Handbook of Global Logistics Transportation in International Supply Chains /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bookbinder, James H. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, 181
• Subjects: Business.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Business and Management.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.

Global logistics entails tradeoffs in facility location, distribution networks, the routing and scheduling of deliveries by different modes of travel (e.g., air, water, truck, rail), procurement, and the overall management of international supply chains. In an increasingly global economy, then, logi...