Essentials of Logistics and Management, 3rd Edition

The logistician plays a critical role in the growth of his or her company – in this third edition of Essentials of Logistics, the conceptual framework in which all the stakes and themes of logistics is systematically analyzed, with a strong focus on the role of the supply chain.

Indeed, many elements are critical to the successful logistical strategy: customer relation management, interactive information support, production optimization and process development, vision, strategy and operations management, and human resources and resource allocation. Growing out of a successful course given by the International Institute for the Management of Logistics (IML) of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), in Lausanne, and by the Ecole des Ponts-ParisTech (ENPC), the purpose of this book is to present a methodology allowing the reader to understand and act based on the critical factors embedded in the design of strategy. Concepts are thus combined with practical examples. Transversal vision and detailed case studies highlight the main themes of modern logistics and daily preoccupations of logisticians. The book is addressed to all professionals of logistics: managers, planners and engineers; as well as to graduate students specializing in the field.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Global Supply Chain Management
Chapter 2 The Structure and the Operations of Logistics Systems
Chapter 3 Designing the Supply Chain
Chapter 4 Statistical Forecasting and Demand Analysis
Chapter 5 Leading in Service Innovation: Three Perspectives on Customer Service Value Delivery
Chapter 6 Purchasing and Logistics: Perimeter Overlaps in a Context of Global Sourcing
Chapter 7 Production Systems
Chapter 8 The Management of Distribution and Operational Logistics
Chapter 9 Transport Management as a Key Logistics Issue
Chapter 10 Logistics of International Trade
Chapter 11 Information Systems
Chapter 12 Supply Chain Connective Technologies
Chapter 13 Operations Research in Logistics
Chapter 14 Modeling and Simulation in Logistics
Chapter 15 The Lean Supply Chain
Chapter 16 Marketing and Innovation Management
Chapter 17 Financial Accounting
Chapter 18 Processing & Controlling
Chapter 19 Financial elements
Chapter 20 Understanding Global Strategic Dynamics
Chapter 21 Managing Human Resources