Supply Chain And Logistics In National, International And Governmental Environment: Concepts And Models (contributions To Management Science)

The main concern of this book are national and governmental supply chains, which have rarely been considered by regular publications in related disciplines. Not only are readers provided with useful information about the latest topics in supply chains; the book also helps them to track the history and related cases of each topic. This manuscript has been organized in twelve chapters, so that readers can study each chapter not only dependently but also independently. If someone wants to study the book more in-depth, the suggested sequencing in the preface can be helpful. Generally, the readers of this book can be divided into at least two groups: 1) students studying for a master degree, who can use this book in their courses as a whole, 2) experts who want to learn more about a new topic in logistics and supply chain management; this group may want to read a short chapter about a specific topic in this book. Logisticsisan integralpartofoureverydaylife.Todayit in?uencesmorethanevera largenumberofhumanandeconomicactivities. Inthisbook,authorstryto illustrate some advanced logistics and supply chain management topics, recently mentioned by academic and industrial personnel. This book has been organized in 12 chapters such that the reader can study each chapter not only independently as shown in Fig. 1; but also as part of a whole. If someone wants to study the book more deeply, the suggested approach for this study is shown in Fig. 2. So the readers of this book may be divided into at least two groups: (1) students in Master's courses or higher, who can use this book in their courses as a whole, and (2) experts who want to learn more about a new topic in logistics and supply chain management; this group may want to read a chapter about a special topic that is found in this book. In the context of global competition, the more latent topics in logistics supply chain management are fast growing. This book falls within this perspective and presents 12 chapters that well illustrate the variety and complexity of these topics. This book is organized as follows: Chapter 1 introduces logistics and supply chain management and contains some primal de?nitions about these two concepts; some obstacles, prerequisites and infrastructures of modernized logistics and supply chain management and global supply chain management are illustrated. Front Matter....Pages i-xviii Overview....Pages 1-20 Performance Measurement....Pages 21-42 Global Supply Chain Management....Pages 43-56 National Logistics Costs....Pages 57-83 Spatial Analysis and Land-Use Planning....Pages 85-103 Supply Network Design....Pages 105-128 Privatization....Pages 129-157 Export Clusters....Pages 159-194 Green Supply Chain Management....Pages 195-220 Logistics Management and SCM in Disasters....Pages 221-252 Military Logistics and Supply Chains....Pages 253-278 Logistics and Supply Chain Management Information Systems....Pages 279-298 Case Studies....Pages 299-312 Back Matter....Pages 313-316 Providing readers with useful information concerning new-born topics in supply chain logistics at the national, international and governmental levels, this text also helps readers to track the history and related cases of each topic