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Logistics Management

Supply Chain

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978-0-9898001-6-7

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Logistics Management

Enhancing Competitiveness and Customer Value

Lisa Ellram, PhD Stanley Fawcett, PhD Thomas Goldsby, PhD Christian Hofer, PhD Dale Rogers, PhD

Logistics creates value through movement and storage. It’s about getting things where they need to be when they are needed to create value sustainably. Logistics professionals make the decisions that make the world go round. This resource will help your students learn to define systems, evaluate tradeoffs, and make great value-added decisions.

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Logistics adds value by efficiently managing the movement and storage of goods, and this resource equips students to define systems, assess tradeoffs, and make impactful, value-driven decisions.

Table of Contents

Topic 1: What Is Logistics? Topic 2: Delivering to Customer Needs: Driving Profitable Growth Topic 3: Logistics System Design & Risk Management: Achieving "Reach" in the Market Topic 4: Cost and Performance Management: Improving the Bottom Line Topic 5: Sustainability & Lifecycle Management: Protecting the Planet Topic 6: Order Management: Fulfillment and Forecasting Topic 7: Transportation Management Topic 8: Basic Inventory Management Topic 9: Advanced Inventory Management Topic 10: Warehouse and DC Management Topic 11: Reverse Logistics Topic 12: Logistics Service Providers Topic 13: Information Technology Topic 14: E-commerce and Omni-channel Logistics Topic 15: Temporary Supply Chains Topic 16: The Future of Logistics

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