The Handbook of Logistics and Distribution Management

Understanding the Supply Chain

Alan Rushton,Phil Croucher,Peter Baker

• Éditeur: Kogan Page
• Année: 2022
• ISBN:
  9781398602052
• Édition: 7
• Sujet: Business
• Sous-sujet: Supply Chain Management

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.

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...