Logistics, transportation and distribution management

Author: Zhang Yuanchang
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: Logistics is a key element in the performance operation of all economic organizations. Corporate logistics is a comprehensive integration of many concepts, principles, and methods, drawing from both traditional fields such as marketing, production, accounting, procurement, and transportation, as well as from disciplines like informatics, organizational behavior, and economics. This book collection is designed to enhance the on-the-ground capabilities of logistics managers, focusing on concepts, principles, methods, and an understanding of factors that influence corporate logistics management in the present and foreseeable future. The book emphasizes the exploration and analysis of logistics transportation and distribution center network issues. It elaborates on aspects ranging from distribution network design and fixed-value problems to specific transportation operation planning, and internal transportation issues within production centers or warehouses. The core analysis of the book revolves around how to study the transportation across time and space to optimize the difference between service levels for customers and total costs.