Handbook of Global Logistics: Transportation in International Supply Chains (International Series in Operations Research & Management Science (181))

-- 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, logistics has become a very important matter in the success or failure of an organization. It is an integral part of supply chain management that involves not just operations management considerations, but production engineering and regional science issues as well. -- As Director of the prestigious Waterloo Management of Integrated Manufacturing Systems Research Group (WATMIMS), which specializes in logistics and manufacturing, Jim Bookbinder is uniquely qualified to edit a handbook on global logistics. He has aligned a set of prominent contributors for this volume. -- The chapters in the Handbook are organized into discrete sections that examine modes; logistics in particular countries; operations within a free-trade zone; innovative features impacting international logistics; case studies of specific companies; and a look toward the future. Contributors are from the Americas, Europe, and Asia, and they push the state of the art in areas such as trade vs. security; border issues; cabotage within NAFTA; Green logistics corridors within the EU; inland ports; direct-to-store considerations; and all the questions that need to be confronted in any given region. This will certainly appeal to researchers and practitioners alike, and could serve as required or supplementary reading in graduate-level logistics courses as well Front Matter....Pages i-xv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Logistics in China....Pages 3-26 Electronic Procurement Systems in India: Importance and Impact on Supply Chain Operations....Pages 27-43 Use of Third Party Logistics Services: An Asia-Pacific Perspective....Pages 45-67 The Greater Mekong Sub-region of Southeast Asia: Improving Logistics Connectivity....Pages 69-96 Front Matter....Pages 97-97 Strategic and Tactical Modeling in the Argentine Sugar Industry....Pages 99-116 Integration of International and Cabotage Container Shipping in Brazil....Pages 117-138 Latin American Logistics and Supply Chain Management: Perspective from the Research Literature....Pages 139-174 Front Matter....Pages 175-175 Logistics in the Oresund Region of Scandinavia....Pages 177-192 Green Corridors in European Surface Freight Logistics....Pages 193-218 Containerized Freight Distribution in North America and Europe....Pages 219-246 Network Redesign in Turkey: The Supply, Production, and Distribution of Malt and Beer....Pages 247-265 Front Matter....Pages 267-267 Procurement from Developing Countries....Pages 269-295 Innovative Logistics in Extreme Conditions: The Case of Health Care Delivery in Gambia....Pages 297-322 Front Matter....Pages 323-323 Comparative Analysis of Air Freight Networks in Regional Markets Around the Globe....Pages 325-366 Business Models and Network Design in Hinterland Transport....Pages 367-389 Cross-Border Issues and Research....Pages 391-416 On the Relationships Among Facility Location, Transportation Mode Selection and Material Flow Costs in Global Supply Chains....Pages 417-444 Front Matter....Pages 445-445 Humanitarian Logistics: Advanced Purchasing and Pre-Positioning of Relief Items....Pages 447-462 Logistics-Intensive Clusters: Global Competitiveness and Regional Growth....Pages 463-500 Proactive Order Consolidation in Global Sourcing....Pages 501-530 Front Matter....Pages 445-445 The Future....Pages 531-546 Back Matter....Pages 547-551