Bulcsu Szekely

Lappeenranta – Lahti University of Technology LUT · School of Engineering Sciences

In this research, the target is to tackle the evolutional development of the railway segment. The objective is to shed a light on the transformation schemes in Europe so that it would be possible for countries to set up better policies to manage their efforts. In overall, it can be claimed that the ability of governments to leverage lean strategies...

Purpose To review the development of software applications and their functionalities/benefits in relation to supply chain management and present scenarios on future development. Design/methodology/approach A range of recently published academic and non‐academic pieces of work that can be classified as pertinent to the area in question. These sourc...

This paper reveals the quality and type of market entry problems and the types of market entry strategies onto the rail freight transport markets in the EU, and in Hungary, in particular. Significant market entry problems in the EU are inadequate investments, bureaucracy, and unfavourable settings of market structure. Empirical examination shows th...

During the last ten years railway industry suffered from the negative effects of globalization and unpredictability of changing business environment. These effects have been even multiplied by the facts that historically this transport sector has been fragmented in Europe and was a loss producing business activity for long time. EU has issued three...

A decade ago, the European Union decided that railways should be privatised and deregulated (effective from 2007 onwards). Due to the recent enlargements of the EU and the risk of failures in the decision-making process, it is important to examine early adopters of deregulation policies. We analyse literature and use second-hand quantitative materi...

In this chapter, five case studies are discussed within a specific context of industry-university collaboration. As the starting point of analysis, the core concepts are defined and the theory framework is set forward. The aim is to highlight the opportunities and the limiting factors that deprive the existing potential within these scientific netw...

The purpose of the study is to provide knowledge on the transportation strategies employed in international lean oriented supply chains involving developing economies. In this research work we are interested about the situation in Russia. Five enterprises examined represent mostly international Finnish metal industry companies, having significant g...

According to the literature, governments make great efforts to reduce their involvement in this transportation sector. The assumption behind the EU policy is that through market liberalization, competition can be boosted that in turn lowers price of railway freight transport services provided, while increasing their service quality in the eyes of t...

During the last ten years railway industry suffered from the negative effects of globalization and unpredictability of changing business environment. These effects have been even multiplied by the facts that historically this transport sector has been fragmented in Europe and was a loss producing business activity for long time. EU has issued three...

"The agility of a logistics chain may be defined as the ability to operate under uncertainty whilst maintaining stable level of productivity (Yusuf, Gunasekaran, Adeleye & Sivayoganathan 2004). Demonstrate some potential approaches in software design for SCM."

Agility of a logistics chain may be defined as the ability to operate in uncertainty whilst maintaining stable level of productivity. The external uncertainties are related to demand volume, production mix, and technological changes. These problems challenge today in many industries due to international trade and increasing lead-time demands. Build...