapter 5.2 --- Marketing Objectives --- p.47 / Chapter 5.3 --- Maintain Existing Customers and Marketing Share --- p.50 / Chapter 5.4 --- Evaluate Existing customer Base --- p.51 / Chapter 5.5 --- Increase Yard Capacity --- p.52 / Chapter 5.6 --- information Technology --- p.54 / Chapter 5 .7 --- Competitive Pricing --- p.56 / Chapter 5.8 --- Cost Strategy --- p.58 / Chapter CHAPTER VI --- CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS --- p.59 / Chapter 6.1 --- Control --- p.59 / Chapter 6.2 --- Uncertainties --- p.60 / APPENDICES / Chapter A. --- LIST OF INTERVIEWEES (SHIPPING LINES) --- p.A1 / Chapter B. --- LIST OF INTERVIEWEES (MTL PERSONNEL) --- p.A2 / Chapter C. --- NOTES AND MAJOR ASSUMPTIONS --- p.A3 / GRAPH A HK THROUGHPUT AND GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT --- p.A5 / GRAPH B REGRESSION ANALYSIS ON HK GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT AND THROUGHPUT --- p.A6 / TABLE A HK GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT FORECAST --- p.A7 / TABLE B THROUGHPUT HANDLED IN HONG KONG --- p.A8 / Chapter D. --- PERFORMANCE INDICATORS --- p.A9 / Chapter E. --- CUSTOMER LINES --- p.A10

The purpose of this study was to determine the criteria used when choosing small package transportation companies. The results suggested that small package transportation industry marketers should focus their marketing efforts towards on-time delivery.

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by Lee On Yin, Francis. / Thesis (M.B.A.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1988. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 104).

1. Problem one: Shipment planning in a dynamic environment. The planning of air cargo logistics is a complex endeavor that involves the collaboration of multiple logistics agents to deliver shipments in a timely, safe, and economic manner. Airfreight forwarders coordinate and manage shipments for their clients, and with the development of Internet logistics platforms, airfreight forwarders can now trade jobs and resources with other participants effectively. The incorporation of trading alternatives significantly complicates the shipment planning process. / 2. Problem two: e-services platform design. The need for business logistics starts with a buyer and a seller. It involves arrangements of materials/products moving from the seller to the buyer and payment flows from the buyer and the seller. When the logistics arrangements are not done by the buyer nor the seller but rather by a specialist, we call the specialist a 3rd party logistics (3PL) service providers. A typical logistics service/job involves many agents, for instance, forwarders, truckers, warehouse operators, carriers, etc. In the process, a lot of information will be shared and exchanged among the agents, the buyer and the seller. With the advancement of information technologies, an emerging trend is to have the business dealing, information sharing and even payment arrangement among the logistics agents, buyers and sellers done through e-services on the Internet. In this thesis, we propose a 4th party logistics (4PL) platform, which is an Internet environment to enable and facilitate 3PL providers collaboratively provide services to buyers and sellers. / The proposed platform is called 4PL platform because it facilitates the 3PL agents. To better serve its 3PL clients, the platform should be "neutral", meaning it will not provide logistics services competing with its clients. The 4PL platform will facilitate its clients through e-services. However, existing e-services technology only allows e-services to be provided to individual clients. The idea of providing e-service to collaborating clients is new. We called it the 3rd party e-Service. In this thesis, we have conceptualized and further defined the 3rd party e-Service. To realize the 3rd party e-Service, we have first proposed a 3rd party service-oriented architecture and then developed a set of new elements to the existing e-Service description technology. To prove the concept, the new architecture, and the new description technology, we put into action. Using the shipment planning model as an example, we are able to offer shipment planning e-service to collaborating agents on the Internet. / This dissertation studies two research problems in a 4th party logistics platform. / This study proposes a dynamic decision framework for air cargo shipment planning, within the dynamic environment of bidding and trading. The framework has three phases: estimation, trading, and execution. Planning in the phases proceeds iteratively until an acceptable plan is obtained and shipments are set and fulfilled. The optimization of shipment planning is formulated as a mixed 0-1 LP model from a portfolio point of view. Unlike the models in previous research, this model targets profit maximization and takes into account the decisions of job selection and resource selection, and can be solved using a Tabu-based approach. We also discuss the respective rules and strategies that would aid the decision-making processes in the framework. / Chen Gang. / "February 2006." / Advisers: Waiman Cheung; Chi Kin Leung. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 67-11, Section: A, page: 4358. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 96-106). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest Information and Learning Company, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / School code: 1307.

Thesis (M.S.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 2009. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D)--Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009. / Committee Chair: Kleywegt, Anton J.; Committee Member: Ayhan, Hayriye; Committee Member: Dai, Jim; Committee Member: Erera, Alan; Committee Member: Ward, Amy R. Part of the SMARTech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection.