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Logistics and Transportation Design and planning

Logistics is a $700 billion industry in the USA and is the second largest employer of college graduates. Logistics costs account for nearly 30% of the sales dollar, and logistics activities are essential to satisfying the ever- changing customer demand in terms of variety and availability. Today the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kasilingam, Raja G.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1998, 1998
Edition:1st ed. 1998
Subjects:
Operations Management
Spatial Economics
Production Management
Regional/spatial Science
Regional Economics
Mechanical Engineering
It In Business
Business—data Processing
Information Technology
Online Access:
Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction to logistics and transportation
  • 2 Logistics systems analysis
  • 3 Logistics network planning
  • 4 Vendor selection
  • 5 Inventory planning
  • 6 Facilities planning
  • 7 Intrafacility logistics
  • 8 Transportation planning
  • 9 Logistics performance metrics
  • 10 Recent trends in logistics
  • Appendix A Logistics and transportation cases

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