Introduction to distribution logistics /

This text presents the basics of distribution logistics (DL) in both a qualitative and quantitative manner so as to reach out to a multitude of reader backgrounds. Devoid of solid quantitative books in the marketplace, this book fills a gap. The authors do not encourage the undiscriminating use of s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Brandimarte, Paolo
Other Authors: Zotteri, Giulio, 1970-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Interscience, ©2007.
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9780470170052
0470170050
9780470170045
0470170042
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to Distribution Logistics; Contents; Preface; 1 Supply Chain Management; 2 Network Design and Transportation; 3 Forecasting; 4 Inventory Management with Deterministic Demand; 5 Inventory Control: The Stochastic Case; 6 Managing inventories in multiechelon supply chains; 7 Incentives in the Supply Chain; 8 Vehicle Routing; Appendix A A Quick Tour of Probability and Statistics; Appendix B An Even Quicker Tour in Mathematical Programming; Index.