Logistics Engineering HandbookG. Don Taylor Achieving state-of-the-art excellence and attaining the cost reductions associated with outstanding logistics efforts is an obvious gain in terms of competitive edge and profitability. As logistics tools evolve in comprehensiveness and complexity, and the use of these new tools becomes more pervasive, maintaining a position of leadership in logisti |
Contents
Chapter 3 Logistics Engineering Tool Chest | 3-1 |
Chapter 4 Logistics Metrics | 4-1 |
Chapter 5 Logistics as an Integrating Systems Function | 5-1 |
Logistics Activities | 5-27 |
Chapter 6 Customer Service | 6-1 |
Chapter 7 Purchasing and Sourcing | 7-1 |
Analytic Hierarchy Process and Genetic AlgorithmBased Multiple Regression Analysis | 8-1 |
Chapter 9 Facilities Location and Layout Design | 9-1 |
Chapter 19 Revenue Management and Capacity Planning | 19-1 |
Enabling Technologies | 19-19 |
Tracking Technologies within the Supply Chain | 20-1 |
Chapter 21 Electronic Connectivity and Software | 21-1 |
Chapter 22 Reliability Maintainability and Supportability in Logistics | 22-1 |
Chapter 23 Funding and Justifying Logistics | 23-1 |
Chapter 24 Logistics and the Internet | 24-1 |
Emerging and Growing Trends | 24-15 |
Deterministic and Stochastic Models | 10-1 |
Chapter 11 Material Handling System | 11-1 |
Chapter 12 Warehousing | 12-1 |
Chapter 13 Distribution System Design | 13-1 |
Chapter 14 Transportation Systems Overview | 14-1 |
Topics in Transportation Management | 14-15 |
Chapter 15 RealTime Dispatching for Truckload Motor Carriers | 15-1 |
Chapter 16 Classic Transportation Problems | 16-1 |
Chapter 17 Pricing and Rating | 17-1 |
Chapter 18 Management of Unbalanced Freight Networks | 18-1 |
Chapter 25 Reverse Logistics Green Logistics and Packing | 25-1 |
Chapter 26 Global Logistics Concerns | 26-1 |
Chapter 27 Outsourcing and ThirdParty Logistics | 27-1 |
Chapter 28 Breif Overview of Intermodal Transportation | 28-1 |
Chapter 29 Logistics in Service Industries | 29-1 |
Chapter 30 Securing the Supply Chain | 30-1 |
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Back cover | I-21 |
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Page 1-2 - Logistics management is that part of supply chain management that plans, implements, and controls the efficient, effective forward and reverse flow and storage of goods, services, and related information between the point of origin and the point of consumption in order to meet customers
Page 1-2 - Supply Chain Management is an integrating function with primary responsibility for linking major business functions and business processes within and across companies into a cohesive and high-performing business model. It includes all of the Logistics Management activities noted above, as well as manufacturing operations, and it drives coordination of processes and activities with and across marketing, sales, product design, finance and information technology.