Increased competition in business environments requires that firms provide not only quality but also timely service with minimal cost. Offering a delivery-time guarantee may increase the demand for a product or service, or allow the firm to charge a price premium. This paper investigates the...

Most studies on supply chain management have taken an “inventory” point of view: The chain, supplier → manufacturer → major manufacturer, is thus analyzed as a series of production-inventory decisions. Although correct, that approach neglects issues on the transportation between nodes,...

Purpose - A program of shipment consolidation (SCL) is the purposeful intervention by management to regularly combine several small shipments so that a larger load may be dispatched on the same vehicle. SCL decisions traditionally have been based upon minimization of total logistics costs...

This book offers complete coverage of logistics, examining modes, general issues, logistics in specific regions, free-trade zones, innovations in international logistics, case studies and a look at the future.

Logistics in China -- Electronic Procurement Systems in India: Importance and Impact on Supply Chain Operations -- Use of Third Party Logistics Services: An Asia-Pacific Perspective -- The Greater Mekong Sub-region of Southeast Asia: Improving Logistics Connectivity -- Strategic and Tactical...