Global Logistics
Covers current and future trends in logistics and distribution from an international perspective. Contributors from industry, consultancy and education.
The field of logistics is developing at a remarkable pace and its role is now integral to the long term plans of almost all businesses. Communications and IT are offering ever more opportunities; world trade is growing; new markets are developing; yet at the same time there is increasing concern for the environment. The world of logistics is constantly evolving in response to these changes.
In the same way, the fifth edition of this established book has evolved to represent the current trends, best practice and latest thinking on global logistics. It serves as a forum allowing the contributors, a range of acknowledged sector specialists, to discuss key logistics issues and give their authoritative views.
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Supply Management
Paperback, 464 Pages, Dimensions 234 x 153 MM Language English.
1 Trends in the supply chain
2 New directions in logistics
3 Formulating logistics strategy
4 Agile supply chain operating environments – avoiding implementation pitfalls
5 Time compression in the supply chain
6 Strategic supply chain management: the power of incentives
7 The development of supply chain relationships: a multi-lens approach
8 Demand flow leadership and the evolution of management concepts
9 Using services marketing strategies for logistics customer service
10 Supply chain management: the challenge of systems
11 Information systems and information technologies for supply chain management
12 Outsourcing: the result of global supply chains?
13 Risk in the supply chain
14 Supply chain vulnerability, risk and resilience
15 Delivering sustainability through supply chain management
16 Performance measurement and management in the supply chain
17 Road transport optimization
18 Retail logistics
19 Internet traders can increase profitability by reshaping their supply chains
20 Global sourcing and supply
21 The changing supply of logistics services – a UK perspective
22 Developments in Western European logistics strategies
23 Logistics strategies for Central and Eastern Europe
24 Logistics in China
25 Logistics in North America
Donald Waters has written several books on logistics and operations management. He is a chartered member of the Institute of Logistics and Transport and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Transport. He has lectured extensively in the area and was until recently Professor of Operations Management at the University of Calgary, Canada. He is now a visiting professor at universities in Europe and the United States, and runs a company that is centred around management research and education.