"This book examines urban goods transport. It addresses quantitative methods of transport modelling, applied to freight/goods transport in urban areas. It also gives an overview as well as a set of methodological proposals to model urban goods transport flows for planning and management issues"--

"This book examines urban logistics and resilience with a focus on sustainable urban logistics, humanitarian logistics in urban areas (both for crisis or long-term) and planning for resilient urban development"--

Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Where Are We After 20 Years of Urban Logistics? -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. The valorization of research in urban logistics: French and international approaches -- 1.3. From research to practice: a plethora of...

Purpose: The Just-in-Sequence (JIS) approach is evidencing advantages in efficiently managing variety-driven costs, and reducing the risk of disruption in sourcing, manufacturing companies and third-party logistics. This has increased its implementation in the manufacturing industry, especially...