Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chains Innovations and Integral Approaches /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Lu, Meng (Editor), De Bock, Joost (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: Contributions to Management Science,
• Subjects: Business.; Production management.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Management science.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Engineering economics.; Engineering economy.; Business and Management.; Operations Management.; Appl.Mathematics/Computational Methods of Engineering.; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.; Operations Research, Management Science.

 This book addresses the main challenges affecting modern logistics and supply chains, and is organized according to five main themes: supply chain strategy and management, information and communication technology (ICT) for logistics and related business models, vertical and horizontal collaboration...

Table of Contents:

• Logistics Trends, Challenges and Needs For Future Research and Innovation
• Business Models for Advanced ICT in Logistics
• Future-Proofing Supply Chains
• Gain Sharing in Horizontal Logistic Co-Operation: A Case Study in the Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Sector
• Scheduling Serial Locks: a Green Wave for Water bound Logistics
• Supply Chain Network Design: Tackling Regulations, Lead Time and Cost-Efficiency
• Urban Logistics: Multi-Modal Transportation Network Design Accounting for Stochastic Passenger Demand and Freight Logistics
• Tango without the Dance floor? The Forgotten role of the Public Sector on Logistics
• Towards a Harmonised Framework for Calculating Logistics Carbon Footprint.