Introduction
What is "The Essentials of Logistics and Management"?
New stakes, new challenges for logistics
Logistics: a holistic approach
Global Supply Chain Management
Organization and competition in a globalized economy
Global Supply Chain Management
Bibliography
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The Structure and the Operations of Logistics Systems
Introduction
Forms and strategies of design
Discovery of stochastic lags and oversized inventories
Designing the logistics project's life cycle
Measuring the risk
Simulating the risk profile of the logistics project
Designing with multicriteria decision-making tools
Bibliography
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Designing the Supply Chain.
Supply chain management
Managing variety
The supply chain in the digital era
Supply chain management and strategy
Turbulent times
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Statistical Forecasting and Demand Analysis
Introduction
Model application
Characteristics of a chronological series and forecasting basics
Examples of forecasting models
Forecasting model: application
Models and forecast results
Quality of a forecast
Interpretation of forecast results
Forecasting approach, application
Conclusion
Glossary
Bibliography
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Leading in Service Innovation: Three Perspectives on Customer Service Value Delivery
Understanding the growing importance of innovation in services
Deploying innovation and reinventing service businesses
Developing cross-functional coordination in service innovation
Harnessing technology as an enabling option for strategic value delivery
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Purchasing and Logistics: Perimeter Overlaps in a Context of Global Sourcing
When survival is the issue, you need to be better than your competitor
Purchasing as the decisive factor of a company's competitiveness
The sense of "global" sourcing
Successful purchasing is a triangular game
(De)centralization of purchasing
Long-term partnering with Suppliers (SRM), or iterative re-exposure to competition?
Supplier and product development
Cost/price/value/stakes: four approaches to weigh the impact of a given purchase on business profitability
Ethics and purchasing
Buying is a fantastic game!
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Production Systems
The Just in Time approach, of misleading simplicity
Computerized approach to production management: MRP (Manufacturing Resources Planning)
Interdependence of methods and representations
Bibliography
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The Management of Distribution and Operational Logistics
The different levels of logistics maturity
Warehouse conception
Operational warehouse management
Stock management
Transport
E-business
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Transport Management as a Key Logistics Issue
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Production, logistics and transport
9.3 Logistical management of transport
9.4 Conclusions
9.5 First Focus: Rail freight transport in Europe
9.6 Second Focus: Intermodal transportation: a major challenge for seaports
9.7 Third Focus: Urban freight transport
9.8 References
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Logistics of International Trade
Introduction
Key logistics options
Major aspects of an international trade transaction
The international movement of goods
Border-crossing issues
Recommended reading and websites
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Information Systems
Introduction
Information Systems (IS) vs Information Technology (IT)
Information Systems
Conclusion & Perspectives
Glossary
References/Useful Links (as of March 2007)
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Supply Chain Connective Technologies
Introduction: What does supply chain connectives technologies mean?
General overview and major trends in connective technologies
e-Supply chain: from physical to virtual chains
e-Supply chain: M2A versus A2A
The costs and benefits of e-supply chain implementation: fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) and other examples in Italy
Examples of e-supply chain implementation and cooperation
Tracking systems: RFId
RFId impact on MIS: centralized versus distributed
RFId on the product: the supply chain
RFId on people
Wireless sensor networks: more than RFId
Localization: several technologies for performance
Conclusions
Bibliography
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Operations Research in Logistics
What is operations research?
Vehicle routing problems
The traveling salesman problem
Solution methods for the TSP
Solution methods for the vehicle-routing problem
Real-life constraints
Arc-routing problems
Conclusion
References
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Modeling and Simulation in Logistics
Introduction
Discrete-event simulation
Mathematical toolbox
Applications
Bibliography
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The Lean Supply Chain
Introduction
The roots of lean in the Buddhist Philosophy
Growing product variety: the Toyota response
New product development is the first strategic issue
Time is critical for everything
Concurrent engineering and Obeya Room: two lean tools of lean new product development
Target costing and lean new product development
The tools of lean production
Management Information Systems and Lean
Culture and lean implementation
Conclusions
Bibliography
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Marketing and Innovation Management
Introduction
Marketing evolution: widening scope and customer focus
Understanding market dynamics
Market dynamics in action: New products, new services, changes in customers' perceptions (supply-chain contribution)
The two major dimensions of marketing: industrial products and consumer goods
System selling
Conclusion: new frontiers in marketing
References
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Financial Accounting
Introduction
The balance sheet: current assets
The Balance Sheet: Liabilities and shareholder's equity
The Income Statement
The Statement of Cash Flows
Working Capital
Financial Ratios
Analyzing the Income-Statement ratios
Balance sheet standards by Industry
Additional Disclosures and Audit Reports
Conclusion
Glossary
Bibliography
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Processing & Controlling
Logistics business processes
Business Process Management
Controlling
Activity Based Costing
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Financial elements
Introduction
Principles in corporate finance
The value of money
Project appraisal
Financial choice
Project consequences in accountability
Securitization and structured financing
Conclusion
References
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Understanding Global Strategic Dynamics
Introduction
Some fundamental concepts of strategic analysis
A strategy process
Winning beyond classical strategic perspectives
Conclusion
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
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Managing Human Resources
Introduction
The context of a project
The project stakeholders
Major problems
Team motivation
Conflicts in projects
The factors of project success
Check-list: do's and don'ts
Bibliography
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