Transportation Management - (6th Edition)

Author: Badi
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: Transportation management is a crucial component of supply chain and logistics management. Economic development relies on a robust transportation system to bridge the gaps of time and space, connecting large-scale production with raw material supply and supply sources with markets. With years of teaching experience, the author of this book presents the subject of transportation management in an easy-to-understand style, enriched with real-life cases and a management-oriented perspective to help readers grasp the challenges of transportation management. The book is divided into three parts: Part One explores the role and importance of transportation in supply chain and economic operations, and outlines the regulation and public policies of the transportation industry. Part Two introduces various traditional transportation modes, including their basic economic and operational characteristics, and also covers special transportation and global transportation. Part Three analyzes transportation management from the perspectives of carriers and shippers, including transportation costs and pricing, carrier strategies, information management and technology, and shipper strategies and processes.