Title:
Global logistics and supply chain management
Author:
Lalwani, Chandra.
ISBN:
9781119998846
Edition:
2nd ed.
Publication Information:
[United Kingdom] : John Wiley &, Sons Ltd., ©2012.
Physical Description:
421 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
General Note:
Revised edition of: Global logistics and supply chain management / John Mangan, Chandra Lalwani and Tim Butcher. c2008.
Contents:
LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN CONTEXT -- Introduction -- Appendix: Containers and Container Seals -- Globalisation and International Trade -- Supply Chain Relationships -- Supply Chain Strategies -- Simulation -- Appendix: Student t table -- Case Studies -- Dell: High Velocity, Focused Supply Chain Management -- The Medical Devices Company -- Humanitarian Aid Supply Chains -- Mediaware -- Turning the Supply Chain Upside Down in Packaging -- Collaborative Planning in an Auto Parts Supply Chain in China: A Tale of Two Tier-One Suppliers -- LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN OPERATIONS -- Transport in Supply Chains -- Transportation Model -- Planning Transport Infrastructure -- Transport Security -- Logistics Service Providers -- Procurement -- Inventory Management -- Warehousing and Materials Handling -- Information Flows and Technology -- Logistics and Financial Management -- Measuring and Managing Logistics Performance -- SUPPLY CHAIN DESIGNS -- Supply Chain Vulnerability, Risk, Robustness and Resilience -- Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain Systems -- Reverse Logistics -- Service Supply Chains -- Emerging Supply Chain Designs.
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