Quantitative Approaches to Distribution Logistics and Supply Chain Management [Paperback]

Increasing customer needs, the globalization of markets and the evolution of e-commerce add to the complexity of logistic processes. In today's business, it is well understood that an effective management of logistic processes is impossible without the use of computer-based tools and quantitative methods. This book presents in a systematic way quantitative approaches to distribution logistics and supply chain management. The main orientation of the book is towards practical problem solving, and numerous case studies and practical applications are presented. The topics covered include: supply chain management, revers logistics, e-commerce, facility location and network planning, vehicle routing, warehousing, inventory control.Increasing customer needs, the globalization of markets and the evolution of e-commerce add to the complexity of logistic processes. In today's business, it is well understood that an effective management of logistic processes is impossible without the use of computer-based tools and quantitative methods. This book presents in a systematic way quantitative approaches to distribution logistics and supply chain management. The main orientation of the book is towards practical problem solving, and numerous case studies and practical applications are presented. The topics covered include: supply chain management, revers logistics, e-commerce, facility location and network planning, vehicle routing, warehousing, inventory control.1: Supply Chain Management.- Examining Supply Chains from Practice.- Valuing Time in Make-to-stock Manufacturing: Calculating the Limits of Time-based Competition.- Internal Pricing in Supply Chains.- 2: Reverse Logistics.- Closed-loop Supply Chains.- Extended Design Principles for Closed Loop Supply Chains: Optimising Economic, Logistic and Environment al Performance.- A Behavioral Approach for Logistics System Analy sis and Design: A Reverse Logisti cs Case.- Performance of MRP in Product Recovery Systems with Demand, Retul£6