Logistics Management and Strategy: Competing through the Supply Chain, 7th edition

Heather Skipworth University of Cranfield
Remko Van Hoek The Cranfield Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management
James Aitken University of Surrey
Alan Harrison Cranfield School of Management

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Logistics Management and Strategy, 7th edition is a concise and strategic introduction to the subjects of logistics and supply chain management, with emphasis on international applications and examples, and is perfect for modern managers and students of logistics and supply chain management.

Logistics stands at the heart of debates around systems, sustainability, technology, competitive advantage, globalisation and risk. This textbook brings a thoroughly updated, straightforward and practical approach to these topics, and illustrates the real-life issues in logistics management through up-to-date case studies. This edition features cases from across a wider variety of countries across the globe. It is recommended to anyone studying logistics modules, at undergraduate or MSc level.

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Every chapter contains in-depth case studies which provide applications of key concepts in action within real firms and organisations from around the world
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"This new edition of Logistics Management and Strategy delivers timely insights on resilience, sustainability, and cutting-edge technology, backed by international applications and real-world cases. A must-read for modern logistics and supply chain professionals."

-Professor Carlos Mena, Daimler Endowed Professor of Supply Chain Management, Portland State University

New and updated features of this title

NEW chapter 'Supply Chain Risk and Resilience' written to consider the strategic management of risk, with new cases exploring risk mitigation at Ford Motor Company and supply chain data visualization at Flex
REVISED to incorporate sustainability and environmental issues throughout the book - from net zero carbon initiatives, carbon costing, green logistic practices and alignment with corporate strategy, to sourcing ethically and transportation
UPDATED with more on the role of technology in logistics and supply chain management, such as new material on demand forecasting using AI in Chapter 5
NEW! Eighteen new case studies are included in this edition, illustrating real applications in a wide variety of organisation, and featuring Volvo, Walmart, H&M, Siemens, the pharmaceutical Bayer, the software firm Altana and more
REVISED with an up-to-date exploration of future challenges and opportunities in logistics to nurture and prompt discussion on issues that future graduates will face in their careers

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Logistics Management and Strategy, now in its 7th edition, is a concise and strategic introduction to the subjects of logistics and supply chain management, with emphasis on engaging international applications and examples.

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Preface

Authors' acknowledgements

Publisher's acknowledgements

How to use this book

Plan of the book

Part One: COMPETING THROUGH LOGISTICS

Logistics and the supply chain
Putting the end-customer first
Value and logistics costs

Part Two: LEVERAGING LOGISTICS OPERATIONS

Supply chain risk and resilience
Managing the lead-time frontier
Supply chain planning and control
Lean thinking and agile supply chains

Part Three: WORKING TOGETHER

Integrating the supply chain
Sourcing and procurement

Part Four: CHANGING THE FUTURE

Logistics future challenges and opportunities

Index

Heather Skipworth is Professor of Supply Chain Management and Strategy at Cranfield School of Management, The Cranfield Centre for Logistics, Procurement and Supply Chain Management.

Remko van Hoek is a Professor of Supply Chain Management at the University of Arkansas, Sam M. Walton College of Business.

James Aitken is an Emeritus Professor and Director of the Centre for Business Analytics in Practice at the University of Surrey.

Alan Harrison was Professor of Operations and Logistics at Cranfield School of Management, and Director of Research at The Cranfield Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management.

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