Business Logistics Management (4th Edition)

Explains methods for managing such activities as transportation, inventory maintenance, order processing, purchasing, warehousing, materials handling, packaging, customer service standards, and product scheduling. Organized around the basic activities of management specified in the title, and a triangle of interrelated transportation, inventory, and location strategies that are at the heart of good logistics planning and decision making. The fourth edition takes account of the worldwide business setting, the shift toward a service economy, and the integrated management of supply chain activities. The CD-ROM contains Logware software for Windows for solving vehicle routing and scheduling, forecasting, warehouse layout, and other problems. The only date for a previous edition given is 1992. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.