Logistics and supply chain management is at the heart of almost every organization globally, as such, developing a well-rounded understanding of these areas has never been more important. Learn from leading sector specialists about key topics, such as supply chain leadership, resilience, technology, design, and more with this guide.
Global Logistics is the comprehensive guide to understanding the international and complex landscape of modern logistics and supply chain management. The book features expertise from over 30 contributors including leading academics, such as Martin Christopher, Alan McKinnon and Steve New, and experienced consultants to leading firms, such as Alan Braithwaite and Patrick Daly. A global approach has been taken, with input from over a dozen countries, and state-of-the-art research is situated alongside expert practical guidance. Covering a range of topics from supply chain strategy, risk management and sourcing to relationship management, resilience and ethics, Global Logistics is essential for those studying or working in logistics and supply chain.
Now in its 8th edition, Global Logistics is fully revised and restructured. Readers will learn how to improve logistics, supply chain management and operational effectiveness as well as how to navigate global supply chains, ensure sustainability and engineer for the future. This new edition also covers:
- the impact of leadership and talent management in logistics
- how to maximize the potential of technology, industry 4.0 and digitalization
- the ways in which different types of performance can be measured and optimized
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Table of contents
- Praise for Global Logistics
- Global Logistics
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Tables
- About the contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 01 Re-thinking supply chain strategy
- 02 Linking supply chain management to financial performance
- 03 Supply chain risk management
- 04 Supply chain vulnerability and resilience
- 05 Fulfilling customer needs in the 2020s with marketing and logistics
- 06 New procurement directions in supply chain management
- 07 Maximizing capacity utilization in freight transport
- 08 Retail logistics
- 09 Trends and strategies in global logistics and supply chain management
- 10 Global sourcing and supply
- 11 Supply chain relationships
- 12 Delivering sustainability through supply chain management
- 13 Greening of logistics
- 14 People powering contemporary supply chains
- 15 Leadership in logistics
- 16 Ethics in supply chains
- 17 Humanitarian logistics and supply chain management
- 18 Digitalization in global supply chain operations
- 19 Digitalization and Industry 4.0 in logistics
- 20 Performance measurement and management in the supply chain
- 21 Aligning technology, manufacturing and supply chain
- 22 The ‘deglobalization’ of logistics and supply chains
- Index
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