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De Groot, F. (author)The Courier Express Parcel industry is booming business. Final delivery in the business to customer (B2C) parcel market has been one of the main focusses for innovation. The last mile in the B2C market is inefficient and expensive, due to delivery failures, congestion, urban constraints, non-optimum loading rates and regulations. The best...master thesis 2017
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Schonewille, G.A. (author)Urban freight distribution problems vary in nature and can be characterized as economically, environmentally or socially grounded. Urban freight distribution operates in urban areas were space is in short supply. These residency areas are the homes of many people. Since most vehicles still drive on conventional energy sources, greenhouse gas...master thesis 2016
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IJfs, S.R. (author)HEINEKEN Nederland Supply continuously strives to improve its logistical processes in order to be able to serve its customer better, but at the same time to reduce costs. Within the Zoeterwoude Brewery, the Customer Service & Logistics department is responsible for the supply of the materials to the packaging lines, but also for the loading...master thesis 2015
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Geerts, B.A.M. (author)The research is about traffic safety in school environments. It is investigated how much the subjective traffic safety perceived by the users of the environment can be objectively explained. In that way it can be determined how much influence a municipality has, in its role as road authority, in influencing the perceived traffic safety. In the...master thesis 2015
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Oomen, V.A.M. (author)The Dutch health care system is a large drain on the Dutch national budget. With the Dutch hospitals costing 20 billion euros yearly. Six billion euros, of the total 20 billion euros are spend on goods and materials. If a part of these goods are wasted within the health care system, the costs of this system could be reduced by reducing this...master thesis 2015
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Pigeaud, L.M. (author)The past few years have shown a significant increase in demand for diversity in the global beer market. HEINEKEN, the third largest beer brewer in the world, has therefore embraced a global strategy with a diverse product portfolio in beer and packaging types. This strategy towards diversity is directly affecting the supply chain of global...master thesis 2015
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Van Rhijn, R.A. (author)Container terminals are important nodes in the worldwide supply chain. The planning of the daily operations of a container terminal is a complex task and sub optimal decisions can be made due to interconnected sub processes, interrelated decisions, time and uncertainty. If suboptimal planning decisions are made in the planning, consequences will...master thesis 2015
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Van den Berg, S.G. (author)The last few miles when transporting goods are often the most expensive. This is called the `Lastmile' and is under increasing attention in literature and with decision makers. In addition to being expensive the last mile frequently runs through urban areas and contributes to local pollution and congestion. One possible method to increase...master thesis 2015
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Noordzij, C. (author)Problem description Schiphol is experiencing a growth in the amount of passengers travelling via the airport. In 2011, 50,9 million passenger made use of Schiphol airport. In 2025 this is expected to be 70 million passengers. This will become a terminal capacity problem for Schiphol. Not only in the long term capacity problems exist, but already...master thesis 2012
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Westerhof, S. (author)CEVA Logistics in The Hague is a 3PL that performs logistics activities for its customers. These activities include transportation and different warehousing activities. CEVA's main customer is KPN. It shows that the capacity needed in order to perform the activities at CEVA is not scheduled properly. This is caused by fluctuating demand and late...master thesis 2011
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Van Klaveren, A. (author)This thesis focuses on the bus station of Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in The Netherlands. A performance study is performed on three criteria: the bus station's throughput of traffic flow, or: coping with capacity, the safety on the bus lane and quality of the infrastructure as perceived by its user. There is a projected growth of public...master thesis 2011
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Sigger, B. (author)Public transport cuts pollution, creates space for city inhabitants and offers everyone the freedom to travel, to name but a few reasons for boasting public transport. However, the performance of public transport has decreased the past decade, in spite of an overall increase in mobility. Moreover, recent economic and political developments have...master thesis 2011
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Van Baar, C.M. (author)As a result of the shift in focus from outbound logistics, which includes the flows to the customers, to inbound logistics, an inbound logistics decision support model is developed in this research report. This model offers the user the possibility to discover the potentials that are resting in optimizing inbound logistics. The design of this...master thesis 2011
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Hogenelst, J. (author)Driving forces for transport companies to implement sustainable fleet measures are the rising demand for green transportation and consciousness for the importance of a sustainable responsible business. Furthermore, transport companies face difficulties with upcoming stringent legislation on environmental zone access. Challenges rise when...master thesis 2011
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Wolff, J.W. (author)European railways have faced fundamental reforms to their organizational structures in the past decades. The reform plans, instigated by the European Union, resulted in a vast arrange of organizational structures visible today, more or less unique per EU member state. The main question that arises: do performances of European railways relate to...master thesis 2011
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Higuera Rueda, M.C. (author)As energy demand increases, easy to reach hydrocarbon resources are reducing. Arctic is the new exploration frontier and it is expected to hold about 30% of the world's remaining undiscovered oil and gas reserves. Natural gas has become a preferred fuel, due to its low carbon emissions. To transport natural gas from the Arctic to its markets,...master thesis 2011
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Donkers, J. (author)Grontmij is an international Design and Engineering company, active in the areas of, among others, Civil Engineering, Mobility, Industry and Energy. One of the organisational units in The Netherlands is Planning and Design - Stedelijk Gebied Randstad - Team Techniek, abbreviated as Grontmij Randstad Techniek. Within Grontmij Randstad Techniek...master thesis 2011
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Van der Wal, T. (author)The warehouse in Helmond is almost completely dedicated to Cisco. This company is interested in the emissions caused by the operations they outsource to Kuehne+Nagel Helmond. Not only is it interesting for Cisco to know their emissions, but it can also be used for benefits for Kuehne+Nagel Helmond. Kuehne+Nagel nationally is willing to take...master thesis 2011
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Vijfhuizen, S. (author)Vopak biedt opslag voor vloeibare bulkgoederen. Vopak Vlaardingen is een van de tachtig terminals van Vopak, waar biobrandstoffen en plantaardige oliën en vetten opgeslagen worden. Eén van de acht productgroepen die opgeslagen wordt, is oleochemie. Deze productgroep bestaat uit vetzuren, vetalcoholen en glycerine en wordt met name met grote...master thesis 2011
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