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The Logistics
Management Research Centre (LMRC) in Hong Kong
Baptist University (HKBU) focuses on the research, education
and consultation of logistics management and manpower
development in Hong Kong and the Mainland. LMRC is to:
- assist Hong Kong logistics firms to solve logistics
management problems;
- embrace opportunity and challenge in CEPA and
economic transition competently;
- fully utilize the power of "software"
and system resources in a broad marketplace; and
- excel logistics operations and enterprises towards
elegance.
Although the Centre is located in HKBU
with great convenience and facilities, it works as an
open operating platform to pull resources and capabilities
of Hong Kong universities and industries in order to
facilitate academic and industrial exchange of research,
theories, application, practice, knowledge and experience.
It collaboratively operates quality research activities,
conference, forum, workshops, high-end education and
training programs for Hong Kong and China logistics
enterprises and management manpower. Base on this concept,
LMRC is presented to you with details as follows.
Vision
LMRC strives for management excellence and elegance
by providing insightful information and viewpoints of
logistics management practice; serving logistics industry
and companies with advanced knowledge and professional
training, and adding value to logistics business performance.
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Objectives
- To solve organizational and operational management
problems of logistics enterprises for enhancing operational
effectiveness and efficiency;
- To assist enterprises in structural and process
changes, knowledge acquisition and sharing, and to
develop innovative value-added logistics services;
- To assist enterprises in building and managing
supply chain, inter-organizational relationship enhancement
and business partner selection;
- To optimize outsourcing and third party logistics
management practice;
- To provide high-end managerial manpower education
and training, and transfer latest knowledge and research
outputs into industrial knowledge and practice;
- To facilitate innovative organizational culture
development, core business features and unique competitiveness
of logistics firms;
- To develop logistics management benchmark, assessment
manual and best practice guideline in specific logistics
sectors for upgrading operational logistics management.
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Activities and Preliminary
Plan
- Regular research and industrial forum, seminar,
workshop and symposium for Hong Kong enterprises and
all fellows and members.
- Collaborations with professional logistics associations
and societies for upgrading logistics industrial knowledge
and literature.
- International and regional conferences to exchange
latest development and knowledge in logistics management.
- Collaborative research and industrial projects
with focus on the enterprise logistics, third party
logistics and supply chain management.
- Managerial and operational consultation for logistics
firms on business process integration, IT/IS utilization,
culture change, and knowledge management.
- Professional training for Hong Kong and China logistics
enterprises to develop high-end manpower and innovative
managerial operators with research and analytical
capabilities.
Collaboration with the School of Business, HKBU, and
with HKLA and CILTHK, development and implementation
of an executive program of Master of Logistics and Supply
Chain Management for the top managers of Hong Kong and
China enterprises.
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