1st Edition

Global Logistics And Distribution Planning Strategies for Management

By Donald Waters Copyright 1999
420 Pages
by CRC Press

416 Pages
by Routledge

The fully revised new edition of this well known and respected book is characterized by the more international perspective it has taken on through contributions from internationally known authors and a final section on international logistics which examines in turn strategies for West and East Europe, the Far East and North America. Logistics has a key strategic role to play in the long-term plans... Read more

List of Contributors

Introduction

Donald Waters

Part 1 Formulating a Logistics Strategy

Towards a Strategic View of Supply Chain Management

Donald Waters

Changing Scope and Direction: Managing the Supply Chain

Philip B Schary

New Directions in Logistics

Martin Christopher

Future Trends in Supply Chain Management

Peter Hines

Formulating Logistics Strategy

Nathalie Fabbe-Costes and Jacques Colin

Beyond Supply Chain Integration: Opportunities for Competitive Advantage

Marvin L. Manheim and B Benjamin V Medina

Thinking Strategically about Supply Chain Management

Glyn Watson, Andrew Cox and Joe Sanderson

Part 2 Implementing the Strategy

Judging the Performance of Supply Chain Management

Donald Waters

Retail Supply Chain Integration

Alastair Charatan

Retailer-Supplier Partnership

John Karonis

Time Compression in the Supply Chain

A P Beesley

Benchmarking

David Santhouse

Supply Chain Process Re-engineering and Enterprise Applications

Michael Trevor

The Outsourcing of Logistical Activities

Alan C McKinnon

The New Approach to Distribution

Charles Davis

Retail Logistics

John Fernie

Training in Logistics

David Granville

Can Efficient Logistics Reduce Transport Energy Demand?

Marcus Jones and Simon Collings

Logistics in City Centers: A Planning and Policy Dilemma

A E Whiteing

Part 3 International Logistics

Developing Global Logistics

Donald Waters

The Internationalization of Logistics in the UK

Colin G Bamford

Global Strategy

David Hatherall

Developments in Western European Logistics Strategies

Michael Browne and Julian Allen

Logistics Strategies for Central and Eastern Europe

G M Augustyniak

Logistics Strategies for North America

Garland Chow and Trevor D Heaver

Route-to-Market for Western Consumer Goods in Asia

Bill Galvin

Index

Biography

Waters, Donald