Logistics Engineering Handbook
eBook - PDF

Logistics Engineering Handbook

  1. 640 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Logistics Engineering Handbook

About this book

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

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Information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2007
eBook ISBN
9781420004588
Edition
1
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Operations
Index
Business

Table of contents

  1. Front cover
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. About the Editor
  5. Contributors
  6. Section I: Introduction to Logistics Engineering
  7. Chapter 1. Logistics from a Historical Perspective
  8. Chapter 2. Economic Impact of Logistics
  9. Chapter 3. Logistics Engineering Tool Chest
  10. Chapter 4. Logistics Metrics
  11. Chapter 5. Logistics as an Integrating System's Function
  12. Section II: Logistics Activities
  13. Chapter 6. Customer Service
  14. Chapter 7. Purchasing and Sourcing
  15. Chapter 8. Demand Forecasting in Logistics: Analytic Hierarchy Process and Genetic Algorithm-Based Multiple Regression Analysis
  16. Chapter 9. Facilities Location and Layout Design
  17. Chapter 10. Inventory Control Theory: Deterministic and Stochastic Models
  18. Chapter 11. Material Handling System
  19. Chapter 12. Warehousing
  20. Chapter 13. Distribution System Design
  21. Chapter 14. Transportation Systems Overview
  22. Section III: Topics in Transportation Management
  23. Chapter 15. Real-Time Dispatching for Truckload Motor Carriers
  24. Chapter 16. Classic Transportation Problems
  25. Chapter 17. Pricing and Rating
  26. Chapter 18. Management of Unbalanced Freight Networks
  27. Chapter 19. Revenue Management and Capacity Planning
  28. Section IV: Enabling Technologies
  29. Chapter 20. Ubiquitous Communication: Tracking Technologies within the Supply Chain
  30. Chapter 21. Electronic Connectivity and Software
  31. Chapter 22. Reliability, Maintainability, and Supportability in Logistics
  32. Chapter 23. Funding and Justifying Logistics
  33. Chapter 24. Logistics and the Internet
  34. Section V: Emerging and Growing Trends
  35. Chapter 25. Reverse Logistics, Green Logistics, and Packing
  36. Chapter 26. Global Logistics Concerns
  37. Chapter 27. Outsourcing and Third-Party Logistics
  38. Chapter 28. Breif Overview of Intermodal Transportation
  39. Chapter 29. Logistics in Service Industries
  40. Chapter 30. Securing the Supply Chain
  41. Index
  42. Back cover