Essentials Of Logistics And Management

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.

The Essentials of Logistics and Management provides a broad expertly guided investigation into the knowledge required to maximize the practice of logistics in a way that contributes to a company's growth. The text elaborates upon a conceptual framework in which the role of all stakeholders and possible logistics are analyzed in a systematic approach that explores customer relations management, interactive information support, production optimization, and operations management, as well as human resources and resource allocation. The purpose of this book is help managers employ vision and strategy in developing a methodology that identifies, evaluates, and utilizes all critical factors.

Logisticians have an impossible, but feasible task to design, optimize and permanently re-adjust a global utility function. The function embraces the customers' major interests, the functional enterprise's components and all the stakeholders. The Essentials of Logistics and Management presents a broad spectrum of the knowledge required for a logisticians practice and for his contribution to the company's growth. The book is built upon a conceptual framework in which all stakes and themes of logistics should be analyzed in a systemic approach: customer relationship management, interactive information support, production optimization and process development, vision, strategy and operations management as well as human resources and resource allocation. All these aspects are critical for the logistical strategy. The purpose is to bring the reader a methodology allowing him / her to use the critical factors embedded in the design of the strategy. The book combines both conceptual and practical illustrations. Transversal vision and detailed case studies highlight the main themes of modern logistics and daily preoccupations of logisticians. This book is a practical reference for all professionals of logistics: managers, planners and engineers as well as postgraduate students. It is based on the main topics taught at the International Institute for the Management of Logistics (IML).

Fundamentals of Logistics Management provides a unique opportunity to leverage high profile, quality authorship into a market segment that has had little prior access to it. This text approaches logistics from a marketing perspective which is unique to its competitors. It also integrates the area of marketing, accounting, finance, and manufacturing within the text.

This text approaches logistics from a marketing perspective, and also integrates the area of marketing, accounting, finance, and manufacturing within the text.

Physical Distribution is a distinct but integral part of business logistics, involving all those activities relating to the physical movement of goods from the factory to the consumer. Recently, the concept has been expanded to supply chain management which enables better customer relationship with smooth supply of goods. This introductory text is focused on the essential concepts, tools and strategies that comprise Distribution Management. It emphasizes the idea that distribution management is an effective marketing strategy and a potent competitive tool. Defining the concept of physical distribution in the initial chapter, the book then describes in detail the objectives, functions and components of all the activity centres of physical distribution in the Indian context, from a systems approach. An exclusive chapter is devoted to transportation functions, highlighting the features of interstate movement of goods and the legal procedures related to them. Sufficient coverage is also given to related topics such as distribution control, performance evaluation and organization of physical distribution, besides the 'trade-off' concept. The book, with its wide coverage of topics, should prove to be of immense value to undergraduate students in Business Administration and Business Management.

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. [Source : 4e de couv.].