Global logistics and supply chain management / John Mangan, Chandra Lalwani.

First edition: 2008.

Includes index.

Foreword -- About the authors -- About the contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Map -- Part One: Logistics and supply chain context -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Globalisation and international trade -- 3. Supply chain relationships -- 4. Supply chain strategies -- Part One Case studies -- Part Two: Logistics and supply chain operations -- 5. Transport in supply chains -- 6. Transport security -- 7. Logistics service providers -- 8. Procurement -- 9. Inventory management -- 10. Warehousing and materials handling -- 11. Technology in the supply chain -- 12. Information and finance flows in the supply chain -- Part Two Case studies -- Part Three: Supply chain designs -- 13. Supply chain vulnerability, risk, robustness and resilience -- 14. Sustainable logistics and supply chain systems -- 15. Reverse logistics -- 16. Service supply chains -- 17. Management science applications -- 18. Emerging supply chain designs -- Part Three Case studies -- Glossary -- Index.

"Think of the many different products and services that are purchased and consumed each day – how do they reach the end-user? What does this cost? What happens when something goes wrong? Logistics and Supply Chain Management (SCM) are the areas of study which help us to explore and answer these questions. Today they play a very important role in underpinning the success of many organisations across the public and private sectors and impact how we live our lives. While the origins of logistics and SCM are firmly embedded in the manufacturing domain, the successful applications of logistics and SCM principles and practices are becoming increasingly relevant in the services area also – see for example, the many changes that have recently been driven into healthcare systems and airlines." --Publisher's website.