: Reza Zanjirani Farahani, Nasrin Asgari, Hoda Davarzani
: Supply Chain and Logistics in National, International and Governmental Environment Concepts and Models
: Physica-Verlag
: 9783790821567
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: CHF 132.70
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: Management
: English
: 316
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Logisticsisan integralpartofoureverydaylife Todayit in?uencesmorethanevera largenumberofhumanandeconomic ctivities. Inthisbook,authorstryto illustrate some advanced logistics and supply chain management topics, recently mentioned by academic and industrial personnel. This book has been organized in 12 chapters such that the reader can study each chapter not only independently as shown in Fig. 1; but also as part of a whole. If someone wants to study the book more deeply, the suggested approach for this study is shown in Fig. 2. So the readers of this book may be divided into at least two groups: (1) students in Master's courses or higher, who can use this book in their courses as a whole, and (2) experts who want to learn more about a new topic in logistics and supply chain management; this group may want to read a chapter about a special topic that is found in this book. In the context of global competition, the more latent topics in logistics supply chain management are fast growing. This book falls within this perspective and presents 12 chapters that well illustrate the variety and complexity of these topics. This book is organized as follows: Chapter 1 introduces logistics and supply chain management and contains some primal de?nitions about these two concepts; some obstacles, prerequisites and infrastructures of modernized logistics and supply chain management and global supply chain management are illustrated.
Preface6
Contents10
Overview18
1.1 Definition of Logistics18
1.2 Definition of SCM20
1.3 Background of Logistics and SCM Researches22
1.4 Obstacles, Pre-Requisites and Infrastructures of Modernized Logistics and SCM24
1.5 Challenges of Union Countries and Global SCM26
1.6 Logistics and SCM in Developing Countries28
1.7 Research Trends in Logistics and SCM31
References35
Performance Measurement38
2.1 Importance of Measurement38
2.2 Properties of Performance Measures39
2.3 Process Management System Analysis40
2.4 Process-Oriented Approach41
2.5 Goal-Oriented Approach52
2.6 Attributes of National Logistics Systems54
2.7 Using the Balanced Scorecards to Manage SCP ( Bolstorff 2006)58
References58
Global Supply Chain Management60
3.1 Global Supply Chain Drivers61
3.2 Global Vs. Domestic Supply Chains63
3.3 Characteristics of Global Supply Chains67
3.4 Global Sourcing68
3.5 Demand Management72
References73
National Logistics Costs74
4.1 Importance of Logistics Costs74
4.2 Complexity of Calculating Logistics Costs77
4.3 Components of National Logistics Costs77
4.4 Factors Affecting National Logistics Costs79
4.5 Logistics Costs in Agriculture81
4.6 State of Logistics in America84
4.7 State of Logistics in South Africa97
4.8 Conclusion99
References100
Spatial Analysis and Land-Use Planning101
5.1 Spatial Planning and Development101
5.2 Logistics, Space and Geography103
5.3 Core Geographical Dimensions of Logistics105
5.4 Role of Public Sector109
5.5 Spatial Planning for Logistics110
References118
Supply Network Design120
6.1 Classification of Network Design Problems121
6.2 Network Design Models124
6.3 Closed-loop Network Design130
6.4 International Distribution Network Design134
6.5 National and Governmental Distribution Networks136
6.6 Distribution and Logistics Development in China ( Jiang and Prater 2002)137
References142
Privatization144
7.1 A Literature Review on Privatization and its Definition146
7.2 Steps to Privatization (Shehadi 2002)147
7.3 Privatization Methods149
7.4 Selecting the Appropriate Method (Shehadi 2002)154
7.5 Impact of Privat