Logistics management and strategy / Alan Harrison, Remko van Hoek.
Material type: TextPublication details: Harlow, England ; New York : Prentice Hall/Financial Times, 2005.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xx, 308 p. : col. ill. ; 25 cmISBN:- 0273685422 (pbk.)
- 658.5 HAR
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Logistic management is a vital part of any business operation. This volume provides up-to-the-minute information on all aspects of strategic planning and business logistics.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Part 1 Introduction
- 1 Logistics and the Supply Chain
- 2 Logistics and the supply chain
- 3 Material and information flow
- 4 Competing through logistics
- 5 Supply chain strategies
- 6 Serving the Customer
- 7 Introduction to customer service
- 8 CS as a link between logistics and marketing
- 9 CS and customer retention
- 10 Setting CS priorities
- 11 Value and Logistics Costs
- 12 Where does value come from?
- 13 How can logistics costs be represented?
- 14 Activity-based costing
- 15 A balanced measurement portfolio
- 16 Supply chain operations reference model (SCOR)
- Part 2 Leveraging Logistics Operations
- 17 Managing Logistics Internationally
- 18 Drivers and logistics implications of internationalisation
- 19 The trend towards internationalisation
- 20 The challenge of international logistics and location
- 21 Organising for international logistics
- 22 General tendencies
- 23 Managing the Lead-Time Frontier
- 24 Introduction to the role of time in competitive advantage
- 25 P:D ratios and the time-lead gap
- 26 Time-based mapping
- 27 Managing timelines in the logistics pipeline
- 28 A method for implementing time-based practices
- 29 Just-in-time and Lean Thinking
- 30 Just-in-time
- 31 Lean thinking
- 32 Vendor-managed inventory
- 33 Quick response
- 34 The Agile Supply Chain
- 35 Market winners and qualifiers
- 36 Agile practices
- Part 3 Supplier Interfaces
- 37 Managing the Supply Chain
- 38 Collaboration in the supply chain
- 39 Efficient customer response
- 40 Collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment
- 41 Managing supply chain relationships
- 42 A framework for managing the supply chain
- 43 Partnerships in the Supply Chain
- 44 Choosing the right relationship
- 45 Partnerships in the supply chain
- 46 Supply base rationalisation
- 47 Supplier networks
- 48 Supplier development
- 49 Implementing partnerships
- Part 4 Changing the Future
- 50 Logistics Future Challenge
- 51 The new supply chain environment
- 52 Three key management challenges
- 53 The role of the internet in supply chains
- 54 Implementation issues