The latest edition ofGlobal Logistics and Supply Chain Management conveys to both advanced students and practitioners the diverse operational and strategiccontent of the subjects of logistics and supply chain management. Logistics is a key driver of globalization and facilitator of international trade and development. Thistext reflects these characteristics by adopting a truly global perspective. Featuring contributions from various experts in the field, the book also provides a variety of pedagogical approaches and there are both long and short case studies included to aid learning. ÍNDICE: Foreword Preface About the authors About the contributors Acknowledgements Map Part One. Logistics and Supply Context 1. Introduction Appendix: Containers and Container Seals 2. Globalisation and International Trade 3. Supply Chain Relationships 4. Supply Chain Strategies 5. Simulation Appendix: Student t table Part One. Case Studies Dell: High Velocity, Focused Supply Chain Management The Medical Devices Company Humanitarian Aid Supply Chains (Graham Heaslip) Mediaware Turning the Supply Chain Upside Down in Packaging (Simon Healy and Seamus OReilly) Collaborative Planning in an Auto Parts Supply Chain in China: A Tale of Two Tier-One Suppliers (Booi H. Kam and Jin Hao) Part Two. Logistics and Supply Chain Operations 6. Transport in Supply Chains Appendix A. Transportation Model Appendix B. Effective Planning 7. Transport Security 8.Logistics Service Providers 9. Procurement (Martin Murphy) 10. Inventory Management (Chuda Basnet and Paul Childerhouse) 11. Warehousing and Materials Handling (with Peter Baker) 12. Information Flows and Technology 13. Logistics andFinancial Management (Mike Tayles) 14. Measuring and Managing Logistics Performance (Noel McGlynn) Part Two. Case Studies John Lewis Partnership: Semi Automated National Distribution Centre (Peter Baker) Deutsche Post/DHL (Mike Tayles) Gate Gourmet: Success Means Getting to the Plane on Time (M. Day) Supplier Evaluation at EADS (Roger Moser) Part Three. Supply Chain Designs 15. Supply Chain Vulnerability, Risk, Robustness and Resilience (Helen Peck) 16. Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain Systems 17. Reverse Logistics (Shams Rahman) 18.Service Supply Chains 19. Emerging Supply Chain Designs Part Three. Case Studies Patient Safety and the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain (Ciarán M. Brady) Contamination on the Bulk Agri-Commodity Logistics Chain (Elizabeth Jackson) Why Supply Chains should be involved in Product Design (Anne Nagle and Seamus OReilly) From Terrestrial to Extraterrestrial Supply Chain Networks (Louis Brennan) Glossary Index
- ISBN: 978-1-119-99884-6
- Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 496
- Fecha Publicación: 30/09/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés