Future logistics challenges

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Enarsson, Leif
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Copenhagen : Copenhagen Business School Press, ©2006.
Subjects
Business logistics.
Industrial management.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781621986683
1621986683
9788763099752
8763099756
8763001705
9788763001700
Physical Description1 online resource (399 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Future Logistics Challenges
  • Introduction
  • Author's Introduction
  • An Introduction to Logistics
  • The Content and Structure
  • 1. The Business Logistics Development
  • 1.1. An "Historical" Development
  • 1.2. The Future for Business Logistics
  • 1.3. Driving Forces
  • 1.4. Future Logistics Demands
  • 1.5. Supply Chain Management
  • 2. LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT/SUPPLY CHAIN STRATEGIES
  • 2.1. Relationships in Supply Chain Management
  • 2.2. Management Difficulties in Handling Integrationand Relationship
  • 2.3. Transaction Costs in Supply Chain
  • 2.4. Total Cost of Ownership
  • 2.4.1. Fields for the Use of TCO in a Purchasing Perspective
  • 2.4.2. Practical Use of TCO for Choice of Suppliers
  • 2.5. E-Economy in Business Logistics
  • 2.5.1. The New Economy and E-Business
  • 2.5.2. E-Business Strategies
  • 2.6. Logistics Management and Strategies
  • 3. INBOUND LOGISTICS
  • 3.1. Internationalisation/Globalisation
  • 3.1.1. Globalisation Dimensions/Global Strategy Levers
  • 3.1.2. Benefits of a Global Strategy
  • 3.1.3. Drawbacks of Global Strategy
  • 3.1.4. Driving Forces
  • 3.1.5. Global Logistics
  • 3.1.7. Facts and Doubts about Internationalisation/Globalisation
  • 3.2. Purchasing and Supplier Sourcing
  • 3.2.1. Purchasing and Supply Strategy
  • 3.2.2. Purchasing Different Products
  • 3.2.3. The Purchasing Process
  • 3.2.4. Supplier Evaluation in Global Supply Chains
  • 3.2.5. Purchasing of Logistics Services
  • 3.2.6. Sourcing Strategies
  • 3.2.6.1. How Many Suppliers?
  • 3.2.6.2. Local or Global Sourcing
  • 3.3. Supplier Collaboration
  • 3.3.1. Corporate Strategy
  • 3.3.2. Handling of Power in Relationship
  • 3.3.3. Successful Partnership Factors
  • 3.3.4. Benefits of Supplier Integration
  • 3.4. Outsourcing
  • 3.4.1. Primary and Secondary Outsourcing
  • 3.4.2. Outsourcing Advantages
  • 3.4.3. Disadvantages and Risks in Outsourcing.
  • 3.4.4. Impact on the Supply Chain
  • 3.4.5. Drivers for Outsourcing
  • 4. Manufacturing in the Logistics Process
  • 4.1. Development from MRP to APS
  • 4.1.1. Material Requirement Planning
  • 4.1.2. Manufacturing Resource Planning
  • 4.1.3. ERP/ERP II
  • 4.1.4. Advanced Planning and Scheduling
  • 4.1.5. Comparing of the Systems
  • 4.2. Theory of Constraints and Drum Buffer Rope
  • 4.2.1. Drum Buffer Rope
  • 4.2.2. Theory of Constraints
  • 4.2.3. Bottlenecks and TOC
  • 4.3. The Bullwhip Effect
  • 4.3.1. Reasons for Bullwhip Effect
  • 4.3.2. Consequences of the Bullwhip Effect
  • 4.3.3. Handling the Bullwhip Effect
  • 4.4. Agile Manufacturing
  • 4.5. Balanced Scorecard
  • 4.5.1. BSC in ERP Implementation
  • 4.5.2. Other Perspectives
  • 4.5.3. Comments to BSC
  • 4.6. Business Process Reengineering
  • 4.7. Time Based Management
  • 4.8. Final Comments
  • 5. Outbound Logistics
  • 5.1. Vendor Managed Inventory
  • 5.1.1. Overall Effects of VMI
  • 5.1.2. VMI Benefits
  • 5.1.3. VMI Drawbacks
  • 5.1.4. Co-Operation in VMI
  • 5.2. CPFR
  • 5.2.1. The CPFR Development
  • 5.2.2. CPFR Benefits
  • 5.2.3. CPFR Challenges
  • 5.3. Postponement
  • 5.3.1. Development of Postponement
  • 5.3.2. Postponement Classification
  • 5.4. Spare Parts
  • 5.4.1. Customer Requirements
  • 5.4.2. Competitors
  • 5.4.3. Improvement of Spare Parts Distribution
  • 5.4.4. Inbound System and Distribution Related to Spare Parts
  • 6. Reverse Logistics
  • 6.1. The Fundamental and Development of Reverse Logistics
  • 6.1.1. Environmental Development as a Fundament for Reverse Logistics
  • 6.1.2. The Logistics Flow Including Waste Handling
  • 6.1.3. Environmental Considerations in Different LogisticsStages
  • 6.2. Waste Management
  • 6.2.1. Laws and Regulations for Handling Waste
  • 6.2.2. Waste to Energy
  • 6.2.3. Responsibility and Priorities
  • 6.2.4. Industrial Waste.
