Overview
Fierce competition in today's global market provides a powerful motivation for developing ever more sophisticated logistics systems. This book, written for the logistics manager and researcher, presents a survey of the modern theory and application of logistics. The goal of the book is to present the state-of-the-art in the science of logistics management. As a result, the authors have written a timely and authoritative survey of this field that many practitioners and researchers will find makes an invaluable companion to their work.
Full Product Details
Author: David Simchi-Levi ,
Xin Chen ,
Julien Bramel
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition: Softcover reprint of hardcover 2nd ed. 2005
Dimensions:
Width: 15.50cm
, Height: 1.90cm
, Length: 23.50cm
Weight: 1.160kg
ISBN: 9781441919700
ISBN 10: 1441919708
Pages: 355
Publication Date: 29 November 2010
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: Out of print, replaced by POD
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Reviews
From the reviews of the second edition: The present book focuses on the application of operational research and mathematical modelling techniques to logistics and supply chain management (SCM) problems. The authors performed a substantial revision of the 1st edition and included a number of new subjects ! . The book is carefully written and is an important reference for readers with a solid background in probability and optimisation theory ! . the present book should be seen as a valuable guide describing techniques that can be applied or adapted to real-life situations. (Teresa Melo, OR News, Issue 25, 2005)
From the reviews of the second edition: The present book focuses on the application of operational research and mathematical modelling techniques to logistics and supply chain management (SCM) problems. The authors performed a substantial revision of the 1st edition and included a number of new subjects ... . The book is carefully written and is an important reference for readers with a solid background in probability and optimisation theory ... . the present book should be seen as a valuable guide describing techniques that can be applied or adapted to real-life situations. (Teresa Melo, OR News, Issue 25, 2005)
From the reviews of the second edition: The present book focuses on the application of operational research and mathematical modelling techniques to logistics and supply chain management (SCM) problems. The authors performed a substantial revision of the 1st edition and included a number of new subjects ! . The book is carefully written and is an important reference for readers with a solid background in probability and optimisation theory ! . the present book should be seen as a valuable guide describing techniques that can be applied or adapted to real-life situations. (Teresa Melo, OR News, Issue 25, 2005)
