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Title Essentials of logistics and management : the global supply chain / edited by Philippe Wieser, Francis-Luc Perret and Corynne Jaffeux
Edition Third edition
Published Lausanne, Switzerland : EPFL Press, [2013]
©2013

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Description 1 online resource (590 pages) : illustrations
Contents Front Cover; Essentials Of Logistics & Management: The Global Supply Chain; Contents; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 Global Supply Chain Management; Chapter 2 The Structure and the Operations of Logistics Systems; Chapter 3 Designing the Supply Chain; Chapter 4 Statistical Forecasting and Demand Analysis; Chapter 5 Leading in Service Innovation: Three Perspectives on Customer Service Value Delivery; Chapter 6 Purchasing and Logistics: Perimeter Overlaps in a Context of Global Sourcing; Chapter 7 Production Systems; Chapter 8 The Management of Distribution and Operational Logistics
Chapter 9 Transport Management as a Key Logistics IssueChapter 10 Logistics of International Trade; Chapter 11 Information Systems; Chapter 12 Supply Chain Connective Technologies; Chapter 13 Operations Research in Logistics; Chapter 14 Modeling and Simulation in Logistics; Chapter 15 The Lean Supply Chain; Chapter 16 Marketing and Innovation Management; Chapter 17 Financial Accounting; Chapter 18 Processing & Controlling; Chapter 19 Financial elements; Chapter 20 Understanding Global Strategic Dynamics; Chapter 21 Managing Human Resources; Back Cover
Summary 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 c
Notes "A Swiss academic publisher distributed by CRC Press."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 17, 2014)
Subject Business logistics.
Industrial management.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General.
Business logistics
Industrial management
Form Electronic book
Author Wieser, Philippe
Perret, Francis Luc
Jaffeux, Corynne
ISBN 9781466573093
1466573090