  • 6.2.5. Collection and Transport
  • 6.3. Reverse Logistics System
  • 6.4. Return Logistics in E-Commerce and the MailOrder Industry
  • 6.4.1. E-Commerce in B2C
  • 6.4.2. Basis for E-Commerce Distribution System
  • 6.4.3. Order Handling in E-Commerce
  • 6.4.4. Transport Systems in E-Commerce
  • 6.4.5. General Aspects of the Returns System in E-Commerce
  • 6.4.6. Handling Returned Goods
  • 6.4.7. Return Systems in E-Commerce
  • 6.5. A Description of a Return Logistics System
  • 6.6. A Logistics System for Handling Returns
  • 7. Environmental Considerations Related to Logistics and Transportation
  • 7.1. Environmental Strategies
  • 7.1.1. Environmental Aspects in Production Chains
  • 7.1.2. Environmental Tools and Methods
  • 7.2. Environment and Transportation
  • 7.2.1. Environmental Impact from Traffic
  • 7.2.2. The Control of Authority
  • 7.2.3. Market Demand
  • 7.2.4. Influences on the Transport Sector
  • 7.3 Environmental Work in the Transport Sector
  • 7.3.1. Vehicle Techniques
  • 7.3.2. Handling Vehicles
  • 7.3.3. Fuel
  • 7.3.4. Summary of the Environmental Work
  • 7.4. How to Design Environmental Friendly RoadTransport Systems
  • 7.5. Environment Impact in Other Modes of Transport
  • 7.5.1. Shipping
  • 7.5.2. Emissions from Railway Transport
  • 7.6. The EU and the Environment
  • 8. Transportation
  • 8.1. How to Solve the Problems in the Transport Sector?
  • 8.1.1. An Overall Situation for Different Modes of Transport
  • 8.1.2. Competition and Relations between the Modes of Transport
  • 8.1.3. Relations to the Consignees
  • 8.1.4. Relations to, and Dependency on, External Actors
  • 8.1.5. Possible Future Solutions
  • 9. Transport and Logistics Information Systems
  • 9.1. Needs, Measure and Advantages in an InformationFlow
  • 9.1.1. A Summary of the Two Systems
  • 9.1.2. Transport Administrative Systems
  • 9.1.3. The Market for TA-System.
  • 9.2. Introduction to Track and Tracing
  • 9.2.1. Track and Tracing
  • 9.2.2. Supply Chain Event Management
  • 10. The Future
  • 10.1. Future Globalisation
  • 10.1.1. Codes of Conduct
  • 10.2. Logistics, Risks and Terrorism
  • 10.2.1. Risks in Road Transports
  • 10.2.2. Protection against Terrorism
  • 10.2.3. Swedish Customs' Trade Facilitation Concepts
  • 10.2.4. Supply Chain Security
  • 10.3. China and the Development
  • 10.3.1. Supply Chain Management in China
  • 10.3.2. Purchasing in China
  • 10.3.3. Final Remarks about China
  • 10.4. Logistics Measurement
  • 10.5. Logistics in Medical Services
  • 10.6. Future Logistics Challenges
  • References
  • Index.

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