Logistics Engineering Handbook (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Taylor, G. Don

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Taking a unique engineering approach, the Logistics Engineering Handbook provides comprehensive coverage of traditional methods and contemporary topics. The book delineates basic concepts and practices, provides a tutorial for common problems and solution techniques, and discusses current topics that define the state of the logistics market. It covers background information that defines engineering logistics, activities and implementation, transportation management, enabling technologies, and emerging trends. Each chapter includes either a brief case study overview of an industrially motivated problem or a tutorial using fabricated data designed to highlight important issues.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Dezember 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040063514
• Artikelnr.: 72289014

Autorenporträt

G. Don Taylor

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION TO LOGISTICS ENGINEERING. Logistics from a Historical
Perspective. The Economic Impact of Logistics. The Logistics Engineering
Tool Chest. Logistics Metrics. Logistics as an Integrating Function.
LOGISTICS ACTIVITIES. Customer Service. Purchasing & Sourcing. Demand
Forecasting. Facility Location & Layout. Inventory Management. Material
Handling & Material Flow. Warehousing. Distribution Networks.
Transportation Systems Overview. TOPICS IN TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT.
Dispatching/Routing. Classic Transportation Problems. Pricing/Rating.
Freight Imbalance & Managing Uncertainty in the Supply Chain. Capacity
Planning & Yield Management. ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES. Tracking Technologies.
Electronic Connectivity & Software. Reliability, Maintainability and
Supportability in Logistics. Funding and Justifying Logistics Activities.
Logistics and the Internet. EMERGING & GROWING TRENDS. Green Logistics,
Packaging & Reverse Logistics. Global Logistics Concerns. Outsourcing &
3PLs. Intermodal Transportation. Logistics in Service Industries. Securing
the Supply Chain. Current & Future Logistics Research Needs.