Logistics Management and Strategy
Description
Logistics Management and Strategy: Competing Through the Supply Chain ; 6th edition by Alan Harrison and Remko Van Hoek is an internationally appealing textbook which provides a comprehensive study and explanation of logistics solutions and Supply Chain Management with a clear European foundation.
Ideal for MSc students, the text provides in-depth coverage of the most up-to-date topics, including the challenges of coordinating manufacturing and retail processes, a review of leveraging logistics operations, and future challenges in logistics.
Key features of this edition include:
- Cases from all over the world , including places outside of Europe such as South Africa, China and Australia
- A focus on learning in line with the globalisation of logistics
- Consideration of modern problems and solutions to real-life logistics management issues
This book provides all the necessary information to cultivate your understanding of logistics management at an international level, recommended to anyone studying for an MSc degree or open learning course.
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Persons
Alan Harrison was Professor of Operations and Logistics at Cranfield School of Management, and Director of Research at The Cranfield Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
Heather Skipworth is Senior Lecturer at Cranfield School of Management, The Cranfield Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
Remko van Hoek is a Professor of Supply Chain Management at the University of Arkansas in the Sam M. Walton College of Business. He is also Chief Procurement Officer at GDF SUEZ/Cofely the Netherlands.
James Aitken is a Professor in Operations Management at University of Surrey.
Content
- Foreword
- Preface
- How to use this book
- Plan of the book
- Logistics and the supply chain
- Putting the end-customer first
- Value and logistics costs
- Managing logistics internationally
- Managing the lead-time frontier
- Supply chain planning and control
- Lean thinking and agile supply chains
- Integrating the supply chain
- Sourcing and procurement
- Logistics future challenges and opportunities
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