Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Third Edition

Foreword ix     About the authors xi     About the contributors xiii     Preface xv     Acknowledgements xix     Map xxi     PART ONE     LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN CONTEXT 1     1. Introduction 3     2. Globalisation and International Trade 20     3. Supply Chain Relationships 34     4. Supply Chain Strategies 57     Part One Case Studies 77     Dell   s Configure-to-Order (CTO) Supply Chain Strategy 77     The Medical Devices Company 80     Humanitarian Aid Supply Chains 81     Global Supply Chains in Motion: The Case of Jaguar Land Rover 89     PART TWO     LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN OPERATIONS 101     5. Transport in Supply Chains 103     6. Transport Security 117     7. Logistics Service Providers 131     8. Procurement 142     9. Inventory Management 167     10. Warehousing and Materials Handling 189     11. Technology in the Supply Chain 208     12. Information and Finance Flows in the Supply Chain 220     Part Two Case Studies 239     John Lewis Partnership: Semi-Automated National Distribution Centre 239     Air Cargo in the United Kingdom 244     Port Logistics City: A Case Study of Melbourne in Australia 249     PART THREE     SUPPLY CHAIN DESIGNS 253     13. Supply Chain Vulnerability, Risk, Robustness and Resilience 255     14. Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain Systems 275     15. Reverse Logistics 289     16. Service Supply Chains 306     17. Management Science Applications 317     18. Emerging Supply Chain Designs 329     Part Three Case Studies 338     Patient Safety and the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain 338     Contamination in the Bulk Agri-Commodity Logistics Chain 347     Why Supply Chains should be Involved in Product Design 354     EIB Transport Project Appraisal 358     From Terrestrial to Extraterrestrial Supply Chain Networks 370     Glossary 372     Index 383