Logistics & supply chain management : [electronic book] /
By: Christopher, Martin [author.].
Contributor(s): ProQuest [vendor].
Publisher: New York : Pearson Education, 2016Edition: 5th edition.Description: 1 online resource.Content type: text | text Media type: computer | computer Carrier type: online resource | online resourceISBN: 9781292083810; 9781292083810:; 1292083816.Other title: Logistics and supply chain management : [electronic book].Subject(s): Business logistics -- Cost effectiveness | Business logistics | Delivery of goods -- ManagementOnline resources: Access ebook hereItem type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Ebook | ATU Sligo Yeats Library eBook | Available Online |
Includes index.
Publisher's acknowledgements -- About the author -- Preface -- Logistics, the supply chain and competitive strategy -- Delivering customer value -- Measuring logistics costs and performance -- Matching supply and demand -- Creating the responsive supply chain -- Strategic lead-time management -- The synchronous supply chain -- Complexity and the supply chain -- Managing the global pipeline -- Service logistics -- Managing risk in the supply chain -- The era of network competition -- Overcoming the barriers to supply chain integration -- The sustainable supply chain -- The supply chain of the future -- Index.
With this volume, Professor Martin Christopher explores the role of logistics in using service levels to achieve corporate and financial goals. Included are practical case studies from a wide range of industries and countries.