In the ever changing business environment, today’s business managers must optimise all their organisation’s resources to secure success into the future. Logistics has become increasingly important over recent years in virtually all sectors of industry including manufacturing, public service, retail and distribution. To remain successful managers must be familiar with the integrated logistics approach to problem solving and decision making. Logistics: An Integrated Approach covers the entire supply chain and incorporates recent developments in management and technology, including contemporary issues such as Just in Time, resource planning and electronic procurement. This accessible text minimises the use of mathematics and uses a practical approach with many diagrams and illustrations. It will be of interest to practising managers, lecturers and students.
Developments in Supply Chain Management and Logistics Strategic Purchasing Management Purchasing Polocy Quality Definitions and Concepts of Logistics Managing the Logistics Function Operating Environments Provisioning and Inventory Control Stores Management Transport Physical Distribution Electronic Data Interchange Bibliography
Professor Michael Quale holds the Bosch Chair at the University of Glamorgan. Bryan Jones is the principal of 'Supply Chain Projects', an independent organisation specialising in logistics and supply chain management, training and consultancy.