The Handbook of Logistics and Distribution Management - Understanding the Supply Chain - 7th edition

Fully grasp the core principles of logistics, distribution management and the supply chain, in addition to emerging trends and the latest technologies, with this definitive guide that offers clear and straightforward explanations. The Handbook provides practitioners and students with a complete, step-by-step overview of the many different aspects of setting up, managing and optimizing supply chains. Designed to offer a full appreciation of how supply chains are planned and operated, it is structured logically and delves into topics in more clarity and detail than disparate collections of research papers. Integrating both strategic and tactical insights, this textbook is underpinned throughout by real-world data and worked examples that bring the concepts to life. The seventh edition offers: Updates and solutions designed to meet the challenges faced by those studying and working in the sector New coverage of future supply chain related technologies, including artificial intelligence, data analytics, digital twins and autonomous mobile robots and how these can be used to optimize operations and increase productivity Online resources including lecture slides (tables, images and formulae from the text), acronyms and abbreviations and infographics. Written by an author team with extensive practical experience in some of the most challenging environments across the world, this seminal text is an invaluable resource for both practitioners and students, providing a useful desk reference for topics across the wide ranging and vitally important fields of logistics and the supply chain.

Product details

• Authors: Dr Peter Baker, Peter Baker, Phil Croucher, Croucher Phil, Ioannis Koliousis, Alan Rushton, Alan Croucher Rushton
• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2022
• EAN: 9781398602045
• ISBN: 978-1-398-60204-5
• No. of pages: 824
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 239 mm x 43 mm
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Purchasing & Buying, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Transportation, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Distribution, Transport industries, Purchasing & supply management, Production & quality control management, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Logistics & Supply Chain, Distribution & warehousing management, Production and quality control management, Distribution and logistics management, Purchasing and supply management