The Handbook of Logistics and Distribution Management
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The Handbook of Logistics and Distribution Management

Understanding the Supply Chain

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The Handbook of Logistics and Distribution Management

Understanding the Supply Chain

About this book

Fully grasp the core principles of logistics, distribution management and the supply chain, in addition to emerging trends and the latest technologies, with this definitive guide that offers clear and straightforward explanations. The Handbook provides practitioners and students with a complete, step-by-step overview of the many different aspects of setting up, managing and optimizing supply chains. Designed to offer a full appreciation of how supply chains are planned and operated, it is structured logically and delves into topics in more clarity and detail than disparate collections of research papers. Integrating both strategic and tactical insights, this textbook is underpinned throughout by real-world data and worked examples that bring the concepts to life. The seventh edition offers:
Updates and solutions designed to meet the challenges faced by those studying and working in the sector
New coverage of future supply chain related technologies, including artificial intelligence, data analytics, digital twins and autonomous mobile robots and how these can be used to optimize operations and increase productivity
Online resources including lecture slides (tables, images and formulae from the text), acronyms and abbreviations and infographics.Written by an author team with extensive practical experience in some of the most challenging environments across the world, this seminal text is an invaluable resource for both practitioners and students, providing a useful desk reference for topics across the wide ranging and vitally important fields of logistics and the supply chain.

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Information

Publisher
Kogan Page
Year
2022
Print ISBN
9781398602045
eBook ISBN
9781398602052
Edition
7
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Operations
Index
Business

Index

3D printing (also known as additive manufacturing) 71, 197–98, 341
3PL see outsourcing
4PL see fourth party logistics
4 Vs production classification 185
5 Ms for road freight transport 506
80/20 rule see Pareto analysis
abandoned cargo 576
ABC analysis see Pareto analysis
account management for outsourcing 636
accuracy of forecasting 256
acquisition of vehicles 501–2
activity based costing (ABC) 648, 656, 658–59
activity centres 681
activity concept, budgeting 656
activity costs 521–22 see also direct product profitability
activity levels 619, 642, 656, 661
AdBlue 488
added value 15, 100, 698
added value services 341–43, 593–96
additive manufacturing see 3D printing
adjustable pallet racking (APR) 293, 301–02
administrative aspects of outsourcing contract 632
advance shipping notice (ASN) 344–45
Advanced Manifest Regulations (AMR) 705
advanced planning and scheduling (APS) systems 689
advanced projective forecasting methods 246–54
adversarial approach 52, 75, 212–213
Aframax ship 429
A-frame dispenser 327–28
A-frame storage 310
aftermarket 83, 112–13, 593–94 see also service parts logistics
agile supply chain 76, 126–32
AI see artificial intelligence
air cargo see air freight transport
air freight mode characteristics 403–4
air freight transport see also international freight forwarding
cargo agents 438–39
cargo handling 439–42
cargo security 449–51
documentation 445, 564–69
hubs and spokes 445–46
International Air Transport Association (IATA) 437–39, 449, 562
mode characteristics 403–4
pricing 4...

Table of contents

  1. The Handbook of Logistics and Distribution Management
  2. The Handbook of Logistics and Distribution Management
  3. Contents
  4. List of figures and tables
  5. About the authors
  6. Preface
  7. Concepts of logistics and distribution
  8. 01 Introduction to logistics and distribution
  9. 02 Integrated logistics and the supply chain
  10. 03 Customer service and logistics
  11. 04 Channels of distribution
  12. 05 Key issues and challenges for logistics and the supply chain
  13. Planning for logistics
  14. 06 Logistics planning overview
  15. 07 Logistics processes
  16. 08 Supply chain segmentation
  17. 09 Logistics costs and trade-off analysis
  18. 10 Logistics network planning
  19. 11 Logistics management and organization
  20. 12 Omnichannel fulfilment
  21. 13 Manufacturing logistics
  22. Procurement, inventory and demand forecasting
  23. 14 Procurement and supply
  24. 15 Inventory: the basic concepts
  25. 16 Inventory and the supply chain
  26. 17 Inventory planning and demand forecasting
  27. Warehousing and storage
  28. 18 Principles of warehousing
  29. 19 Storage and handling systems (palletized)
  30. 20 Storage and handling systems (non-palletized)
  31. 21 Order picking and packing
  32. 22 Receiving and dispatch
  33. 23 Warehouse design
  34. 24 Warehouse management and information
  35. Freight transport
  36. 25 International logistics
  37. 26 Maritime transport
  38. 27 Air transport
  39. 28 Rail and intermodal transport
  40. 29 Road freight transport
  41. 30 Road freight transport: vehicle costing
  42. 31 Road freight transport: planning and resourcing
  43. 32 Road freight transport: routeing and scheduling
  44. 33 International freight forwarding
  45. Outsourcing logistics
  46. 34 Outsourcing: operations and services
  47. 35 Outsourcing: decision criteria
  48. 36 Outsourcing: the selection process
  49. 37 Outsourcing: management
  50. Operational management
  51. 38 Cost and performance monitoring
  52. 39 Benchmarking logistics operations
  53. 40 Information and communication technology in the supply chain
  54. 41 Security and safety
  55. 42 Logistics and the environment
  56. 43 Humanitarian logistics
  57. Introduction
  58. ms Acronyms and Abbreviations
  59. Index