Logistics Engineering & Management, 6th edition

An authoritative exploration of logistics management within the engineering design and development process, this book concentrates on the design, sustaining maintenance and support of systems from a lifecycle perspective. This is the only text that deals with logistics and system support: (1) as an integrated entity and an integral part of the overall structure of a total “system”; (2) from a total system life-cycle perspective—from the initial identification of a need through design and development, production, utilization and support, and retirement and material disposal; and (3) as a major consideration early in the system life cycle during the system engineering design and development process.

• NEW - Reflects the current environment throughout—With more emphasis on systems, globalization and international cooperation, outsourcing, horizontal organizations and on the life cycle of systems and life-cycle costing.

  • Provides students with a more immediate and worldwide presentation of logistics and support system activities inherent in the system design and development process.

• NEW - Supply Chain (SC) and Supply Chain Management (SCM) coverage increased.

  • Familiarizes students with the concepts and principles that have received a great deal of attention in recent years.

• NEW - Performance-Based Logistics (PBL).

  • Provides students with establishment logistics measures early in design and extending through system test and evaluation.

• NEW - Integration of the commercial business-oriented elements and defense approach—To include the design for supportability and the sustaining system maintenance and support throughout the planned life cycle.

  • Provides students with emphasis on the integration of the commercial and the defense approaches into a single entity and as a major part of a system infrastructure.

• NEW - Reliability, Maintainability, Availability, and Logistics Measures chapter added.

  • Provides students with additional measures for purchasing and material flow, packaging and transportation, warehousing and information systems.

• NEW - Reorganized and revised text material—i.e. System Test and Evaluation Requirements chapter material moved to the System Engineering Process chapter, revised first sections in each chapter, more footnotes added, reorganized bibliography.

  • Provides students with more information with an improved flow of material.

• NEW - Life-cycle costing (LCC) and LCC analysis coverage expanded.

  • Provides students with more information on an area of high interest.

• NEW - New technologies and their applications—e.g. electronic Commerce(EC), Information Technology(IT), Electronic Data Interchange(EDI).

  • Provides students with information regarding the latest technologies and their applications.

• Logistics from a total systems/life cycle perspective.

  • Provides students with activities associated with the determination of requirements, the design and development, production, utilization, sustaining maintenance and support, and retirement of systems.

• Importance of addressing logistics in the early phases of the system life cycle addressed.

  • Familiarizes students with design engineering aspects and the design of systems for supportability.

• Multi-disciplinary approach—Includes coverage of reliability, maintainability, human factors and safety, producibility, quality, disposability, and economic feasibility.

  • Provides students with approaches that are essential to meeting the objectives of design for supportability.

• Extensive use of examples, results from case studies, real-world problem exercises, and analytical tools.

  • Provides students with tools that offer a strong focus on applications.

• Numerous graphical illustrations, tables, and end-of-chapter questions.

  • Provides students with visual reinforcement of material presented.

• Reflects the current environment throughout—With more emphasis on systems, globalization and international cooperation, outsourcing, horizontal organizations and on the life cycle of systems and life-cycle costing.

  • Provides students with a more immediate and worldwide presentation of logistics and support system activities inherent in the system design and development process.

• Supply Chain (SC) and Supply Chain Management (SCM) coverage increased.

  • Familiarizes students with the concepts and principles that have received a great deal of attention in recent years.

• Performance-Based Logistics (PBL).

  • Provides students with establishment logistics measures early in design and extending through system test and evaluation.

• Integration of the commercial business-oriented elements and defense approach—To include the design for supportability and the sustaining system maintenance and support throughout the planned life cycle.

  • Provides students with emphasis on the integration of the commercial and the defense approaches into a single entity and as a major part of a system infrastructure.

• Reliability, Maintainability, Availability, and Logistics Measures chapter added.

  • Provides students with additional measures for purchasing and material flow, packaging and transportation, warehousing and information systems.

• Reorganized and revised text material—i.e. System Test and Evaluation Requirements chapter material moved to the System Engineering Process chapter, revised first sections in each chapter, more footnotes added, reorganized bibliography.

  • Provides students with more information with an improved flow of material.

• Life-cycle costing (LCC) and LCC analysis coverage expanded.

  • Provides students with more information on an area of high interest.

• New technologies and their applications—e.g. electronic Commerce(EC), Information Technology(IT), Electronic Data Interchange(EDI).

  • Provides students with information regarding the latest technologies and their applications.