声明
摘要
ABSTRACT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF TABLES
LIST OF FIGURES
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
1．1 Background
1．1．1 Basic definitions
1．1．2 Assessing supply chain efficiency
1．2 Global perspectives on supply chain
1．3 Gabonese supply chains
1．4 Main Issues in Gabonese supply chain development
1．5 Global challenges
1．6 Motivation for the study
1．7 Objectives of the study
1．8 Research problem
1．9 Methodology
1．9．1 Introduction
1．9．2 Methodology approach
1．10 Originality／value of the study
1．11 Limitations
1．12 Outline of dissertation
CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW
2．1 Introduction
2．2 Supply Chain and Supply Chain Management
2．2．1 Logisties Management and Supply Chain Management
2．2．2 Definitions of Supply Chain Management
2．2．3 Supply Chain Management’ scope
2．3 Supply chain efficiency
2．4 Supply Chain Integration
2．4．1 Push，pull and push-pull systems
2．4．2 Effectiveness，Efficiency，Productivity and Performance
2．5 Logistics Performance and Efficiency Measures
2．5．1 Performance Measurements
2．5．2 Basic non-financial performance measurements
2．5．3 Procurement Performance Measurements
2．5．4 Performance measurements for production plants
2．5．5 Performance Measurements for selecting supplier
2．5．6 Warehouse performance measurements
2．5．7 Transport performance measurements
2．5．8 Customer service performance measurements
2．6 Evaluation of supply chain performance measurements
2．7 Current models for assessing supply chain performance
2．7．1 Process Mapping
2．7．2 Multistage Models
2．8 Current Supply Chain Performance Measurements
2．8．1 Performance measurement types
2．8．2 Techniques for performance measurements
2．8．3 Performance measurements and system thinking
2．8．4 Supply chain excellence’s measurements
2．8．5 Current methods and models for assessing supply chain efficiency
2．9 Supply chain cost
2．9．1 Supply chain cost and logistics cost
2．10 Supply chain cost assessment
2．11 Links，elements and participants in maritime supply chains
2．11．1 Container supply chains
2．11．2 Bulk supply chains
2．12 Review of the chapter
CHAPTER 3 MAIN FACTORS THAT INFLUENCE EFFICIENCY LEVELS IN GABONESE SUPPLY CHAIN
3．1 Introduction
3．2 Idle time
3．3 Availability and utilization of infrastructure
3．4 Transport Productivity
3．5 freight handling’s techniques
3．6 Supply chain’s utilization，throughput,and lead time
3．7 Interface arrangements
3．8 Customer satisfaction
3．9 Labor
3．10 Communication within the supply chain
3．11 Larceny in supply chain and damage to products
3．12 Asymmetries in cargo flows
3．13 Documentation in supply chain
3．14 Components that affect supply chain efficiency in Gabon
3．15 Review of supply chain’s immeasurable parameters
3．16 Components influencing Gabonese supply chain efficiency assessment
3．17 Data collection
3．18 Review of the chapter
CHAPTER 4 NODES AND LINKS IN SUPPLY CHAIN
4．1 Introduction
4．2 Market and supplier
4．3 Production points
4．3．1 Mines
4．3．2 Oil and gas
4．3．3 Timber
4．3．4 Gabonese manufacturing plants
4．4 Transshipment and storage points
4．4．1 Warehouse
3．4．2 Stockpile
4．4．3 Port
4．4．4 Container depot and hinterland terminals
4．5 Transport links
4．5．1 Road transport
4．5．2 Railway transport
4．5．3 Maritime Freight
4．6 Revlew of the chspter
CHAPTER 5 LOGISTICS IN THE ORGANIZATION OF THE PORTSECTOR IN GABON
5．1 Introduction
5．2 The role of the Office of Ports and Harbors of Gabon(OPRAG)and others actors
5．3 The actors of Gabonese ports
5．4 Problems in the management of Gabonese ports
5．5 The role of the Gabonese railway company(SETRAG)
5．6 Privatization of assets of Gabonese port and railways companies
5．6．1 Motivation for privatization of state assets
5．6．2 Gabonese Government policy towards privatization
5．6．3 The privatization of Gabonese ports by Gabon Port Management Company(GPM)
5．6．4 The privatizafion of the Gabonese railways by Setrag
5．7 Perspectives on improving Gabonese supply chain
5．7．1 Reorganizing constraints
5．7．2 Supply chains examined
5．7．3 Integration of maritime links
5．7．4 Supply chains management as entities
5．7．5 Supply chain efficiency
5．7．6 Lack of theories of logistical and supply chain management
5．7．7 Foundation for integrating cost structures
5．7．8 Structures of Cost of bulk supply chains links
5．7．9 Container supply chain integration
5．7．10 Supply chain leadership
5．7．11 Private-public partnership in supply chains
5．7．12 Container terminals’ private operation
5．7．13 Operation of independent container terminal
5．7．14 Models of supply chain reorganization
5．7．15 Land ownership
5．7．16 Advantages of maritime supply chain reorganization
5．8 Review of the chapter
CHAPTER 6 OVERVIEW OF GABONESE SUPPLY CHAINS
6．1 Introducfion
6．2 Bulk supply chains
6．2．1 Overview of the bulk sector
6．2．2 Manganese supply chain
6．2．3 Log Supply chain
6．2．4 Oil supply chain
6．3 Manufacturing supply chains
6．3．1 Imports of automobile industry
6．3．2 Motor vehicle terminals
6．3．3 Toyota Gabon imports
6．4 Container supply chains
6．5 Medical Supply Chain
6．5．1 Introductiion
6．5．2 The organization and functioning of the health system in Gabon
6．5．3 The pharmaceutical sector
6．5．4 Main actors involved in the supply system
6．6 Review of the chapter
CHAPTER 7 PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF THE COMPOUND SUPPLY CHAIN EFFICIENCY MODEL
7．1 Introduction
7．2 The Compound Supply Chain Efficiency Model(CSEM)
7．2．1 Model framework
7．2．2 Model building
7．2．3 Detailed overview of the model
7．3 Analyzing the difference between the compound supply chain efficiency modeldeveloped in this study with other performance measurement system(the BSC method)
7．4 Input-oriented data envelopment analysis models
7．5 Output-odented data envelopment analysis models
7．6 Constant Returns to Scale(CRS)model
7．7 Variable Returns to Scale(VRS)model
7．8 Code utilized in the second phase of the compound supply chain efficiency model
7．9 Model building
7．10 Nondiscretionary outputs and inputs in data envelopment analysis
7．11 Incorporation of judgments and a priori knowledge
7．12 Window Analysis
7．13 Virtual Inputs／Outputs
7．14 Fundamental data envelopment analysis models
7．15 An illustration of data envelopment analysis
7．16 Supplementary characteristics of the compound supply chain efficiency Model
7．17 Authentication of the model
7．18 Application of the Compound Supply Chain Efficiency Model
7．18．1 Introduction
7．18．2 The Manganese ore Supply Chain in Gabon
7．18．3 Critical links in the SETRAG Supply Chain
7．18．4 Compound supply chain efficiency model application
7．18．5 Data generation
7．18．6 Virtual Values Chain
7．18．7 Categorization of data used in the model
7．18．8 Supply Chain efficiency assessment software
7．18．9 Assessmeat phase
7．18．10 Data preparation for efficiency analysis
7．18．11 Results analysis
7．18．12 Reliability and Validity
7．18．13 Review
7．19 Review of the chapter
CHAPTER 8 GENERAL CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
8．1 Conclusions
8．2 Recommendations
8．3 Future research possibilities
REFERENCES
APPENDIX
PUBLICATIONS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
