Introduction to Distribution Logistics; Contents; Preface; 1 Supply Chain Management; 2 Network Design and Transportation; 3 Forecasting; 4 Inventory Management with Deterministic Demand; 5 Inventory Control: The Stochastic Case; 6 Managing inventories in multiechelon supply chains; 7 Incentives in the Supply Chain; 8 Vehicle Routing; Appendix A A Quick Tour of Probability and Statistics; Appendix B An Even Quicker Tour in Mathematical Programming; Index
Summary
This text presents the basics of distribution logistics (DL) in both a qualitative and quantitative manner so as to reach out to a multitude of reader backgrounds. Devoid of solid quantitative books in the marketplace, this book fills a gap. The authors do not encourage the undiscriminating use of sophisticated models and algorithms to the detriment of intuition and common sense. The emphases throughout the book are on the variety and complexity of issues and sub problems surrounding DL and their limitations and scope of applicability. The context in which a firm operates, its strategic positi
