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Logistics management and strategy / Alan Harrison, Remko van Hoek.

By: Harrison, Alan, 1944-.
Contributor(s): Hoek, Remko I. van.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Harlow : Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2005Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xx, 308 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0273685422 (pbk.) :; 9780273685425.Subject(s): Business logistics | Strategic planning | Industrial management | Business and Management | Business & Management | Operational research | Project management | Production & quality control management | Purchasing & supply management | Distribution & logistics managementDDC classification: 658.5 HAR Summary: Logistic management is a vital part of any business operation. This volume provides up-to-the-minute information on all aspects of strategic planning and business logistics.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Logistic management is a vital part of any business operation. This volume provides up-to-the-minute information on all aspects of strategic planning and business logistics.

Prev. ed.: 2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Logistic management is a vital part of any business operation. This volume provides up-to-the-minute information on all aspects of strategic planning and business logistics.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Part 1 Introduction
  • 1 Logistics and the Supply Chain
  • 2 Logistics and the supply chain
  • 3 Material and information flow
  • 4 Competing through logistics
  • 5 Supply chain strategies
  • 6 Serving the Customer
  • 7 Introduction to customer service
  • 8 CS as a link between logistics and marketing
  • 9 CS and customer retention
  • 10 Setting CS priorities
  • 11 Value and Logistics Costs
  • 12 Where does value come from?
  • 13 How can logistics costs be represented?
  • 14 Activity-based costing
  • 15 A balanced measurement portfolio
  • 16 Supply chain operations reference model (SCOR)
  • Part 2 Leveraging Logistics Operations
  • 17 Managing Logistics Internationally
  • 18 Drivers and logistics implications of internationalisation
  • 19 The trend towards internationalisation
  • 20 The challenge of international logistics and location
  • 21 Organising for international logistics
  • 22 General tendencies
  • 23 Managing the Lead-Time Frontier
  • 24 Introduction to the role of time in competitive advantage
  • 25 P:D ratios and the time-lead gap
  • 26 Time-based mapping
  • 27 Managing timelines in the logistics pipeline
  • 28 A method for implementing time-based practices
  • 29 Just-in-time and Lean Thinking
  • 30 Just-in-time
  • 31 Lean thinking
  • 32 Vendor-managed inventory
  • 33 Quick response
  • 34 The Agile Supply Chain
  • 35 Market winners and qualifiers
  • 36 Agile practices
  • Part 3 Supplier Interfaces
  • 37 Managing the Supply Chain
  • 38 Collaboration in the supply chain
  • 39 Efficient customer response
  • 40 Collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment
  • 41 Managing supply chain relationships
  • 42 A framework for managing the supply chain
  • 43 Partnerships in the Supply Chain
  • 44 Choosing the right relationship
  • 45 Partnerships in the supply chain
  • 46 Supply base rationalisation
  • 47 Supplier networks
  • 48 Supplier development
  • 49 Implementing partnerships
  • Part 4 Changing the Future
  • 50 Logistics Future Challenge
  • 51 The new supply chain environment
  • 52 Three key management challenges
  • 53 The role of the internet in supply chains
  • 54 Implementation issues