Logistics Systems: Design and Optimization

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Langevin, André (Editor), Riopel, Diane (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2005.
• Subjects: Business.; Production management.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Mathematical optimization.; Management science.; Industrial engineering.; Production engineering.; Engineering economics.; Engineering economy.; Business and Management.; Operations Management.; Industrial and Production Engineering.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing.; Optimization.; Operations Research, Management Science.

In a context of global competition, the optimization of logistics systems is inescapable. LOGISTICS SYSTEMS: Design and Optimization falls within this perspective and presents twelve chapters that well illustrate the variety and the complexity of logistics activities. Each chapter is written by reco...

Table of Contents:

• The Network of Logistics Decisions
• Facility Location in Supply Chain Design
• Distribution Centres in Supply Chain Operations
• Operational Research Methods for Efficient Warehousing
• Models and Methods for Facilities Layout Design from an Applicability to Real-World Perspective
• The Design, Planning, and Optimization of Reverse Logistics Networks
• Models and Methods for Operations in Port Container Terminals
• Strategic Network Design for Motor Carriers
• New Heuristics for the Vehicle Routing Problem
• Routing Propane Deliveries
• Synchronized Production-Distribution Planning in the Pulp and Paper Industry
• Production Planning Optimization Modeling in Demand and Supply Chains of High-Value Consumer Products.