This book describes how to plan and design efficient logistics systems considering simultaneously all integral aspects of their operation, and how to evaluate economically existing or proposed systems. The approach, more physical than mathematical, requires little data. Building on an...

Der vierte Band der jährlichen Buchreihe präsentiert die wissenschaftlichen Fortschritte in den Forschungsfeldern Einkauf, Materialwirtschaft, Logistik und Supply Chain Management. Streng wissenschaftliche sowie anwendungsnahe Beiträge geben Impulse für Forschung und Praxis und fördern den...

This book uses state-of-the-art scientific methods to reveal that most firms currently do not realize the full potential of logistics outsourcing. It shows the complexity of outsourcing performance and that its true drivers lie in the relationship between service providers and their customers....

On the basis of an analysis conducted in a freight forwarding company, Marta Anna Krajewska identifies two levels of improving logistics performance. First, she demonstrates that on the local level the automated operational transportation planning increases the planning quality and influences...