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What is logistics? What is distribution and supply? What is supply chain management? Which elements create distribution and supply space? Which aspects affect storage design? Which information technologies are suitable for distribution and supply systems? What costs affect distribution and supply systems? These are just some of the questions explored in this book. In addition to providing theoretical analysis of the problems of distribution and supply,...

Logistics is the ideal book for Bachelor students of logistics, providing a solid foundation as well as a practical guide. In modular and clear form, it explains key concepts, principles, and practices of logistics. Learning objectives as well as several case studies are integrated into each chapter. It features chapters on Principles of Logistics; Logistics Systems; Transport Systems and Logistics Services; Warehousing, Handling and Picking Systems;...

Global supply chains have become a dominant business model that has generated millions of jobs in developing and emerging economies. At the same time, we do not know what is behind this rise, as well as the effects that purchasing practices between buyers and suppliers have on wages and working conditions. This book is the first to address the root causes of poor working conditions within global supply chains themselves, in terms of living wages,...

"Whether you're engineering a new supply chain or trying to improve the performance of an existing one, Supply Chain Excellence helps you navigate through each step of the SCOR Project Roadmap, including: educating the enterprise, gaining internal support, establishing the metrics that will determine the project's level of success, and aligning strategy, materials, work, and information flow." "Showing you how to organize the entire effort for success,...

LEAN PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATION IN BPO covers the theory of Lean Management principles and discusses their application in BPO environment. Over the last two decades, Lean principles have been widely used in manufacturing industry to eliminate waste, reduce cycle time and improve customer satisfaction. BPO companies can also immensely benefit from deployment of Lean. However, Lean implementation needs to be tailored significantly in a BPO setting to...

"In recent decades, production processes of intermediate and final products have been increasingly fragmented across countries in what are called global value chains (GVCs). GVCs may involve companies in one country outsourcing stages of production to unrelated entities in other countries, multinational enterprises (MNEs) offshoring stages of production to units of the MNE overseas, or both. GVCs can also involve completely independent companies merely...

"This book focuses on demand anticipation, forecasting, and order planning as well as humanitarian logistics to propose original solutions for existing problems"--

Across a range of industries, once-leading companies are in trouble: Walmart, IBM, Pfizer, HP, and The Gap to name a few. But others are thriving. The difference is how the company's leaders view their supply chain: Is it just about cutting cost or do they see its hidden tools for outperforming the competition? Steve Jobs, upon returning to Apple in 1997, focused on transforming the supply chain. He hired Tim Cook--and the company sped up the development...