Global logistics entails issues in facility location, distribution networks, the routing and scheduling of deliveries by different modes of travel (e.g., air, water, rail, truck), crew scheduling, and overall management of international supply chains. In an increasingly global economy then, logistics has become a very important matter in the success or failure of an organization. It is an integral part of supply chain management that involves not just operations management considerations, but production engineering and regional science issues as well.As Director of the prestigious Waterloo Management of Integrated Manufacturing Systems Research Center (WATMIMS), which specializes in logisticsand manufacturing, Jim Bookbinder is uniquely qualified to edit a handbook onglobal logistics, and he has aligned a group of prominent contributors for this "Advancing the State of the Art" Handbook, and no doubt will attract a few more big names in the field.Bookbinder has organized the book into discrete sections that examine modes; general issues; logistics in particular regions; issues within a free-trade zone; innovative features impacting international logistics; case studies of particular companies; and look toward the future. Contributors are from the Americas, Europe, and Asia, and they look at the state of the art in areas like trade vs. security; border issues; cabotage within NAFTA; rail transport within the EU; inland port issues; direct-to-store considerations; and all the issues that need to be confronted in any given region. This will certainly appeal to researchers and practitioners alike and could serveas required or supplementary reading in graduate-level logistics courses as well. .
- ISBN: 978-1-4419-6131-0
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Fecha Publicación: 28/07/2012
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés