Future logistics challenges / Leif Enarsson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Enarsson, Leif.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business logistics.

Industrial management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (399 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Copenhagen : Copenhagen Business School Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents a perspective for the future development of logistics, especially in an European context. The structure is a flow from inbound to reverse logistics with emphasis on logistics development, as well as transportation and information systems. The book is strategic, both external and internal, with special emphasis on the many new and important fields of logistics management. The book provides an understanding between the various logistics activities, and it shows how business logistics is connected to the overall strategy of a company. Some descriptions are on a more general level, while others look more closely at special logistics activities as part of a supply chain.

Contents:

Future Logistics Challenges

Introduction

Author's Introduction

An Introduction to Logistics

The Content and Structure

1. The Business Logistics Development

1.1. An "Historical" Development

1.2. The Future for Business Logistics

1.3. Driving Forces

1.4. Future Logistics Demands

1.5. Supply Chain Management

2. LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT/SUPPLY CHAIN STRATEGIES

2.1. Relationships in Supply Chain Management

2.2. Management Difficulties in Handling Integrationand Relationship

2.3. Transaction Costs in Supply Chain

2.4. Total Cost of Ownership

2.4.1. Fields for the Use of TCO in a Purchasing Perspective

2.4.2. Practical Use of TCO for Choice of Suppliers

2.5. E-Economy in Business Logistics

2.5.1. The New Economy and E-Business

2.5.2. E-Business Strategies

2.6. Logistics Management and Strategies

3. INBOUND LOGISTICS

3.1. Internationalisation/Globalisation

3.1.1. Globalisation Dimensions/Global Strategy Levers

3.1.2. Benefits of a Global Strategy

3.1.3. Drawbacks of Global Strategy

3.1.4. Driving Forces

3.1.5. Global Logistics

3.1.7. Facts and Doubts about Internationalisation/Globalisation

3.2. Purchasing and Supplier Sourcing

3.2.1. Purchasing and Supply Strategy

3.2.2. Purchasing Different Products

3.2.3. The Purchasing Process

3.2.4. Supplier Evaluation in Global Supply Chains

3.2.5. Purchasing of Logistics Services

3.2.6. Sourcing Strategies

3.2.6.1. How Many Suppliers?

3.2.6.2. Local or Global Sourcing

3.3. Supplier Collaboration

3.3.1. Corporate Strategy

3.3.2. Handling of Power in Relationship

3.3.3. Successful Partnership Factors

3.3.4. Benefits of Supplier Integration

3.4. Outsourcing

3.4.1. Primary and Secondary Outsourcing

3.4.2. Outsourcing Advantages

3.4.3. Disadvantages and Risks in Outsourcing.

3.4.4. Impact on the Supply Chain

3.4.5. Drivers for Outsourcing

4. Manufacturing in the Logistics Process

4.1. Development from MRP to APS

4.1.1. Material Requirement Planning

4.1.2. Manufacturing Resource Planning

4.1.3. ERP/ERP II

4.1.4. Advanced Planning and Scheduling

4.1.5. Comparing of the Systems

4.2. Theory of Constraints and Drum Buffer Rope

4.2.1. Drum Buffer Rope

4.2.2. Theory of Constraints

4.2.3. Bottlenecks and TOC

4.3. The Bullwhip Effect

4.3.1. Reasons for Bullwhip Effect

4.3.2. Consequences of the Bullwhip Effect

4.3.3. Handling the Bullwhip Effect

4.4. Agile Manufacturing

4.5. Balanced Scorecard

4.5.1. BSC in ERP Implementation

4.5.2. Other Perspectives

4.5.3. Comments to BSC

4.6. Business Process Reengineering

4.7. Time Based Management

4.8. Final Comments

5. Outbound Logistics

5.1. Vendor Managed Inventory

5.1.1. Overall Effects of VMI

5.1.2. VMI Benefits

5.1.3. VMI Drawbacks

5.1.4. Co-Operation in VMI

5.2. CPFR

5.2.1. The CPFR Development

5.2.2. CPFR Benefits

5.2.3. CPFR Challenges

5.3. Postponement

5.3.1. Development of Postponement

5.3.2. Postponement Classification

5.4. Spare Parts

5.4.1. Customer Requirements

5.4.2. Competitors

5.4.3. Improvement of Spare Parts Distribution

5.4.4. Inbound System and Distribution Related to Spare Parts

6. Reverse Logistics

6.1. The Fundamental and Development of Reverse Logistics

6.1.1. Environmental Development as a Fundament for Reverse Logistics

6.1.2. The Logistics Flow Including Waste Handling

6.1.3. Environmental Considerations in Different LogisticsStages

6.2. Waste Management

6.2.1. Laws and Regulations for Handling Waste

6.2.2. Waste to Energy

6.2.3. Responsibility and Priorities

6.2.4. Industrial Waste.

6.2.5. Collection and Transport

6.3. Reverse Logistics System

6.4. Return Logistics in E-Commerce and the MailOrder Industry

6.4.1. E-Commerce in B2C

6.4.2. Basis for E-Commerce Distribution System

6.4.3. Order Handling in E-Commerce

6.4.4. Transport Systems in E-Commerce

6.4.5. General Aspects of the Returns System in E-Commerce

6.4.6. Handling Returned Goods

6.4.7. Return Systems in E-Commerce

6.5. A Description of a Return Logistics System

6.6. A Logistics System for Handling Returns

7. Environmental Considerations Related to Logistics and Transportation

7.1. Environmental Strategies

7.1.1. Environmental Aspects in Production Chains

7.1.2. Environmental Tools and Methods

7.2. Environment and Transportation

7.2.1. Environmental Impact from Traffic

7.2.2. The Control of Authority

7.2.3. Market Demand

7.2.4. Influences on the Transport Sector

7.3 Environmental Work in the Transport Sector

7.3.1. Vehicle Techniques

7.3.2. Handling Vehicles

7.3.3. Fuel

7.3.4. Summary of the Environmental Work

7.4. How to Design Environmental Friendly RoadTransport Systems

7.5. Environment Impact in Other Modes of Transport

7.5.1. Shipping

7.5.2. Emissions from Railway Transport

7.6. The EU and the Environment

8. Transportation

8.1. How to Solve the Problems in the Transport Sector?

8.1.1. An Overall Situation for Different Modes of Transport

8.1.2. Competition and Relations between the Modes of Transport

8.1.3. Relations to the Consignees

8.1.4. Relations to, and Dependency on, External Actors

8.1.5. Possible Future Solutions

9. Transport and Logistics Information Systems

9.1. Needs, Measure and Advantages in an InformationFlow

9.1.1. A Summary of the Two Systems

9.1.2. Transport Administrative Systems

9.1.3. The Market for TA-System.

9.2. Introduction to Track and Tracing

9.2.1. Track and Tracing

9.2.2. Supply Chain Event Management

10. The Future

10.1. Future Globalisation

10.1.1. Codes of Conduct

10.2. Logistics, Risks and Terrorism

10.2.1. Risks in Road Transports

10.2.2. Protection against Terrorism

10.2.3. Swedish Customs' Trade Facilitation Concepts

10.2.4. Supply Chain Security

10.3. China and the Development

10.3.1. Supply Chain Management in China

10.3.2. Purchasing in China

10.3.3. Final Remarks about China

10.4. Logistics Measurement

10.5. Logistics in Medical Services

10.6. Future Logistics Challenges

References

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [379]-394) and index.

ISBN:

1-62198-668-3

87-630-9975-6

OCLC:

774280282