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Helps student understand the 'game rules' goals and objectives when designing, planning and controlling efficient and effective logistics systems in supply chains. This book covers information technology, and the impact of manufacturing and product structures on logistics and supply chain systems, and the environment.
List of contents
Part One: The Logistics and Supply Chain Management Disciplines
Chapter One: Introduction to Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Chapter Two: The Logistics System
Chapter Three: The Material FlowPart Two: Logistics and Supply Chain Goals and Performance
Chapter Four: Customer Service
Chapter Five: Logistics Costs and Tied-Up Capital
Chapter Six: Environmental Aspects of LogisticsPart Three: Logistics and Supply Chain Structures
Chapter Seven: Products in the Logistics System
Chapter Eight: Material Supply Structures
Chapter Nine: Production Processes and Layouts
Chapter Ten: Distribution StructuresPart Four: Planning and Control of Logistics and Supply Chain Systems
Chapter Eleven: Demand Management
Chapter Twelve: Materials Management
Chapter Thirteen: Manufacturing Planning and Control
Chapter Fourteen: Transport Planning
Chapter Fifteen: The Procurement ProcessPart Five: Supply Chain, IT and Improvement Aspects of Logistics
Chapter Sixteen: Emerging Practices in Supply Chain Management
Chapter Seventeen: Information Systems for Logistics and Supply Chain ManagementAppendices
Appendix A: ABC Analysis
Appendix B: Incremental Inventory Carrying Costs
Appendix C: Derivation of the formula for economic order quantity (EOQ)
Appendix D: Normal Distribution Function
Appendix E: Service Loss Function
Appendix F: Exercises: Solutions to Problems
About the author
Dr Patrick Jonsson is professor in supply chain management at Chalmers University of Technology. He holds a PhD in production management from Lund University and is CFPIM and CSCP certified through APICS. At Chalmers he is currently Head of the PhD programme at the Department of Technology Management and Economics and lecturers in master’s and executive training programmes in Supply Chain Management. He has during the last 15 years co-ordinated and taught numerous logistics and supply chain management courses and programmes at Växjö University and Chalmers University of Technology and in executive and further education programmes for people working in industry. His research which mainly has dealt with manufacturing planning and control, information systems, supplier structures and relations, outsourcing and performance management in supply chains has been published in journals such as Journal of Operations Management, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, International Journal of Production Research, International Journal of Production Economics, Supply Chain Management: An International Journal and International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management. He is currently on the editorial advisory boards of logistics and business journals.
Summary
Helps student understand the 'game rules' goals and objectives when designing, planning and controlling efficient and effective logistics systems in supply chains. This book covers information technology, and the impact of manufacturing and product structures on logistics and supply chain systems, and the environment.
